Somalia President meets Somalis living in Turkey

Somalia president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has met with the Somali community in Turkey amid severe drought ravaging the Horn of African nation.
According to the state owned news agency, president Farmaajo has urged the Somali community to assist in rescuing the Somali people affected by the drought.

The meeting was also attended by the Second Deputy Speaker of the House of the People, Hon Mahad Abdalle Awad, the Second Deputy Speaker of the Upper House Moulid Hussein Guhaad, the Director General of the Presidency, Mohamed Abdullahi Isse and the Ambassador of Somalia to Turkey Mr. Jama Aideed Mohamed.

The federal government declared a state of emergency over the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa nation following an extraordinary Cabinet meeting in Mogadishu on the situation.

Severe drought is gripping most of Somalia as seasonal rains failed for the third time since late 2020. Some 3.5 million Somalis already face acute food insecurity and without urgent and scaled-up support, the situation will likely deteriorate further.