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English By VOA News Share on Facebook Print this page The U.S. continues to remove troops from Somalia following President Donald Trump’s directive earlier this month. According to the Pentagon, the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams is “conducting maritime operations off the coast of Somalia” to “reposition U.S. DOD personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa,” AFRICOM spokesperson Kelly Cahalan told VO...

A new generation of locust swarms is threatening to wipe out the livelihoods of farmers and herders across eastern Africa – deepening a food crisis in a region where 35 million people are already hungry, the United Nations warned this week. From January to August, massive desert locust swarms swept across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, ravaging crops and decimating pasture in the worst outbreak in decades. Governments, supported by UN agencies and international charities, responded with large-s...

Somalia Seasonal Monitor: December 15, 2020 Format In early December, deyr rainfall subsided across most of Somalia During the December 1-10 period, little to no rainfall was reported across Somalia. According to field information and preliminary Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data (CHIRPS) imagery, only localized areas in the South received light to moderate rainfall of up to 10-25 millimeters, specifically in agropastoral areas of Bay, southern Gedo, and Lower Juba ...

Fresh wave of crop-ravaging locust swarms threaten E. African herders, farmers Reuters 12/16/2020 By Nita Bhalla and Mohammed Omer NAIROBI/GAROWE, Dec 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new generation of locust swarms is threatening to wipe out the livelihoods of farmers and herders across eastern Africa - deepening a food crisis in a region where 35 million people are already hungry, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. From January to August, massive desert locust swarms swept across So...

 16 Dec 2020 - 19:51 Desert locusts are seen in a grazing land in Nakwamuru village, Samburu County, Kenya January 16, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi/File pic By Nita Bhalla and Mohammed Omer / Thomson Reuters Foundation NAIROBI/GAROWE: A new generation of locust swarms is threatening to wipe out the livelihoods of farmers and herders across eastern Africa - deepening a food crisis in a region where 35 million people are already hungry, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. From January to Augu...

Somalia Situation Report, 10 Dec 2020 [EN/SO] 15 December, 2020 - 12:20 Countries: Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached files. HIGHLIGHTS Nearly 200,000 people have been affected and 42,000 people displaced due to moderate to heavy rainfall associated with Cyclone Gati Against an increasing humanitarian caseload, transport access in some parts of the country remains a challenge FAO warns of spread o...

Somalia Situation Report, 10 Dec 2020 [EN/SO] Format HIGHLIGHTS Nearly 200,000 people have been affected and 42,000 people displaced due to moderate to heavy rainfall associated with Cyclone Gati Against an increasing humanitarian caseload, transport access in some parts of the country remains a challenge FAO warns of spread of desert locust infestation to the southern parts of the country while widespread hatching and hopper growth continues. Despite growing humanitarian needs, funding per sec...

Cyclone Gati could worsen current desert locust infestations in Somaliland Format Representatives from the Switzerland visited various desert locust affected areas during a three-day mission. The main aim of the visit was to understand progress made so far in the fight against desert locusts, engage with Government counterparts and help raise awareness on upcoming needs to continue the ongoing response as well as provide additional livelihood support. For more than a year now, the desert locu...

reaction to last nights state of the union speech and we examine the rhetoric and the reality with glenn kessler of the "washington post." >> brown: plus, we debate the presidents overall approach to the nations economic woes with economists heather boushey and douglas holz-eakin. >> ifill: betty ann bowser reports on how spanish television soap operas are leading the way in health education. >> "cross roads" tackles just about every health issue affects latinos from diabetes to asthma...

the "washington post." >> brown: plus, we debate the presidents overall approach to the nations economic woes with economists heather boushey and douglas holz-eakin. >> ifill: betty ann bowser reports on how spanish television soap operas are leading the way in health education. >> "cross roads" tackles just about every health issue affects latinos from diabetes to asthma to alcohol and drug abuse. >> brown: and margaret warner updates the latest tensions in egypt, one year after the r...