In July, ICPAC issued the seasonal forecast alerting on the El Nino phenomenon that will be coupled with the effect of Indian ocean. The effect of El NiNO as per the past is usually higher in Eastern and Southern countries. In the East, the most impacted following the forecast include...

Asha Abdi Omar, a mother of eight children, has lost many of the goats she depends on for a living to drought and is now struggling with water shortage in a village in southern Somalia’s Bakool region. (more…)

Amid military setbacks, Mogadishu asks for pause to African Union's 2nd-phase troop drawdown of 3,000 peacekeepers from Somalia (more…)

KEY MESSAGES• People with disabilities and elderly people displaced from Laas Caanood report limited access to basic needs like food, safe water, and shelter. Secondary sources suggest this struggle extends to many others facing displacement from the same region. (more…)

Somaliland says it has no plans to discuss unity with Somalia despite the willingness of Uganda’s president to act as mediator. (more…)

African leaders are tired of being considered second tier and want a real seat at the table at the UN and a say in international affairs. That is the message from the latest session of the United Nations. (more…)

Melbourne, 21/09/2023 (BANOODA)-Shir soo agaasimay ururka Golaha Qoomiyada Somaalida (Somali Ethnic Communities Council lagu qabtay magaalada Melbourne, Australia 20/09/2023.

Shirka waxaa ka soo qayb galay guddiga maamulka jaaliyadda Somali-Australia  Koofur Galbeed, aqoonyahanada iyo wax-garadka, waxaa loogu hadlay dhowr arrimood oo la xariira xaalada guud ee Koofur Galbeed Somalia. (more…)

The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a U.N. investigation found widespread theft and misuse of aid meant to avert famine. (more…)

The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million children still living in extreme poverty, according to a report from UNICEF. (more…)

Waxaa magaalada Nairobi lagu qabtay shir socday muddo saddex maalmood ah (10 – 12 September 2023) oo ay ka soo qayb galeen siyaasiyiin mug weyn ku leh siyaasadda Soomaaliya gaar ahaan Koonfur Galbeed, loogana tashaday arrimo ay ka mid yihiin aayaha fog ee KGS, la-dagaallanka khawaarijta iyo fulinta heshiis siyaasadeedkii...