Somalia

Ethiopia and Somalia commit to strengthen bilateral ties

Published on: September 28, 2022
11:26

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Addis Ababa, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday said in this capital that they will work to further strengthen economic and social relations between both nations.

UK announces new aid for people facing famine in Horn of Africa

Published on: September 21, 2022
17:35

By: Pavel López Lazo

London, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The UK Development Minister Vicky Ford has announced a new £22.8 million (.8 million) package of aid for people affected by the worst drought in decades in the Horn of Africa.

Somalia calls for extremist group to surrender

Published on: September 16, 2022
14:07

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Mogadishu, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Somalia´s government authorities asked the extremist group Al-Shabab to surrender amid a reinforced military offensive against this entity.

Food insecurity alert for millions of people in Somalia

Published on: September 14, 2022
09:55

By: Alina Ramos Martin

United Nations, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) About 6,7 million people in Somalia will suffer high levels of food insecurity between October and December this year and more than 300,000 victims of famine, UN humanitarian agencies warned.

Somali troops kill al-Shabab leader

Published on: September 10, 2022
09:48

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Mogadishu, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Somali special troops killed an al-Shabab leader and wounded ten other members of that group in a security operation in the southern Lower Shabelle region, government sources reported on Saturday.

UN urges pressing support to scale up life-saving aid in Somalia

Published on: September 8, 2022
19:12

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres on Thursday reiterated the pressing need for a speedy scale-up of humanitarian life-saving assistance in Somalia, where hundreds of thousands of people are at immediate risk of famine.

United Nations warns of food crisis in Somalia

Published on: September 6, 2022
00:30

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Mogadishu, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations warned about a growing food crisis in Somalia, as a result of drought and rising world prices.

Somali Army ordered to step up fight against radical group

Published on: July 22, 2022
10:44

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Mogadishu, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamse Abdi Barre, today ordered the security agencies to step up the armed struggle in the southern region of Bakol against the extremist group Al-Shabab.

UN: At least 200 children have died in Somalia from drought-caused ma

Published on: July 5, 2022
17:16

By: Pavel López Lazo

Mogadishu, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) warned that at least 200 children in Somalia have died of malnutrition since January, with the country witnessing "catastrophic food insecurity" for the first time since 2017.

African Union congratulates Somali Prime Minister

Published on: June 17, 2022
08:52

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Addis Ababa, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The African Union (AU) congratulated Hamza Abdi Barre, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Somalia, according to a notice published on the official website of the organization.

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