News Somalia Gedo: Somalia: Jubaland president strikes deal with rivals amid Gedo tensions
NAIROBI, Kenya - Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe has reached a truce with his two main rivals, sources say, in a move that could change the matrix of the geopolitical landscape of the ever fragile ...
News Somalia Gedo: US airstrikes kill 10 al-Shabaab members in Somalia
Ten al-Shabaab members were killed by airstrikes conducted by US Africa Command in Somalia in the overnight hours of Saturday, the Defense Department announced. “At the request of the Federal ...
News Somalia Gedo: Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks Military Base in Somalia
Bardere — Reports reaching us in Bardhere district of Gedo region indicate that two suicide blasts and heavy gunfire were heard outside a military base. The attack was targeted at the ADC camp ...
News Somalia Gedo: Twin Al-Shabaab explosions hit military base in Somalia
The two successive explosions were heard in Bardhere in the Gedo region and were subsequently followed by heavy gunfight involving members of the Somali National Army [SNA] and foreign troops at the ...
News Somalia Gedo: Somalia army kills dozens of Al-Shabaab terrorists
MOGADISHU, Somalia - An operation executed by the National Intelligence ... Al-Shabaab militants have also increased intensity of the attack in the country, with the latest being in Gedo where they ...
News Somalia Gedo: Mastercard, SomBank announce partnership to launch debit card in Somalia
Partnership between Mastercard and SomBank is aimed at bringing digital payments to consumers in Somalia through the introduction of the SomBank Card, a Mastercard-branded debit card. Mastercard, a ...
News Somalia Gedo: Deployed forces in Somalia leave US in ‘lopsidedly militaristic’ position, report says
The push to get U.S. troops back on the ground in Somalia in 2022 was based in part on an inflated threat assessment from U.S. Africa Command about the terrorist danger to the homeland ...
News Somalia Gedo: Somalia: Jubaland President Names New Governor for the Disputed Gedo
Kismayo — The President of Jubbaland, Ahmed Madobe has appointed a new governor for the Gedo region which has been the epicenter of a dispute for many years. Madobe named Abdullahi Abdi Jama as ...
News Somalia Gedo: UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency' but aid has been cut over lack of funding
Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the U.N. has been forced to drastically cut food ...
News Somalia Gedo: Somalia - $2.6 Billion Appeal to Aid Millions Still On the Brink of Famine
The UN's Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, made a passionate appeal for sustained support for the country's most vulnerable on Wednesday, where climate shocks and protracted conflict have created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world."Somalia teetered on the brink of famine in recent months due to an historic drought characterized by five consecutive poor rainy seasons," Mr. Abdelmoula said in...
News Somalia Gedo: Some in dry Somalia break Ramadan fast with little but water
This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. As the sun sets and Muslims around the world gather to break their daily fasts with generous dinners, Hadiiq Abdulle Mohamed and her family have just water and whatever food might be at hand. Mohamed is among more than 1 million Somalis who have fled their homes in search of help while an estimated 43,000 people died last year alone.
News Somalia Gedo: Somalia's drought killed 43,000 last year, half under five - study
By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's ongoing record drought killed as many as 43,000 people last year, half of them children under 5, researchers said on Monday in the first attempt to estimate country-wide deaths. After five consecutive failed rainy seasons, half of Somalia's 17 million people are in urgent need of aid, the United Nations has said, although parts of the country
News Somalia Gedo: Somalia: Puntland Civil Servants Face Financial Hardship as Outgoing President Diverts Salaries
GAROWE, Somalia | Garowe Online has learned that civil servants in Puntland, a federal member state of Somalia located in the north of the country, have not been paid for five months due to outgoing ...
News Somalia Gedo: At least 14 killed by flash floods in Somalia: UN
Gedo region which has experienced the heaviest rainfall in recent days. It said several areas of Somalia have received light to moderate rains over the past week, signaling an early start of the ...
News Somalia Gedo: Somalia’s all-women media team breaking the stereotypes
A UN 2022 report showed that Somali women journalists face high rates of sexism and harassment not only in society but in the workplace. In a bid to combat these challenges, Bilan was formed.
News Somalia Gedo: Flash floods kill several people in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least 14 people have been killed in Somalia ... Bardheere District, OCHA said, is the worst affected by the flash floods within the Gedo region of Jubaland. Last year, a number ...
News Somalia Gedo: Somalia launches new payment system to boost inflows
The Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) said Tuesday it has integrated International Bank Account Numbers (IBAN) across all transactions going through the national payment system (NPS) and urged all banks ...
News Somalia Gedo: Shooting in Somalia airport as military court prosecutes cases
DOLOW, Somalia - There was a moment of a scare on Monday during the prosecution of criminal cases by the Military Court boss in the Gedo region after suspected militias opened fire in Dolow airport, ...
