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Kenya floods kill at least 49; Nairobi among hardest hit as Ruto orders multi-agency response Wednesday, March 11, 2026 NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 49 people have died and 2,624 families have been displaced after days of heavy rains triggered flooding across several parts of Kenya, with Nairobi among the hardest hit areas, authorities said Wednesday. The National Police Service (NPS) said officers are working alongside multi-agency emergency teams to carry out search and rescue operations, evacuate residents from high-risk…

South Africa’s government on Monday urged citizens stranded in the Middle East to “take immediate advantage” of the resumption of limited commercial flights out of the region, while Kenya Airways announced special repatriation services between Nairobi and Dubai to help passengers displaced by days of attacks. The moves follow a period of disruptions that left many travelers unable to leave and prompted several African governments to coordinate emergency measures. South African officials appealed to nationals in affected…

‘No school, no food’: Drought pushes Bay region children out of class and into Baidoa’s camps BAIDOA, Somalia — At night in a camp on the edge of this bustling regional capital, Hassan Isaq Sabri counts his children as they file into borrowed huts to sleep. The adults bed down outside. By morning, he will borrow 20 liters of water from neighbors and begin the daylong search for a meal — and for a way to keep his four school-age children from slipping further behind. “My children had a good education before,” said Hassan, 55,…

The last of the afternoon heat clings to the metal walls as Asho Mohamud Jama stoops to set down a yellow jerrycan outside a ramshackle shelter on the edge of Lasanod. She has walked about 7 kilometers to and from a privately owned borehole to collect the only water her family of 14 will drink today. Inside, her 10-month-old dozes fitfully. Tin sheets rattle in the wind. There is no door to keep out the cold at night, and nowhere to escape the sun by day. Across Somalia’s Sool region, prolonged drought has pushed hundreds of…

In the harsh light of midday in Hariro, a settlement carved into the rock and dust of Somalia’s Bari region, Mahado Cilmi Matan tightens the cloth walls of a shelter stitched from branches and tin. The hut barely holds her and her 11 children. Shade is thin, cold seeps in at night, and the wind picks at the seams. A year after war began in the Almiskad mountains above them, the family is still displaced and living without income, pushed to the edge by conflict and a relentless drought. “There is no food available,” Mahado…

‘A door opened’: Somali businessman helps displaced families secure land near Afgooye MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali businessman has stepped in to help more than 60 internally displaced families secure long-sought land near Afgooye, fast-tracking a community savings plan that would otherwise have taken years to complete. Abdinasir Ali Adoon said he was compelled to act after watching a BBC report about families in a displacement camp outside Mogadishu who had been pooling small monthly contributions through a traditional…

Human Rights Watch said Monday that thousands of civilians displaced by recent attacks by an Islamist armed group in northeastern Mozambique are sheltering in overcrowded, inadequate conditions and urgently need food, health care and protection. Between Nov. 10 and 23, 2025, attacks in Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces killed 33 people and forced about 108,000 people from their homes, the rights group reported. Among the displaced are an estimated 70,000 children, HRW said. "Displaced people in northern Mozambique,…

About 200,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels press toward the strategic lakeside city of Uvira, the United Nations said, underscoring a dramatic escalation that comes days after a Washington ceremony heralding a path to peace. The UN said at least 74 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the latest wave of fighting and 83 others were hospitalized with wounds. It warned the new M23 offensive “has a destabilizing potential for the whole…

Mogadishu, Somalia – In a landmark effort to uplift displaced populations, Somalia's government has teamed up with the Hormuud Salaam Foundation to roll out a new initiative aimed at 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Announced by the Ministry of Planning, Investment, and Economic Development, this endeavor is a leap forward under the National Solutions Pathways Action Plan. The collaboration was officially introduced during the High-Level Multi-Stakeholder Forum in Geneva, an event backed by the…

Hormuud Salaam Foundation Offers Land for Resettling 10,000 Displaced Families in Somalia Geneva – In a gathering convened by the UN and Somalia's Ministry of Planning in Geneva, Abdullahi Osman, the CEO of Hormuud Salaam Foundation (HSF), unveiled a substantial initiative to combat the displacement crisis in Somalia. He disclosed that the foundation is donating land worth $7 million to resettle 10,000 families who have been uprooted due to conflict, environmental damage, and climate upheavals. This commitment aligns with…