News
15 June 2013
Nairobi/Rome: -The Food and Agriculture Organization office in Somalia has been nominated as this year’s winner of the global B.R. Sen Award for developing innovative emergency response, while facing one of the world’s worst food security challenges in the Horn of Africa nation. The award, in memory of former FAO Director-General,...
Nairobi/Rome: -The Food and Agriculture Organization office in Somalia has been nominated as this year’s winner of the global B.R. Sen Award for developing innovative emergency response, while facing one of the world’s worst food security challenges in the Horn of Africa nation. The award, in memory of former FAO Director-General,...
03 June 2013
Half of the deaths were children under 5 A new study estimates that famine and severe food insecurity in Somalia claimed the lives of about 258,000 people between October 2010 and April 2012, including 133,000 children under 5. Jointly funded and commissioned by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO)...
Half of the deaths were children under 5 A new study estimates that famine and severe food insecurity in Somalia claimed the lives of about 258,000 people between October 2010 and April 2012, including 133,000 children under 5. Jointly funded and commissioned by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO)...
29 April 2013
Garowe/Hargeisa A hydrogeological study covering north and northwestern Somalia indicates that unguided drilling of boreholes puts the country’s groundwater in jeopardy.The report by Somalia Water and Land Information Unit (SWALIM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization follows a survey of 1,270 sites in Somaliland and Puntland, where more than half of the...
Garowe/Hargeisa A hydrogeological study covering north and northwestern Somalia indicates that unguided drilling of boreholes puts the country’s groundwater in jeopardy.The report by Somalia Water and Land Information Unit (SWALIM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization follows a survey of 1,270 sites in Somaliland and Puntland, where more than half of the...
18 April 2013
Mogadishu 4,000 tree planted, charcoal initiative launched President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud of Somalia has urged every Somali to take part in restoration of the country’s battered environment by planting a tree. People - from young schoolchildren to city dwellers - are planting trees across the Somali capital Mogadishu throughout April. The Plant-a-Tree...
Mogadishu 4,000 tree planted, charcoal initiative launched President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud of Somalia has urged every Somali to take part in restoration of the country’s battered environment by planting a tree. People - from young schoolchildren to city dwellers - are planting trees across the Somali capital Mogadishu throughout April. The Plant-a-Tree...
16 April 2013
Mogadishu – A major tree planting drive, aimed at tackling Somalia’s environmental problems, has been launched in the country’s capital Mogadishu. Hundreds of people from different walks of life - from young schoolchildren to city dwellers - are planting trees across the Somali capital Mogadishu in the “Plant-a-Tree” campaign spearheaded by Somalia’s...
Mogadishu – A major tree planting drive, aimed at tackling Somalia’s environmental problems, has been launched in the country’s capital Mogadishu. Hundreds of people from different walks of life - from young schoolchildren to city dwellers - are planting trees across the Somali capital Mogadishu in the “Plant-a-Tree” campaign spearheaded by Somalia’s...