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UN forecasts ‘worrisome’ 2015 outlook on humanitarian front for Somalia

New York, Jan 30 (JEN) Malnutrition rates are “stubbornly high” in Somalia with more than 200,000 children requiring emergency nutrition, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the African nation said on Thursday as he projected a “worrisome” outlook for 2015. more

Somalia: amid unstable security, UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis

New York., Oct 14 (JEN) The top United Nations official in Somalia on Monday condemned the car bombing which left an estimated 13 people dead and many more injured in Mogadishu, the capital, ...

‘World must act now’ to avert repeat of devastating famine in Somalia – UN expert

New York, Aug 9 (JEN) A United Nations human rights expert on Friday urged the international community to “act now” to avert a humanitarian disaster in Somalia, where a widening hunger c ...

Somalia: UN condemns murder of second lawmaker

New York, Apr 23 (JEN): Following the murder earlier on Tuesday of Somali parliamentarian Abdiaziz Isaaq Mursal – the second lawmaker to be killed in less than 48 hours in Mogadishu – th ...