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Mohamed Dhicis (19) started a beekeeping business in his hometown of Belet Weyne, in central Somalia. He is supported by an entrepreneurship develop programme of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in collaboration with the Somali Ministry of Commerce and Industries. Photo: Supplied/United Nations

Small agribusinesses in Somalia offer hope for an economic future that is less reliant on international aid.

Nature-based biopesticides are now offering a safer alternative to locust control. ©FAO/Ismail Taxta/Arete

Locusts: How Somalia became biopesticides leader

by FAO of the UN

30 December 2022

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Somalia beat recent locust outbreaks using natural biopesticides, becoming an international example of best practice.

To avoid future conflicts being triggered, it’s crucial to focus on investing in education for young people – women in particular – and improving local housing, markets, schools and hospitals. Photo: Pixabay

Connecting the dots between climate change and conflict

by The Conversation

11 July 2022

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As the drought situation worsens in the Horn of Africa, an area especially prone to conflict, researchers have developed a ...

Somalia is also strongly affected by the Ukraine-Russia war. It gets 90% of its wheat from that region which makes up two-thirds of the Somalian diet. Photo: Pixabay

Ticking timebomb: Somalia’s famine catastrophe

by The Conversation

1 July 2022

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It's a sight that no one wants to see and yet, it's becoming more of a reality by the second. ...

Rain, and lots of it, is needed in Somalia to relieve the famine. Photo: Supplied/FoodforAfrika.com

Drought-stricken Somalia on the brink of catastrophe

by Lucinda Dordley

9 June 2022

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The current situation in Somalia isn't for the faint-hearted. With yet another failed rainy season predicted later this year, millions ...

Somaliland president Muse Bihi is in the US, and made a keynote address as a call to recognise his country's independence and separation from Somalia. Photo: Muse Bihi/Twitter

Somaliland president tours US in fight for independence

by Lucinda Dordley

16 March 2022

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President Muse Bihi of Somaliland is currently on a tour of the United States of America, and delivered a keynote ...

The drought impacting the Horn of Africa has led to the UN's FAO to ask for assistance in helping impacted families access adequate water and food supplies. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Drought is causing dire situation in Horn of Africa, warns FAO

by Lucinda Dordley

16 February 2022

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The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and partners warned on Tuesday, 15 February, that an extended, ...

The UN's World Food Programme is assisting those in the Horn of Africa that are impacted by the drought, and its knock-on effects on food security and levels of starvation. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Drought in Horn of Africa threatens 13 million people

by Lucinda Dordley

11 February 2022

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Three consecutive dry seasons in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia have wrecked crops and resulted in unusually high livestock fatalities, while ...

UK pledges $10 million for drought relief in Somalia

by Nondumiso Mncube

20 January 2022

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Dadaab, Somaila - 16 August 2011: Children live in the Dadaab refugee camp where thousands of Somalis wait for help ...

Locusts have been swarming East Africa, and the FOA and Somalia recently embarked on a partnership to monitor the issue. Photo: Hortgro/Supplied

Somalia takes charge to combat locust outbreaks

by Lucinda Dordley

23 November 2021

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Somalia and the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a monitoring center for desert locusts in the country. ...

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