Amid widening needs for displaced Somalis, UN refugee agency revises funding appeal

May 13, 2017, at 05:54 am

New York, May 13(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has increased its funding appeal by $91 million to meet the humanitarian needs of Somali refugees in the region and the people displaced inside the Horn of Africa country.

UN food relief agency air-lifts food, medical supplies to 31,000 famine-stricken Somalis

Apr 22, 2017, at 12:57 pm

New York, Apr 22(Just Earth News): As the drought intensifies in south and north-eastern Somalia, the United Nations emergency food relief agency on Friday airlifted to Mogadishu enough high-energy biscuits to assist 31,000 people for three days.

Diseases and sexual violence threaten Somalis, South Sudanese escaping famine – UN

Apr 19, 2017, at 01:57 pm

New York, Apr 19(Just Earth News): Millions of people are facing the peril of famine in Somalia and South Sudan, and the situation is expected to worsen as the drought and violence fuelling the crises widen, cautioned senior United Nations officials who have just returned from the area.

UN emergency fund releases $7 million to strengthen protection for Somalis

Sep 10, 2016, at 01:22 pm

New York, Sept 10 (Just Earth News): To strengthen protection services to internally displaced people in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the Somalia Humanitarian Fund recently released $7 million to scale up life-saving and life sustaining assistance.

UN emergency fund releases $7 million to strengthen protection for Somalis

Sep 10, 2016, at 01:20 pm

New York, Sept 10 (Just Earth News): To strengthen protection services to internally displaced people in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the Somalia Humanitarian Fund recently released $7 million to scale up life-saving and life sustaining assistance.