Somali Archives - Ethio Negari

27 Mar

Seven people dies by floods in the drought-stricken Somali region

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In the drought-stricken Dawa zone of the Somali region, seven people have been killed in a flash flood following a long absence of rain. The heavy rain that caused the flood in the zone rained from March 11 to 14, 2023, and as a result, all the four areas of the zone were flooded and many people who were previously in shelters due to drought. Ato Hasan Mohamed, who is district’s disaster risk management coordinator said that the people who died in the flood were four from Boji, one from Hilal kebele, one from Elgof kebele and one from Hudet…

01 Dec

IOM launches a three year project in Oromia and Somali

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The International Organization for Migration announced the 18 million dollar project to be implemented in the Oromia and Somali region. IOM Ethiopia has announced a three-year project to be implemented in the Oromia and Somali regions of Ethiopia. The organization has announced the project in Addis Ababa, which aims to permanently resettle citizens who have been displaced from their villages due to conflicts and drought in the two regions. This project, which will be implemented in the next three years, will require 18.8 million dollars, and it is stated that the Swedish International Development Organization and the Swiss government will…

07 Jul

Japan to Offer $6.5m Grant Aid to Drought Response in Somali Region

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Japan has decided to extend an emergency grant aid worth USD 6.5 million to the people affected by the drought in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, its embassy in Addis Ababa announced today. The grant aid will be provided as emergency food assistance through a partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), according to the embassy. The fund is expected to provide 7,600mt of food to 446,000 people in the Somali Region who have been impacted by the drought. “This will allow the beneficiaries to meet their basic food needs for a period of six months from July to December…

14 Jun

Somali Region of Ethiopia Plan to Harvest Over 20 Mil Quintals Agricultural Products Next FY

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Somali Regional State of Ethiopia has planned to harvest over 20 million quintals of various agricultural products during the new Ethiopian fiscal year, according to Agriculture Bureau of the region. Somali Regional State Natural Resource Management Director at Bureau of Agriculture, Badal Kenadid Mohamed made the remark in a press briefing organized to journalists today regarding the activities underway in agriculture sector and efforts to mitigate drought in the region. According to him, Somali region is facing recurrent drought and the frequency of drought is increasing year after year. To mitigate the risk of such disaster, the region has…

08 Jun

MSF Resumes Providing Aid in Gambella, Somali Regions

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“We are relieved to once again provide some assistance to people in these areas, many of whom have gone without essential and even life-saving care during the period of our suspension,” said the aid agency in a statement today. MSF’s activities in Amhara, Gambella, Somali, and Tigray were suspended by governmental order in July of 2021, and subsequently lifted months later. The government body that oversees foreign aid agencies, Ethiopian Authority for Civil Society Organizations, suspended MSF’s activities after accusing the aid agency of engaging illegal activities including disseminating misinformation at the height of the conflict in northern Ethiopia. The authority lifted…