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News Keydmedia Online | 16 August 2022

UN agencies estimate over 755,000 people have been internally displaced in Somalia due to the severe drought which is attributed to a failure of the rains for four years and climate change.

News Keydmedia Online | 7 August 2022

The drought envoy further said that there are families who have lost their relatives who were affected by the drought and preferred to live in displacement camps.

News Keydmedia Online | 4 August 2022

They gave priority to the most vulnerable people in areas of highest need as catastrophic hunger looms, the office said in its latest situation report.

News Keydmedia Online | 25 July 2022

During her stop in Kenya, she announced “nearly $255 million in additional emergency food and other critical humanitarian and development assistance.”

News Keydmedia Online | 5 July 2022

During the main period of a devastating famine between May and October 2011, there were more than 20,000 excess deaths per month in southern and central Somalia.

News Keydmedia Online | 29 June 2022

Yet, improvements in data management, with the assistance of the International Monetary Fund, may help lure foreign investment, Abdullahi said.

News Keydmedia Online | 23 June 2022

A famine in 2011 killed more than 250,000 people in Somalia, most of them children, and Sanford said people are telling her that today's conditions are even worse.

News Keydmedia Online | 22 June 2022

During a visit to the drought-stricken southern region of Dollow, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, warned the situation in the country was rapidly deteriorating. 

News Keydmedia Online | 13 June 2022

The jihadists claimed earlier this year that they had launched a “drought relief” campaign and are known for exploiting the situation to boost its popularity.

News Keydmedia Online | 11 June 2022

The IOM said it needs immediate funding to continue essential life-saving programs and help communities adapt and withstand future shocks.

News Keydmedia Online | 11 June 2022

When the rains failed for a fourth consecutive season last month, UN aid agencies and meteorologists warned that a famine was looming in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

News Keydmedia Online | 8 June 2022

Four rainy seasons have failed in the space of two years – killing crops and livestock and drying up water sources, the UN said, noting that forecasts suggest the next October to December rains are likely to fail too.