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Greater efforts are needed to protect civilians in Somalia from unexploded weapons of war, the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Monday in the wake of a recent deadly incident in the south of the country. more
WHO strongly condemns deadly attack in Somalia

New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday condemned in the strongest possible terms the deadly attack on the Pearl Beach Hotel and Restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, that lef ...

Somalia says army kills 8 al-Shabab militants

Mogadishu: The Somali National Army (SNA) killed eight al-Shabab militants and arrested two others in the central Galgadud region, an SNA officer confirmed.

In Mogadishu, UN chief urges ‘massive international support’ for Somalia

New York: Continuing his tradition of carrying out solidarity visits to Muslim countries during the Holy Month of Ramadan, the United Nations chief today landed in Somalia, where he under ...

Famine looms in Somalia, but many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble

New York: The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise steeply in coming weeks, the UN said on Wednesday ...

Catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying in Somalia

New York: Catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying, 173,000 more than during the 2011 famine, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.

Somalia: UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises

New York: Somalia is at a “tipping point”, with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN’s highest-level humanitarian coordinatio ...

Somalia receiving unprecedented levels of food aid, with ‘famine at the door’

New York: As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food aid to So ...

‘Catastrophic’ drought displaces one million in Somalia, world asked to ‘step up’ support

New York: A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country currently registered as displaced, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, ...

Somalia: 2 persons die in car bombing attack

Mogadishu/UNI/Xinhua: At least two people were killed and more than 15 others injured in a suicide car bombing attack on a popular hotel in the south-central Somali town of Jowhar on Sund ...