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Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (9 June 2021)
African Press Organization
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June 9, 2021
Cases tested in the last 24 hours: 655 Positives: 3 Somaliland: 3 Total Positive Cases: 14,779 Total Recovery: 6,995 Total Death: 774 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of Somalia.
Somalia : 2019 Article IV Consultation-Second Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program, and Request for New Staff-Monitored Program-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Somalia
International Monetary Fund
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August 1, 2019
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept. Publication Date: August 1, 2019 Electronic Access: Free Full Text. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: The Somali authorities continue to...
Somalia: Response plan for impact of poor Gu rains in place to avoid a major crisis
African Press Organization
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July 12, 2019
Download logo Two years after the prolonged 2016/2017 drought destroyed livelihoods and displaced almost one million Somalis - but also triggered a massive and successful scale up in humanitarian response to avert famine - severe climatic...
Somalia’s population, international partners must be energized to sustain country’s ‘upward trajectory,’ says senior UN official
African Press Organization
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May 23, 2019
Briefing the Council, Raisedon Zenenga ,the Deputy Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), reported that the country had made significant progress on its economic and security sector reforms. There had also been progress on the...
Somalia: $710 million needed to scale up drought response and avert a major crisis
African Press Organization
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May 20, 2019
Download logo As Somalia faces another severe drought, aid agencies today launched a Drought Response Plan and called for urgent and sustained resources to avert a major crisis. The plan seeks $710 million to provide critical, life-saving...
UN-Habitat, local government and the EU join forces to combat Gender-Based Violence in Mogadishu through COVID-19 awareness forums
African Press Organization
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June 14, 2021
UN- Habitat through the Benadir Regional Administration (BRA), Directorate of Health and Human Services held a training on the prevention and response to Gender-Based Violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, an initiative funded by the European...
Somalia: Social media shut down over exam leakages unjustified
African Press Organization
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May 14, 2019
Download logo Responding to reports that Somalia’s education minister has announced that social media may be shut down for five days from 27 to 31 May as one of the ways to stop cheating in the national secondary school exams, Amnesty...
MEDITERRANEAN: EU court rules in favour of parents on the move ― Italian Senate approves controversial security law ― Italy terminates contract with spyware firm following surveillance scandal ― Greek coastguard personnel charged over 2023 Pylos…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 12, 2025
The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that helping minors under one’s care to enter the EU is not a crime. The Italian Senate has passed the government’s controversial security law. Italy has ended its contracts with the Israeli cyber company...
Somalia: About 2.2 million Somalis facing severe food insecurity as drought conditions worsen
African Press Organization
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May 16, 2019
Download logo Highlights Between July and September 2019, 2.2 million people, almost 18 percent of the total population, are expected to face severe food insecurity. The projected food insecure caseload is 40 percent higher than the estimate at...
Trump enacts entry ban on third world countries
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) In a move citing national security threats, former U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States. The measure, announced on a Wednesday, also introduced limited...
Easy Environmental Solutions Begins Manufacturing EasyFEN™ Units for Africa Following Initial Down Payment
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 10, 2025
Easy Environmental Solutions Inc. announces that the client sent the initial deposit and agreed to the $3.4 million modular EasyFEN order for Africa. EasyFEN units produce organic Terreplenish liquid microbial fertilizer, transforming waste into a...
UN Envoy to Somalia Condemns Attacks In Lower Shabelle
African Press Organization
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April 5, 2021
Download logo The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, condemned yesterday’s attacks against the Somali National Army bases in Barire and Awdhegle towns in Lower Shabelle region. “We strongly condemn these...
Statement by H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, on Somalia
African Press Organization
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March 23, 2021
Download logo The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, continues to monitor the developments in Somalia ahead of today's planned National Consultative Forum meeting to resolve the electoral impasse. While the...
IMF Executive Board Approved Additional Interim Assistance Request Under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative for Somalia
International Monetary Fund
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March 25, 2021
March 25, 2021 Washington, DC: On March 24, 2021, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund granted additional interim assistance to Somalia under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in an amount of SDR 0.68...
Severe Water Shortages in Somalia Leave 70% of Families Without Safe Drinking Water
African Press Organization
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March 22, 2021
Download logo Water sources in Somalia are drying up at a rapid rate as a looming drought intensifies, leaving 70 percent of families across the country without access to safe drinking water. Thousands of children are now reliant on emergency...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Historical moment for Somalia as COVID-19 vaccines arrive through COVAX Facility
African Press Organization
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March 15, 2021
On the morning of 15 March 2021, a warm sun shone brightly on an airplane landing at the Mogadishu’s Adden Adde International Airport. After one year since the first COVID-19 case was officially confirmed in Somalia, on 16 March 2020, the country...
The Chairperson of the Commission condemns the latest terrorist attack in Mogadishu
African Press Organization
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March 9, 2021
Download logo The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, strongly condemns the terrorist attack perpetrated against the Lul Yemeni restaurant in Mogadishu, that led to a number of casualties. The Chairperson extends his...
Trump prohibits residents of dozen nations from US
MENAFN
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June 11, 2025
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a new proclamation barring citizens from 12 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, and Yemen, from entering the United States. The full travel ban, which will take effect on June 9, cites national...
Somalia’s Humanitarian Response Plan for 2019
African Press Organization
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January 28, 2019
Download logo The Federal Government of Somalia and aid agencies launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) on Monday this week (January 21), calling on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to sustain aid operations in Somalia in...
IOM Somalia supports new ‘telemedicine’ enhancement for migrants and host communities
African Press Organization
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January 15, 2021
Somalia’s health system has been in a severely weakened state for decades due to conflict and humanitarian crises which have led to the displacement of more than 2.6 million Somalis. Moreover, frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19...