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Forty-seven children have died from hunger-related ailments in Banaadir Hospital in the Somali capital over the last two months, according to the head of the hospital’s pediatric unit, Dr. Luul Mohamud Mohamed.
Somalia today joined the rest of the world in taking stock of women’s achievements during celebrations to commemorate International Women’s Day.
International Women’s Day was observed in Somalia’s regional capitals today as the world paid tribute to women and the role they play in society. In Jubbaland state, festivities were held in the port city of Kismaayo and attended by hundreds of people.
The Secretary-General
Written message on International Women’s Day
New York, 8 March 2017
SG: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the media, thank you very much for your presence.
Women displaced by drought waiting to meet Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to Baidoa, Somalia, where the focus was on famine and cholera. Photo: UN News/Laura Gelbert
Hearing the heart-wrenching stories of desperate families displaced in Somalia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged a massive scale up in international support to avert a famine in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa nation and curb the spread of cholera.
Luul Issack Adan brightens up when speaking about her role as a champion for peace and women’s empowerment in Somalia’s Interim South West State
Luul Issack Adan brightens up when speaking about her role as a champion for peace and women’s empowerment in Somalia’s Interim South West State. The 33-year-old activist is the role model of many, because of her outstanding record of support to communities in need.
A group of women in Mogadishu, Somalia, after leaving Toro-Toro, 100 kilometres away, because of a lack of water and food. Photo: OCHA
As a severe drought deepens in Somalia, the risk of famine is looming in the long-troubled country, with about half the population in need of some form of assistance, according to an assessment by United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners.
Police officer Ridwan Abdi Iman beat the odds of a disadvantaged childhood
Ridwan Abdi Iman was born in the village of Farjana Kismayo, twenty five years ago when the first wave of Somalis began fleeing across the border into neighbouring countries to escape the chaos caused by the collapse of the Siad Barre government in 1991.
The Deputy President of Jubbaland Administration, Mohamud Sayyid Aden (middle), flanked by the German Deputy Ambassador to Somalia, Markus Bollmohr (2nd right), and the Director Rule of Law Security Institutions Group (ROLSIG), Staffan Tillander (3rd left), cuts the ribbon during the official opening of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) centre in Kismaayo, Somalia, on 1 March 2017. UN Photo
A rehabilitation centre for former Al-Shabaab combatants was officially opened today in Kismaayo, the interim administrative capital of Jubbaland state.