Somalia

By: BBC AFRICA The death toll from Somalia's ongoing floods has risen to 110, the UN humanitarian agency UN OCHA said on Sunday. More than one million people have been displaced and 2.4 million...

by Jeff Mwaura, jeff@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – The United Nations’ Somalia Mission has fired one of the organization’s longest-serving officials over allegations ranging from black market transactions to fraud, sources told Alleastafrica. Amadu Kamara, the director of Mission Support, UNSOM and Director of UNSOA, an office that...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Thursday that his country would exert utmost efforts for peace and stability in Somalia. "We have conducted comprehensive talks, the ultimate goal of which is to employ Sudan's potentialities to achieve peace, stability and unity in Somalia," said al-Bashir...

By:Xinhua The United Nations humanitarian agency has launched an early allocation of 25 million U.S. dollars from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to provide immediate assistance to communities hard-hit by the drought emergency in priority locations. Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, said...