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Floods kill at least 31 in Somalia. UN warns of a flood event likely to happen once in 100 years
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of Somalia, authorities said Sunday. Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million people and disrupted the lives of over 1.2 million people, Minister of...
Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse
Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report. More than 113 million displacements of children will occur in the next three decades, estimated the UNICEF...
The death toll from a truck bomb at a checkpoint in Somalia rises to 21
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21, authorities said Sunday. The number of wounded in Saturday's truck bombing in Beledweyne stood at 52, said Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, director general of the...
A bombing at a checkpoint in Somalia killed at least 18 people, authorities say
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An explosives-laden vehicle detonated Saturday at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne, killing at least 18 people and wounding 40 others, authorities said. Abdirahman Dahir Gure, the interior minister of Hirshabelle state,...
African Union says its 2nd phase of troop withdrawal from Somalia has begun
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The second phase of the African Union troop withdrawal from Somalia has begun, the bloc said Monday. The pullout follows a timeline for the handover of security to the country's authorities, which are fighting al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa — the Somalia-based...
