Somalia

Attacks with explosives in Somalia kill 35

Published on: January 5, 2023
09:39

Mogadishu, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) The death toll in central Somalia rose to 35 as a result of a double car bomb attack perpetrated by the Al-Shabab extremist group, a security agency reported.

Uganda to investigate deaths of soldiers deployed in Somalia

Published on: January 4, 2023
08:30

Kampala, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) The Ugandan Army created a commission to investigate the circumstances in which three Ugandan soldiers deployed in Somalia were killed by a comrade.

UN agencies warn Somalia near full-blown famine

Published on: December 13, 2022
17:04

Mogadishu, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) More than 200,000 Somalis are currently suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of U.N. agencies and aid groups.

Arab League and UN warn of humanitarian catastrophe in Somalia

Published on: December 2, 2022
07:25

Cairo, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The Arab League and the United Nations stressed the importance of collective actions to counteract the humanitarian catastrophe that Somalia is experiencing as a result of drought.

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

Published on: September 21, 2022
17:35

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.

Somali troops kill al-Shabab leader

Published on: September 10, 2022
09:48

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

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.

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

Published on: July 5, 2022
17:16

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.

Somali radicals attack African Union military base

Published on: May 12, 2022
10:37

Mogadishu, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The Al-Shabab radical group used mortars to attack an African Union military base in the center of Somalia, with no casualties reported so far, the Garowe Online website reported.

UN chief condemns deadly attacks in Somalia

Published on: March 24, 2022
07:20

United Nations, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the deadly attacks on compounds located inside the Aden Adde International Airport area in Mogadishu, which shocked Somalia on Thursday.

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