Newsletters and Round-up of UN Activities
Food | FAO rehabilitates canals to help farmers overcome water shortages With support from FAO and funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, farming communities in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle area…
Humanitarian | OCHA coordinates humanitarian response in Laascaanood Humanitarian partners stepped up efforts to assist people affected by conflict in Laascaanood. OCHA coordinated the response in the areas accessible to the…
Education | UNICEF provides displaced children with access to learning The prolongated drought in Somalia has exacted an extensive toll on access to education, with an estimated 3.85 million children and school personnel…
Development | UN-Habitat installs streetlights to promote access and security in Berbera UN-Habitat started installing solar streetlights on a six kilometre road leading to the Batalaale beach in Berbera, Somaliland. The…
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Economy and private sector | UNIDO supports study tours for Somali companies and official s Officials of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) travelled to Italy, supported by…
Desert Locusts | FAO's use of biopesticides helps win battle against desert locusts For decades, chemical pesticides have been the only solution to controlling desert locust numbers. But this approach can impact more than…
Drought | OCHA leads funding revision for response plan OCHA took a lead role in the revision of targets and funding requirements to align Somalia’s 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and Drought Response and Famine…
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Capacity building | UNODC supports the committee against organised crime Somalia is one of the few remaining countries to sign the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC). UNTOC is an…
Terrorism | UN strongly condemns Hayat Hotel attack In the wake of the Al-Shabaab attack on the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, the UN family in Somalia strongly condemned the event and extended its condolences to the victims’…