The greater part of the Horn of Africa is expected to receive heavy rains between January and March 2024, with the weather pattern following recent El Nino rains, the Intergovernmental …
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UNHCR calls for urgent global action at COP28, highlighting climate change’s impact on the displacement crisis
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for immediate and collective action to confront the unparalleled impact of climate change and its profound effects on displaced populations and their host …
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ClimateNewsSomalia
First the drought, then flood: Climate crisis compounds woes for Somalis
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterAt a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Baidoa city in southwest Somalia, Halima Abdi, 57, walks through the flooded compound to access her makeshift house. It …
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According to the Somalia Disaster Management Agency, at least 50 people are dead and 700,000 are now homeless as a result of the severe rain and flooding in Somalia. Authorities …
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ClimateNews
UN invites Somaliland to attend climate change conference (COP28)
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterThe Government of the Republic of Somaliland has been invited to attend the mega international conference on climate change COP28. The UN conference on climate change 2023 is also known …
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ClimateHealthNews
Hit by floods and drought, quarter of Somali people at risk of ‘crisis-level’ hunger, WFP says
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterA quarter of Somalia’s population is forecast to face “crisis-level hunger or worse” this year due to drought and floods caused by climate change, the World Food Programme (WFP) said …
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ClimateHorn of AfricaNews
Bank-funded water and sanitation project improving livelihood in Somaliland
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterOn March 22 as the global community marked World Water Day, residents of a small town in Somaliland also had reason to celebrate. With a population of about 24,500, Arabsiyo …
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ClimateCommentary/OpinionHorn of AfricaNews
Somalis are dying because of a climate crisis they didn’t cause. More aid isn’t the answer
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterBy Abdirahman Abdishakur Despite billions spent on the humanitarian response, Somalia faces another year of drought and hunger. We desperately need money, but it needs to be better spent In Somalia, …
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ClimateHealthNewsSomalia
Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterA new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old. It is the first …
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ClimateNewsSomalia
Why Somali Canadians are footing more of the bill for the climate crisis in Africa
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterBy Kieran Green As Somalia’s worst drought in decades increases economic turmoil, the diaspora is sending more money People in Somalia have long relied on money from family members abroad …