For the past several years, a small group of scientists has warned that sometime early this century, the rate of global warming — which has remained largely steady for decades — might accelerate. Temperatures could rise higher, faster. The drumbeat of weather … Continued
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) on Wednesday launched the Saudi Noor Volunteer Program to Combat Blindness and Diseases that Cause It in Bosaso city, Somalia, in collaboration with Al-Basar International Foundation. As part of the program, … Continued
Mogadishu (Xinhua)- Some 6.9 million people in Somalia will require humanitarian assistance in 2024, the UN humanitarian agency said on Thursday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the number is a reduction of 16 percent … Continued
The widow of a motorcycle courier who was killed in a traffic accident caused by Mohamed Hassan Sheik Mohamud, a son of the Somali president, has filed a complaint against the police officers responsible for a report blaming her husband … Continued
Egypt said Tuesday it perceives all Israeli activities within the Gaza Strip as clear indicators of an intention to forcibly displace Palestinians from their lands. The Foreign Ministry made the statement in response to remarks by Israeli Minister of Strategic … Continued
By Prof. Abdurahman Baadiyow Attending the 10th conference of Somali Studies, which took place at the Horn Afrika Hotel in Mogadishu from December 5th to 7th, 2023 (ACSOS2023), marked a momentous achievement. The Institute of Somali Studies (ISOS), an autonomous … Continued
(ERGO) – Omar Hassan Yusuf decided his family of small children were better off staying in their house in Tawakal camp in Mogadishu’s Hodan district even though it is awash with smelly flood water. For the past two weeks he has … Continued
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Countries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming — and they have the pope’s blessing. Leaders of developing nations jumped into Saturday’s high-level speeches at the U.N. climate summit to press rich industrial … Continued
ADDIS ABABA , A new cholera outbreak in Ethiopia’s Somali region is exacerbating suffering for thousands of children and families recently displaced by floods, with 772[1] confirmed cases and 23 deaths from the deadly disease recorded in just two weeks, Save the … Continued
The floodwaters in the southwestern Somali district of Dolow may have started to recede — for now — but distraught families who have lost their homes, their livelihoods in the muddy deluge are now at risk of potentially fatal disease. … Continued
By Chatham House COP28 comes at a decisive moment for international climate action. Temperature records are being repeatedly broken and climate impacts felt in unprecedented wildfires, floods, storms and droughts worldwide. The UN’s global stocktake synthesis report shows much more must be done … Continued
By Abir Ahmar DUBAI (Reuters) – A doctor at the Gaza Strip’s Al Shifa hospital said on Friday Israeli forces had “found nothing” during searches of the hospital complex, and that food and water were running out. Doctor Ahmed El … Continued
