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01 February 2013
Nairobi/Washington While the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia has halved to 1.05 million since August 2012, malnutrition rates remain among the highest in the world, according to the latest data released today. Humanitarian assistance to protect livelihoods, reduce acute malnutrition, and help the most food insecure...
Nairobi/Washington While the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia has halved to 1.05 million since August 2012, malnutrition rates remain among the highest in the world, according to the latest data released today. Humanitarian assistance to protect livelihoods, reduce acute malnutrition, and help the most food insecure...
05 December 2012
Nairobi The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is appealing for US$443 million for the next three years to continue helping the population move forward following the famine in Somalia, which officially ended earlier this year. In 2011, a combination of years of conflict, drought and high food prices drove over...
Nairobi The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is appealing for US$443 million for the next three years to continue helping the population move forward following the famine in Somalia, which officially ended earlier this year. In 2011, a combination of years of conflict, drought and high food prices drove over...
29 November 2012
Hargeisa UK-funded project “adds 30-60 percent in value to each animal” Suweisra Mohamed waves a thick dry camel bone with an assuring smile. “This is now worth lots of dollars,” she says, brandishing the dense and neatly cut camel thighbone. At 47, Suweisra, an unrelenting Somali woman, has finally discovered what she describes...
Hargeisa UK-funded project “adds 30-60 percent in value to each animal” Suweisra Mohamed waves a thick dry camel bone with an assuring smile. “This is now worth lots of dollars,” she says, brandishing the dense and neatly cut camel thighbone. At 47, Suweisra, an unrelenting Somali woman, has finally discovered what she describes...
16 October 2012
Mogadishu Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said his government will work with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to prioritize reviving Somalia’s agricultural glory waned by 20 years of war. Participating in events to mark this year’s World Food Day celebrations in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Sheikh Mohamud,...
Mogadishu Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said his government will work with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to prioritize reviving Somalia’s agricultural glory waned by 20 years of war. Participating in events to mark this year’s World Food Day celebrations in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Sheikh Mohamud,...
17 July 2012
Nairobi The United Nations declared famine in parts of southern Somalia, which killed tens of thousands of people in one of the world’s most serious food security crises.A rare combination of conflict and insecurity, limited accesses for humanitarian organizations, successive harvest failures and a lack of food assistance jeopardized an entire...
Nairobi The United Nations declared famine in parts of southern Somalia, which killed tens of thousands of people in one of the world’s most serious food security crises.A rare combination of conflict and insecurity, limited accesses for humanitarian organizations, successive harvest failures and a lack of food assistance jeopardized an entire...