Hiiraan Online
3/28/2024
Today from Hiiraan Online:
Home
Somali Map
Sports
Opinion
RSS
Somali Music
Contact Us
Facebook
Twitter
Google Plus
advertisements
Boris Johnson lands in Somalia for surprise visit amid looming famine
Hiiraan Online
Wednesday March 15, 2017
Mogadishu (HOL) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday on a surprise visit.
Mr. Johnson met with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to discuss the worsening drought amid warnings from aid groups that Somalia is at risk of slipping into a famine.
Roughly 6 million people in the Horn of Africa nation - or half the population are facing serious food insecurity.
advertisements
An overwhelmed and underfunded UN is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis as Sudan is in the midst of a full-blown famine and three other nations, including Somalia, Yemen and Northeast Nigeria are at a a credible risk of slipping into a famine.
In late February Britian pledged £100 million each in UK aid to Somalia and South Sudan.
Just two days ago, The UK Government announced it will fund a £16 million programme to help avert famine in Somalia over the coming months. The emeregency funding will support more than 450 000 people with life-saving interventions and particularly food and water support.
Britain also announced on Wednesday that it would match "pound for pound" the first £5 million donated by the public to the Disasters Emergency Committee's new East Africa Crisis Appeal.
After a recent visit to Somalia, UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said 2.9 million people in Somalia are at risk of famine and require immediate help "to save or sustain their lives".
Hawaii Judge Halts President Trump's Revised Travel Ban
- VOA
Hass Petroleum set to build ‘Africa’s tallest building’ in Nairobi
- Standard Digital
U.S. Ambassador to Somalia to visit Lewiston
- Lewiston SJ
Somalis consider piracy again, blaming illegal fishing trade
- AP
New travel ban splits Minnesotans, family in East Africa
- ABC6
Somalia: 9-year old leads younger siblings on 337km survival walk
- ENCA
Somali journalist critical after assassination attempt
- CAJ Africa
Pirates demand ransom for tanker seized off Somalia -EU Naval Force
- Reuters
Somalia: A country devastated by drought, famine and conflict
- GulfNews
Home
Email