[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Africa's Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has opened a research center in Somalia to combat climate change. Severe drought and flooding displaced nearly half-a-million Somalis last year.

[Dalsan Radio] A high-level delegation from Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) led by Executive Secretary, Dr Workneh Gebeyehu reached Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia on Thursday.

[Dalsan Radio] President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has called for the cessation of hostilities as fighting resumes in the coastal town of Bosaso.

[Dalsan Radio] The Turkish Red Crescent has distributed humanitarian aid to the families affected by the ongoing drought in Southern Somalia.

[Dalsan Radio] Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has held talks with the Mayor of Banadir region and top security officials in the capital.

[VOA] Bosaso, Washington -- Somali officials in the semiautonomous region of Puntland have announced a cease-fire following two days of heavy fighting between two security forces in the commercial port town of Bosaso.

[Dalsan Radio] A ceasefire between Puntland government forces in the port city of Bosaso in Puntland collapsed in the wee hours of Thursday as two sides resumes fighting in the town.

[Dalsan Radio] The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has handed over a solar lighting system to Dalhis Police Station in Kismayo as part of efforts to build the capacity of the Somali Police Force.

[Dalsan Radio] The United States has urged an immediate cease-fire in Bossaso where two opposing security forces have been at loggerheads.

[Dalsan Radio] The United Nations Security Council on has voted to extend the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) by three months to help in the fight against the Al-Shabaab militant group.

[Dalsan Radio] A medical student has was shot by police in Mogadishu has died while receiving treatment in Mogadishu on Wednesday morning.

[Chatham House] Somalia is emblematic of the wider situation around the world whereby climate change is having cascading impacts that reach far beyond borders.

[Dalsan Radio] The police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali Police Force (SPF) on Sunday secured the election of the first four members of the Somali federal Parliament representing clans from Somaliland.

[Dalsan Radio] A man was sentenced to two years in prison for sharing his ex-wife nudes on social media.

[Dalsan Radio] Heavy fighting has broke out between two rival forces in Bosaso city in the northeastern Bari region in Puntland.

[Dalsan Radio] The United Nations and other humanitarian partners are seeking about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars to help 5.5 million of the most vulnerable people in Somalia.

[UN News] Roughly 7.7 million people in Somalia will need assistance and protection in 2022, a 30 per cent rise in just one year, the UN and partners said on Monday, launching a nearly $1.5 billion Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for the country.

[Dalsan Radio] The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Force Commander, Lt. Gen Diomede Ndegeya and the Deputy Force Commander in charge of Support and Logistics, Maj Gen. Gerbi Kebede Regassa, have been awarded African Union (AU) service medal...

[Dalsan Radio] Somali military killed at least six Al-Shabaab fighters and wounded several others wounded in operation against the Al-Shabaab group.

[Dalsan Radio] Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisaid Muse Ali, participated in the 17th Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad, Pakistan.

[VOA] Geneva -- The United Nations estimates 7.7 million people, half of Somalia's population, will require humanitarian assistance and protection in 2022.It is appealing for $1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million of the most vulnerable among them.

[Dalsan Radio] Police in Mogadishu has intensified efforts to crack down on illicit alcohol brewing within the capital.

[Dalsan Radio] Four More Somaliland more candidates from Somaliland were voted into the Lower House on Sunday.

[Dalsan Radio] The council of the presidential candidates have welcomed the prime minister's decision to dismiss seven members of the electoral dispute resolution body.

[Dalsan Radio] Somalia's army chief, Gen.Odawaa Rage's official Facebook account has been hacked.

[Dalsan Radio] The German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) has granted a 12 million Euro top up for the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) doubling Germany's total contribution to the SHF for 2021 to 24 million Euro.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has urged Kenya and Somalia to ensure democratic and peaceful national elections describing impending polls as a litmus test to constitutionalism.

[Dalsan Radio] Somalia's president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, has arrived in Istanbul, Turkey for the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit.

[Dalsan Radio] The outgoing commander of the AMISOM Burundi contingent, Brig Gen. Telesphore Barandereka, has attributed his contingent's victories over Al-Shabaab to the existing cordial relations with Somali security forces and residents of Hirshab...

[Dalsan Radio] Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, AbdiSaid Muse Ali has met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Istanbul, Turkey.