Somalia Archives

Somalia is on the brink of famine, increasing the pressure on hospitals like Banadir Maternity and Children Hospital

World

Too weak to cry: famine looms over Somalia’s children

As flies buzz over his tiny body, two-year-old Sadak Ibrahim barely whimpers, too weak to cry or shoo them away.

AFPSeptember 19, 2022

Areas in south-central Somalia are at risk of famine, the UN says

Business

UN warns famine ‘at the door’ in Somalia

The United Nations warned Monday that Somalia was on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade, and that...

AFPSeptember 5, 2022

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) scale defines famine as 'an extreme deprivation of food' Famine is the fifth and highest phase of the scale, with the IPC defining it as "an extreme deprivation of food".

World

Dying of hunger: What is a famine?

On Monday, the UN’s humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned that Somalia was on the brink of famine for the second time in just over...

AFPSeptember 5, 2022

Al-Shabaab in a statement said they targeted fighters from a local sub-clan

World

Al-Shabaab kill at least 19 Somali civilians

Fighters from the Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab have killed at least 19 civilians in a night-time attack in central Somalia, clan chiefs and local...

AFPSeptember 3, 2022

The first UN-chartered vessel, MV Brave Commander, loads more than 23,000 tons of grain to export to Ethiopia, in Yuzhne, east of Odessa on the Black Sea coast, on August 14, 2022

World

First Ukraine grain ship for the Horn of Africa reaches Djibouti

A UN-chartered ship loaded with Ukrainian wheat destined for millions at risk of starvation in Ethiopia arrived in Djibouti on Tuesday.

Karen GrahamAugust 30, 2022

The attack on the Hayat Hotel claimed the lives of 21 people

World

Somalia PM vows accountability over deadly hotel siege

Somalia's prime minister pledged that the government will be held accountable over the deadly Mogadishu hotel siege by jihadists.

AFPAugust 22, 2022

On Sunday morning, the area surrounding the hotel was quiet and the roads blocked by a heavy security presence

World

Death toll in Somalia hotel siege climbs to 21

The death toll from a devastating 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21.

AFPAugust 21, 2022

The attack was the biggest in Mogadishu since Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office in June

World

Somalis anxiously await news of loved ones as hotel siege ends

Somalis anxiously waited to know the fate of their missing relatives on Sunday as emergency workers attempted to clear debris after a deadly 30-hour...

AFPAugust 21, 2022