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Many homes in Somalia don't have formal addresses. Here's how an Edmonton startup is helping

Edmontonian Jibril Ibrahim recalls his sticker shock when he discovered sending medicine to his cousin in Somalia during the pandemic would cost him $400. It's just one example of the exorbitant fees ...
UNHCR

Insecurity, drought and lack of livelihoods force 100,000 to flee homes in Somalia

GENEVA, September 16 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that forced evictions, drought, conflict and lack of livelihoods have prompted more than 100,000 Somalis to flee their homes so ...
UNHCR

Conflict and heavy floods force tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in Somalia, amidst COVID-19 threat

Heavy flooding, conflict, a crippled economy, impending desert locust swarms and the exponential spread of COVID-19 are threatening the safety and welfare of Somalia’s 2.6 million internally displaced ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Somalia Militia Seizes Land, Homes in Kenya, Standard Says

Members of a militia from Somalia’s Jubbaland region have seized a swathe of farmland and houses in northeastern Kenya, the Standard newspaper reported, citing residents who had fled the area. The ...
Save the Children

SOMALIA: Only One in Three People in Need Get Food Support as Drought-Induced Hunger Crisis Worsens

MOGADISHU (Nov. 19, 2025)—Less than a third of people needing food assistance in Somalia received support in October, with worsening conditions prompting the country to declare the first national ...