Somalia: CoronaVirus Meter

Somalia rolls out Sinopharm vaccines to boost fight against COVID-19

1d | Xinhua

Somalia's health ministry on Wednesday rolled out doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China to boost the war against COVID-19 pandemic in the Horn of the African nation. MOGADISHU, April 15 (Xinhua) ...

Somalia: NUSOJ and the IOM Launch the Covid-19 Reporting Handbook for Journalists

1d | AllAfrica.com

Press Release - With one of the weakest health systems in the world, Somalia experiences important numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths since the begging of the pandemic. In this context, Somali ...

Somalia's president OKs mandate extension, alarming US, EU

2d | San Francisco Chronicle

Somalia’s president has defiantly signed into law an extension of his mandate and that of his government as the United States ...

African Legal Support Facility: Governing board lauds Covid-19 support to clients

36m | The Guardian Nigeria

The governing board of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) ( has met to review its progress over the past year, noting its strong performance in providing solutions to its clients during the ...

COVID-19, infection control, and cholera

7h | healtheuropa

Has the pandemic led to heightened awareness of essential infection control measures? How can the lessons learned from the ...

Green Bay's Somali Muslim community encouraged to get COVID-19 vaccine before Ramadan fasting

3d | Green Bay Press-Gazette

GREEN BAY - A Green Bay nonprofit teamed up with Brown County public health officials Sunday to vaccinate Somali Muslim residents against COVID-19 before they begin a month of fasting for Ramadan. The ...

Somalia: Is Farmaajo’s term extension a power grab or the way forward to election reform?

1d | The Africa Report

Is extending Somalia’s President Farmaajo’s term by two years needed to reform universal suffrage or is it merely a means to ...

Biden speeds refugee admissions but doesn’t lift Trump cap

1h | Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Friday signed an emergency determination that officials said would speed refugee admissions to the U.S ...

Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Vaccination edges toward plateau; cases continue slow and steady rise

1d | MPR News

As its COVID-19 vaccination progress continues apace, Minnesota’s daily COVID-19 cases continue to slowly trend higher — ...

Al-Shabaab recommends use of honey in fight against COVID-19 pandemic

5d | Garowe Online

NAIROBI, Kenya - As part of their propaganda campaigns, the Al-Shabaab militants have now recommended the use of honey and ...

African Legal Support Facility: Governing board lauds Covid-19 support to clients

36m | The Guardian Nigeria

The governing board of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) ( has met to review its progress over the past year, noting its strong performance in providing solutions to its clients during the ...

COVID-19, infection control, and cholera

7h | healtheuropa

Has the pandemic led to heightened awareness of essential infection control measures? How can the lessons learned from the ...

Somalia- 'We Buried 47 Confirmed COVID-19 Casualties in March Alone' - Hargeisa Municipality

11d | Middle East North Africa Financial Network

WhatsApp Hargeisa Municipality disclosed that its COVID-19 teams helped bury 47 victims of the COVID-19 in March of this year alone. Khadar Yussuf, director of the Social Affairs Department of the ...

Green Bay's Somali Muslim community encouraged to get COVID-19 vaccine before Ramadan fasting

3d | Green Bay Press-Gazette

GREEN BAY - A Green Bay nonprofit teamed up with Brown County public health officials Sunday to vaccinate Somali Muslim residents against COVID-19 before they begin a month of fasting for Ramadan. The ...

UNHCR Somalia grateful for latest contribution from the Government of Japan

10d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Somalia about Contributions, Education, Epidemic, Flash Flood and more; published on 06 Apr 2021 by UNHCR ...

Biden speeds refugee admissions but doesn’t lift Trump cap

1h | Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Friday signed an emergency determination that officials said would speed refugee admissions to the U.S ...

Somalia's lawmakers try to extend president's mandate

4d | San Francisco Chronicle

The international community also has warned against a mandate extension. Somalia’s government has been unable for months to ...

Looming severe drought in Somalia if rains fail [EN/SO]

10d | ReliefWeb

6th of April 2021: – A severe drought is looming in Somalia amid ongoing challenges of the third wave of COVID-19, locust infestations, and political instability making the number of people in ...

African Experts Urge Local COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing

3d | Voice of America

Africa is lagging in vaccinating its people against the COVID-19 disease, and continental heads of state and international ...

COVID-19, infection control, and cholera

7h | healtheuropa

Has the pandemic led to heightened awareness of essential infection control measures? How can the lessons learned from the ...

Solar-powered medical oxygen systems saving lives in Somalia: using innovation to accelerate impact in a fragile setting

10d | ReliefWeb

Medical oxygen system runs on freely available resources “When the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported on 16 March 2020 in Somalia and the outbreak was raging across the ...

Joint Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment: Hiraan, Somalia - June-August 2020

5d | ReliefWeb

Somalia has been experiencing a multi-layered ... In addition, in March 2020, COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the country. This situation and the precautionary measures taken to curb the spread ...

African Experts Urge Local COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing

3d | Voice of America

Africa is lagging in vaccinating its people against the COVID-19 disease, and continental heads of state and international ...

WHO: Africa Left Behind in Race for COVID-19 Vaccine

8d | Voice of America

The World Health Organization says Africa’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccine is being hampered by supply shortages and delays in ...

How climate insecurity could trigger more conflict in Somalia

4d | The Conversation

The federal government needs to address the relationship between climate-related realities and the country's national security.

Devex CheckUp: What will it take to control COVID-19 misinformation?

8d | Devex

In this week's edition: stricter fake news laws, Tanzania’s COVID-19 denialism U-turn, and waste management in the pandemic ...

Somalia Humanitarian Bulletin, March 2021

8d | ReliefWeb

English Situation Report on Somalia about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 08 Apr 2021 by OCHA ...

Somalia's parliament votes to extend president's mandate

4d | Times Union

Somalia’s parliament on Monday voted to effectively extend the mandate of the president and federal government by two years in an attempt to end a political crisis after national elections were ...

Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Vaccination edges toward plateau; cases continue slow and steady rise

1d | MPR News

As its COVID-19 vaccination progress continues apace, Minnesota’s daily COVID-19 cases continue to slowly trend higher — ...