Aid staves off Somalia famine, for now: UN
Geneva – Humanitarian aid and support from local communities have helped avert a dreaded famine declaration in Somalia this... Read more
15 Dec, 2022
‘Nothing to eat’: People starve in Burkina Faso town under jihadist blockade
Ouagadougou – Jihadists have dynamited bridges and mounted deadly attacks against supply convoys, blockading Burkina Faso’s northern town of... Read more
18 Nov, 2022
UN warns Somalia humanitarian crisis remains ‘dire’
Nairobi – The United Nations said on Wednesday that the humanitarian response to the crisis in Somalia where a... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Food aid staving off famine in Somalia: UN
Geneva – The United Nations said on Friday that international food assistance to Somalia was the only reason why... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
UN says Somalia famine risk worst in half a century
Geneva – Somalia faces famine on a scale last seen half a century ago, the United Nations Children’s Fund... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
Somalia facing ‘very alarming’ situation, says UN
Abuja – Somalia is facing a “very alarming” situation after more than four years of drought have devastated livestock... Read more
28 Sep, 2022
Too weak to cry: famine looms over Somalia’s children
Mogadishu – As flies buzz over his tiny body, two-year-old Sadak Ibrahim barely whimpers, too weak to cry or... Read more
20 Sep, 2022
One person dying of hunger every four seconds: NGOs
Geneva – One person is estimated to be dying of hunger every four seconds, over 200 NGOs warned on... Read more
20 Sep, 2022
Somalia on the brink of famine: aid efforts risk failing marginalised communities yet again
Nisar Majid, London School of Economics and Political Science Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis of enormous severity and... Read more
16 Sep, 2022
UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia
Nairobi – The UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned on Monday that Somalia was on the brink of famine... Read more
5 Sep, 2022
