19 UN-affiliated staff killed in Ethiopian crash Storyline:National News, World BY: The United Nations lost 19 of its staff in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, which crashed on Sunday shortly after take-off. A statement from UN said World Food… 2 mins read
3 mins read Storyline:National News Aid agencies blame conflict for extreme hunger in S. Sudan By Fauxile Kibet As the food crisis worsens across South Sudan, humanitarian agencies have challenged all parties to the conflict to allow humanitarian agencies to safely access people in desperate…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Over 300,000 displaced by conflict in Somalia in 2018-NRC By Fauxile Kibet SUMMARY: 320,000 displaced in 2018 up from 202,000 in 2017 Lower Shabelle region hardest hit Over 2.6 million currently displaced within Somalia Over 300,000 people were uprooted from…
1 min read Storyline:National News Over 1.5 million Somalis still face acute food crisis: UN report More than 1.5 million people in Somalia are still facing acute food insecurity through June due to impacts of below-average Deyr season rainfall, said a United Nations-backed report released in…
1 min read Storyline:National News Somaliland: Over 1 million people in need of urgent humanitarian aid Somaliland government declares over million people need urgent humanitarian aid. The chairman of the Disaster Preparedness and Food Storage agency, Faisal Ali Sheikh says “The agency of Disaster Preparedness and…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Banadir administration plans to desist the IDPs living the outskirts of Mogadishu Banadir administration plans in the coming five years to desist the IDPs living the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. In a meeting of yesterday participated by the humanitarian and disaster…
1 min read Storyline:National News Turkish Red Crescent plans to give Humanitarian aid to Sool region of Somalia Turkish Red Crescent is planning to give humanitarian aid to the Sool region of Somalia, where inter-clan clashes affected, in the coming days. A technical team from Turkish Red Crescent…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, World $1.08 billion required to support 3.4 million Somalis with life-saving and livelihood assistance-UN report The Federal Government of Somalia and aid agencies operating in the country have today launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and called on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to…
1 min read Storyline:National News UN envoy to Somalia condemns mortar shell attack on UN compound in Mogadishu The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Somalia, Nicholas Haysom has condemned in the strongest possible terms today’s indirect fire attack on the main United Nations compound in the…
1 min read Storyline:National News Displaced families in Gedo region demand for humanitarian emergency aid More 100 families have displaced from their homes following a deadly clash between Ethiopian troops who are part of the AMISOM mission in Somalia and Al-Shabaab militants at bulla Bashir…