Muxuu Rikoorka cajiib ah ee Barcelona ku argagaxisay Kooxaha yurub ?
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2026-09-17 03:30:37

Fresh Israeli Strikes Kill Two, Injure Eleven in Gaza
(MENAFN) Two Palestinians have been killed and 11 others injured in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, according to medical sources.In the latest incident, an Israeli strike hit a ...
2026-09-17 03:30:27

Fidan, Araghchi Hold Talks on Regional Developments
(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a telephone conversation Wednesday to discuss the latest regional developments and diplomatic efforts ...
2026-09-17 03:24:10

Gold Mine Collapse Kills Dozens in Sudan’s West Kordofan
(MENAFN) At least 67 people have died after the Al-Zara gold mine collapsed in Sudan–s West Kordofan state, while rescue teams continue searching the site for survivors and workers trapped beneath ...
2026-09-17 03:19:32

Venezuela Food Security Outlook Update: Earthquake recovery remains nascent amid persistent food access constraints, August 2026 - January 2027
Country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Source: Famine Early Warning System Network Please refer to the attached file. Key Messages Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are persisting in earthquake-affected Distrito Capital (Caracas), Aragua, Miranda, Yaracuy, and Carabobo amid substantial shelter and asset losses and widespread livelihood disruptions. In La Guaira, humanitarian food assistance is likely mitigating food consumption gaps and supporting Stressed! (IPC Phase 2!) outcomes. Gradual improvements are expected to reduce the number of households in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) as reconstruction efforts begin, livelihoods recover, and seasonal economic opportunities and income increase. Area-level outcomes are likely to improve in Yaracuy and Carabobo, but recovery will likely take longer in worst-affected states. Throughout the rest of the country, Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes are expected to continue as persistent food and general inflation and limited purchasing power among households earning primarily in VED remain the primary constraints to food access. The impacts of the earthquakes remain severe. As of August 27, more than 6,500 deaths had been reported, over 24,000 people remain displaced, and less than one-third of the rubble was cleared. Humanitarian food assistance has expanded, with WFP providing hot meals, read-to-eat rations, food baskets, and electronic vouchers through at least October, with government cash transfers for earthquake-affected households continuing through December. Some localized market access constraints persist in some of the worst-affected areas, where housing and infrastructure damage remain substantial. Elevated food prices continue to be driven primarily by macroeconomic pressures despite improving foreign currency availability and strong oil-sector performance. In July, the official exchange rate depreciated by more than 20 percent, which narrowed the gap between official and parallel exchange rates, even as oil production and export remained above one million barrels per day, sustaining foreign currency inflows and supporting exchange-rate interventions. Monthly inflation accelerated to 19.9 percent and annual inflation hit 576 percent in July, although the rate of increase is expected to ease in the coming months.
2026-09-17 03:17:17

MEA Fact Check Flags Misleading Posts Claiming World Leaders Fell Ill After BRICS Summit
(MENAFN - IANS) New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The MEA Fact Check on Thursday warned against several misleading and malicious posts circulating on social media platforms regarding the BRICS Summit, which ...
2026-09-17 03:15:44

Somalia: MSF calls for treatment for malnutrition to be restored across Mudug
Country: Somalia Source: Médecins Sans Frontières The inpatient malnutrition ward of Mudug Regional hospital in Somalia has been operating beyond capacity, with over 1,300 children admitted in the first half of the year. Children are arriving to the ward later and sicker, after health facilities within communities have closed across Mudug region. MSF calls on donors, UN agencies, and health authorities to restore and scale up malnutrition treatment at the general healthcare level across Mudug. As healthcare and nutrition services close across Mudug region in central Somalia , and children arrive at hospital in critical condition after treatment closer to home has failed them, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on donors, UN agencies and health authorities to restore and scale up malnutrition treatment at the general healthcare level across the region. The inpatient malnutrition ward MSF supports at Mudug Regional hospital in Galkayo has 28 beds. Since early April 2026 it has been running beyond that capacity. Due to the overwhelming need for care, the team has continued to admit children despite the ward being full. At its peak in late May, almost twice that number of children were being treated there. Between January and July, MSF admitted 1,389 children for inpatient treatment of acute malnutrition and medical complications, 809 of them severely malnourished. Between May and July, 1,322 children were admitted to outpatient malnutrition treatment, compared with 788 over the same three months in 2025 — an increase of nearly 60 per cent. The caregivers of most of these children had already sought care somewhere else first. Of eleven children newly admitted over one week in June, ten had already attended a health facility closer to home. Their caregivers brought them to the MSF-supported hospital because there was no medication or therapeutic milk, or because their child was not getting better. Sabrin Ahmed travelled 12 hours by car from Abudwak, around 270 kilometres away, after a doctor in a local hospital there told her he could not treat her 11-month-old, and after she learned that the therapeutic milk the child needed was out of stock in the town. “By the time these children reach us, they are not only malnourished,” says Emmanuel Omale, MSF project coordinator in Somalia. “They have pneumonia, or measles , or diphtheria on top of it, which is much harder to treat and increases the risk of death. They are not arriving late because their families waited. They are arriving late because there was nothing left closer to home.” They are not arriving late because their families waited. They are arriving late because there was nothing left closer to home. “An inpatient ward is the last step in a chain,” says Omale. “It cannot replace the rest of it, and it is already full.” Somalia’s humanitarian response plan was reduced to US$852 million for 2026 and was still less than one-third funded by July, according to UNOCHA, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Meanwhile, the World Food Programme has cut emergency food assistance from more than two million people to just over 600,000. More than 70 health facilities in Puntland, one of Somalia’s federal member states which covers the northern part of Mudug region, have closed. Rainfall has been substantially below average across Mudug through 2026, and pastoral families have moved in search of water and pasture, taking them further from facilities that are still functioning. MSF calls on donors, UN agencies and health authorities to restore and scale up malnutrition treatment at the general healthcare level across Mudug. That means providing functioning inpatient and outpatient treatment for acute malnutrition close to where families live, and uninterrupted supplies of ready-to-use therapeutic food and essential medicines. Children treated early for acute malnutrition, in their own district, can avoid getting sicker, and the need for a hospital bed. MSF will continue to admit and treat every acutely malnourished child who reaches Mudug Regional hospital, and we will keep looking for ways to add capacity. But an emergency ward cannot substitute for a health system. The severely sick children arriving now show the significant access to care that has already been lost.
2026-09-17 03:12:29

Sacuudi Carabiya oo bixisay jawaab culus iyo dagaalka Xuutiyiinta oo xoogeystay
Jabuuti (Caasimada Online) – Dagaalka u dhaxeeya Sacuudiga iyo Xuutiyiinta Yemen ayaa si weyn u sii xoogeysanaya, iyadoo diyaaradaha dagaalka Sacuudiga ay duqeymo culus ka fuliyeen gudaha Yemen, halka Xuutiyiintuna ay gantaallo iyo diyaarado aan duuliye lahayn ku weerareen bartilmaameedyo ku yaalla gudaha Sacuudiga. Xiisadda cusub ayaa timid kadib markii Xuutiyiinta oo ay taageerto Iran [...] The post Sacuudi Carabiya oo bixisay jawaab culus iyo dagaalka Xuutiyiinta oo xoogeystay appeared first on Caasimada Online .
2026-09-17 03:00:19

Colombia Grupo de Trabajo de Logistica (GTL) - Un mes de Operación de Emergencia, 10 de septiembre de 2026
Country: Colombia Sources: Logistics Cluster, World Food Programme Please refer to the attached Infographic.
2026-09-16 01:28:57

World: Countries move to strengthen public health institutions and services amid mounting pressures
Country: World Source: World Health Organization As health challenges grow more diverse and complex, and public budgets tighten, WHO Member States are increasingly looking to more integrated public health capacity and services that can better promote and protect people’s health, prevent illness and respond to emerging threats. More than 120 countries have identified building institutional capacity to deliver essential public health functions (EPHFs) as a medium-to-high priority for WHO support. The shift comes as fragmented programmes, uneven workforce investment, and reliance on external financing in low- and middle-income countries make public health capacity harder to sustain. These pressures can also limit the ability of governments to respond effectively to both everyday health needs and emergencies. “Countries need public health systems that can do more with limited resources,” said Dr Kalipso Chalkidou, Director of the Performance, Financing and Delivery Department at WHO. “Essential public health functions provide a practical and tested way to bring core capabilities together at the country level, using resources more efficiently while placing promotion, prevention and preparedness at the heart of health systems.” Building the foundations of resilient health systems Building national institutional capacity to deliver EPHFs is a dedicated output of WHO’s Fourteenth General Programme of Work (GPW14) – WHO’s global strategy for 2025–2028. EPHFs are the core public health actions and services countries need to keep people healthy and safe. They bring together four broad areas: promoting health preventing illness protecting people from health risks preparing for and responding to emergencies. Their delivery also depends on effective leadership, workforce, governance and coordination between health and allied sectors. Too often, these functions are planned, financed and delivered separately. WHO’s EPHFs framework therefore helps governments connect them across sectors and levels of the health system, so that keeping people healthy receives sustained attention, alongside treating people when they become ill. National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs), ministries of health and other public health authorities have a central role in putting this approach into practice, from subnational to national levels and across primary, secondary and tertiary care. Connecting public health and universal health coverage EPHFs focus on population-based services as well as building capacities within health systems and societies for tackling crises and emergencies. This ensures that the general population, including hard-to-reach communities, has access to needed health services and commodities before, during and after crises. Achieving this requires a strengthened public health role across primary care and other front-line facilities, which at the same time protects other core health systems functions including secondary and tertiary care. An EPHF lens can support the design and financing of universal health benefit packages that cover population health services, as well as direct service delivery needs for individuals. Growing international momentum The EPHF agenda is also gaining momentum through multilateral cooperation. The 16th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Health Ministers’ Declaration , adopted in July 2026 under India’s chairship, recognized NPHIs as National Centres of Excellence for essential public health functions and endorsed an operational framework for the BRICS Network of NPHIs. The Declaration highlights the importance of universal health coverage (UHC) packages as a foundation for sustaining the pathway towards health for all, health security and other social development goals (SDGs). Moreover, it underscores technical cooperation among public health institutes as a shared priority. WHO’s existing work on EPHFs provides a basis for engagement with the BRICS Network of NPHIs and other multilateral initiatives including the International Association of National Public Health Institutes. It also creates opportunities to expand South–South cooperation and institutional partnerships, including with India, China and other BRICS members and partners. Financing stronger public health capacity Sustained financing is critical to maintaining the institutions, workforce and systems needed to deliver EPHFs. Current budgets allocated to the health sector are insufficient and largely skewed towards curative services. Allocation towards EPHFs is typically donor driven and function-specific and hence does not benefit sector-wide capacity development. Amid growing resource constraints, multilateral development banks (MDBs) have a critical role to play in financing on the right terms and with the right priorities, aligned with the UHC mission and governments’ own systems and plans. The prospect of a BRICS New Development Bank financing window dedicated to digital determinants and social determinants of health (DD-SDH) health infrastructure – supporting primary health centres; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); and housing with a pro-poor focus – is a welcome development. Partnerships in action WHO-supported initiatives are already putting the EPHF approach into practice. Through projects supported by China’s Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund, WHO is working with Iraq, Morocco and Pakistan to apply EPHFs through locally adapted service platforms including facilities providing primary care and traditional medicines. At the same time, efforts in Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Timor-Leste focus on building national workforce capacity for EPHFs. Through the EU-funded Team Europe Initiative on Public Health Institutes, WHO is also supporting the establishment of national public health institutes in Central African Republic and Zimbabwe, improving EPHF coordination in Guinea-Bissau, and supporting federal-state coordination on EPHFs, workforce and public health services in Nigeria. These initiatives combine national capacity-building with South–South and North–South institutional partnerships. Connecting resilience, innovation and economic development Health systems resilience builds capacity to tackle small crises from the source, before they escalate into major emergencies, while maintaining trust in and access to essential health services and functions. This strengthens confidence in health systems, boosts national self-reliance and shields economies from the broad disruptions to trade, commerce and industry caused by health crises. Brazil’s health-industrial nexus offers a clear example of this self-reliance in action. By placing domestic production, research and innovation at the center of its Unified Health System (SUS), the country exemplifies the WHO Economics of Health for All strategy. This approach demonstrates how strong public sector leadership can drive local health innovation and ensure equitable access to essential medical supplies – a core pillar of the global resilience agenda. The growing focus on EPHFs reflects a broader shift towards building public health capacity that is integrated, nationally owned and sustainable. By bringing public health functions together, strengthening the institutions and workforce that deliver them, and aligning domestic and international investment behind them, countries can build systems better equipped to advance and protect health gains, respond to future threats and deliver healthier lives for all. Media Contacts WHO Media Team World Health Organization Email: mediainquiries@who.int
2026-09-16 01:26:21

HORDHACA Barcelona & Racing Santander , Hanse Flick oo isbadal kusameynaya Shaxdiisa .....
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2026-09-16 01:06:41

GIEWS Country Brief: Somalia 15-September-2026
Country: Somalia Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Please refer to the attached file. FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Uncertain production prospects for 2026 Gu main season crops due to erratic rains and pests Livestock severely affected by water and pasture shortages Prices of cereals at high levels due to reduced market supplies and high fuel prices High levels and prevalence of food insecurity mainly due to climatic shocks Uncertain production prospects for 2026 Gu main season crops due to erratic rains and pests The 2026 main Gu season crops, normally accounting for about 60 percent of the country's total annual cereal output, were harvested in July. The April‐June Gu rainy season was characterized by below‐average rainfall amounts and by an erratic temporal and spatial distribution. The resulting moisture deficits adversely affected crop germination and development, and caused widespread wilting and stunted growth. According to FAO’s Agricultural Stress Index (ASI) , between 25 and 70 percent of the cropland was affected by severe drought in mid‐June in Lower and Middle Shabelle regions, the main maize producing areas, as well as in the sorghum belt in Bay Region. Subsequently, improved late‐season Gu rains and adequate Xagaa rains in July supported a partial crop recovery in several southern cropping areas, and as a result overall crop performance was mixed. In addition, crop production was affected by attacks of Quelea quelea (QQU) birds. The off‐season harvest recently started in the riverine areas along the Juba and Shabelle rivers and is expected to conclude by end‐September. Cereal production prospects are overall favourable following the adequate Xagaa rains, despite residual soil moisture deficits fromthe poor Gu rains, low river levels and high costs of pump irrigation due to high fuel prices. Pending the release of production estimates by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU), prospects for the aggregate cereal output of the 2026 Gu and off‐season crops remain uncertain, as the adverse impact of poor Gu rains was partly offset by improved late‐season rains and favourable off‐season production prospects. Land preparation for the secondary 2026 Deyr season crops, for harvest in January 2027, is underway. According to the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF) , there is high likelihood of well above‐average rainfall amounts between October and December 2026, likely benefiting yields of Deyr secondary season crops, but also heightening the risk of floods. Livestock severely affected by water and pasture shortages The April to June Gu rainy season had a poor performance also in central and northern pastoral areas. Significant rainfall deficits curtailed the regeneration of pasture and water resources, leaving rangeland conditions well below‐average at the onset of the ongoing July‐September Hagaa dry season. The resulting deterioration in livestock body conditions and the decline of milk production have negatively affected the diets and incomes of pastoralist households. Prices of cereals at high levels due to reduced market supplies and high fuel prices Prices of sorghum in Baidoa Market, located in the sorghum belt in Bay Region, and prices of maize in Qorioley Market, located in Lower Shabelle Region, the main maize producing area, increased between January and June 2026 by 25 and 70 percent, respectively, declining by 10 and 30 percent, respectively, in July with the Gu harvest. Prices of sorghum and maize in these markets in July 2026 were around twice their year‐earlier levels. Similarly, in the capital, Mogadishu, prices of sorghum and maize increased by 15‐20 percent between January and June 2026 and decreased by 5‐10 percent in July. Despite this recent easing, they remained 25‐45 percent higher year‐on‐year. The exceptionally high cereal prices mainly reflect reduced market supplies following consecutive poor harvests and conflict‐related trade disruptions. More recently, the surge in fuel prices associated with supply chain disruptions linked to the Middle East crisis has raised transport costs, further supporting cereal prices. In the capital, Mogadishu, diesel prices increased by 65 percent between January and April 2026. Although they declined by about 25 percent between April and July 2026, they remained approximately 25 percent higher than one year earlier. High levels and prevalence of food insecurity mainly due to climatic shocks According to an update of the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis , about 6 million people (over 30 percent of the population) were estimated to face IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) or worse levels of acute food insecurity between April and June 2026. This figure includes about 1.9 million people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and represents an increase of about 30 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2025. A risk of Famine was identified in Burhakaba District in Bay Region under a plausible worst‐case scenario in which the failure of the Gu rains, combined with soaring food prices and inadequate humanitarian assistance, would have severely constrained food access and availability. The high levels of food insecurity reflect the cumulative impact of consecutive poor rainy seasons on crop and livestock production, compounded by high food prices and widespread insecurity.
2026-09-16 00:54:39

Trump Nominates Devin Kennington as U.S. Ambassador to Somalia
Mogadishu (AX) – U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated career diplomat Devin Kennington as the next U.S. ambassador to Somalia, moving to fill a post that has stood vacant since former Ambassador Richard H. Riley was recalled in late 2025. The nomination was part of a broader list of diplomatic appointments sent by the White [...]
2026-09-16 00:48:20

Afghanistan: Monthly Market Report Issue 75: August 2026
Country: Afghanistan Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. KEY HIGHLIGHTS Major Economic Developments Economic Growth & Household Welfare: Afghanistan’s economy continues to show modest growth, supported by domestic demand and the return of large numbers of Afghans, with agriculture, industry, and services contributing to economic activity. However, the pace of recovery remains insufficient to keep up with population growth, limiting improvements in per capita income and household purchasing power. Limited income opportunities, widespread poverty and subsistence insecurity, and gaps in access to basic services continue to constrain household resilience and reduce the ability to absorb food-price, employment, and other market shocks. Trade & External Vulnerability: Domestic markets in Afghanistan are highly vulnerable to regional trade disruptions and global price fluctuations, given the country's reliance on imports for major food and non-food items. Rising global commodity prices and geopolitical uncertainty, alongside continued disruptions to regional trade routes and reliance on alternative corridors, remain key risks to price stability. These cost pressures disproportionately affect low-income households, which spend a large share of their income on essential goods and have limited capacity to absorb price shocks. Exchange Rate: The Afghani appreciated modestly against the US dollar in August, with the monthly average reaching AFN 65.4/USD. The currency was 4.5 percent stronger than a year earlier and 12 percent stronger than its three-year average, supporting relative exchange-rate stability, providing some protection against imported inflation; however, the benefit was partly offset by higher transportation costs, market instability and elevated international commodity prices. Inflation Rate: Inflationary pressures remained elevated, with July 2026 headline inflation at 7.5 percent year-on-year and food inflation at 7.0 percent. Non-food inflation remained higher at 7.9 percent, driven by persistent increases in health, housing and transportation costs. Continued import and transport cost pressures, alongside elevated housing and healthcare expenses, point to sustained pressure on household living costs. Key Market Pressures: Diesel prices increased 3.3 percent in August to AFN 76.7 per litre, standing 15 percent above last year. Fertilizer prices remained substantially above last year, with Urea 35 percent higher and DAP 15 percent higher, maintaining pressure on agricultural production costs.
2026-09-16 00:47:45

UNICEF Djibouti Humanitarian Flash Update No. 1 (Refugee influx from Yemen), 15 September 2026
Countries: Djibouti, Yemen Source: UN Children's Fund Please refer to the attached file. Highlights As of 12 September 2026, more than 2,350 people, at least half of them children, have arrived in Djibouti after fleeing escalating hostilities in Yemen. They have landed at various points along Djibouti’s northern coast near Obock. It is anticipated that these numbers will increase as fighting intensifies with an estimated number of 5,000 to 10,000 people arriving in country. Water, sanitation, shelter and health services at Markazi refugee village are already under acute strain. With overcrowding and weak water and sanitation systems, the risk of an acute watery disease resurgence is high, weeks after the last outbreak was brought under control. UNICEF is supporting the national response led by the Government of Djibouti and has deployed a multisectoral team to Obock and mobilized 7,500 litres of drinking water at entry points. Emergency latrines and water bladders are being installed at Markazi in collaboration with the Djiboutian Red Crescent (CRD). No unaccompanied or separated children have been reported to date. Identification and registration services remain ongoing as arrivals continue to increase. UNICEF requires USD 3 million to respond to the needs of up to 10,000 people over 6 months.
2026-09-16 00:44:24

Allianz Agrees to Halt Sponsorship of Spanish Festival Over Israel Links
Allianz has suspended its sponsorship of one of Spain’s leading cultural gatherings after more than 20 public figures threatened to boycott the event over the German insurer’s links to Israel, organisers said today. In a statement, the celebrities accused Allianz of being “the world’s largest buyer of Israeli state bonds” and, as a result, “an [...]
2026-09-16 00:37:24