UN ramps up mitigation measures in wake of El Nino in Somalia
MOGADISHU: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations said Monday its Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) Unit is ramping up mitigation measures, including mapping out flood-prone areas ahead of the expected El Nino rains, Xinhua reported. The FAO said its SWALIM has finalised the analysis and mapping of the river […]
Bomb blasts in southern Somalia kill at least 20
MOGADISHU (Somalia): At least 20 people were killed and several wounded in separate bomb attacks Wednesday in southern Somalia. A police officer in the town of Marka in the Lower Shabelle region told Anadolu Agency (AA) by phone that a suicide bomber killed 13 people, including the town’s mayor, Abdullahi Ali Wafow, as well as […]
Biden re-establishes US troop presence inside Somalia
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has ordered the re-establishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters Monday. The move reverses an order from Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, who in late 2020 pulled nearly all US forces from the East African nation […]
UNIMAS signs pact with Somalia
GABRIEL LIHAN & JASMINE BADUN KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) is focusing on developments in the area of water and energy by looking abroad to Somalia. UNIMAS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Federal Republic of Somalia on research and human capital development in […]
