The Latest Breaking News from Baidoa

Renewed clashes erupt in southwestern Somalia between government and militias

Renewed fighting has erupted between government forces and militias near Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa

The Independent UK · Sep 3

Fighting in southwestern Somalia kills dozens of people, including 4 civilians

Fierce fighting between government troops and militias in Somalia's southwestern city of Baidoa has killed dozens, including at least four civilians

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Somalia battles child hunger as MSF says effort hit by funding cuts

Health workers at a clinic in Baidoa, southwest Somalia, wrapped a color-coded malnutrition tape around a child's arm. The reading indicated severe malnutrition. Nearby, another child was weighed as mothers wait with sick children.The scenes reflected findings from a survey conducted by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and Somalia's Ministry of…

Bangkok Post · Aug 12

Climate disasters put plight of displaced in COP27 focus

Issack Hassan lives in a migrant camp in Baidoa city in Somalia - one of more than a million people displaced since January after five successive failed rainy seasons.

Reuters · Nov 13, 2022

Drought likely to push parts of Somalia into famine by end of year, warns UN

World is ‘in last minute of the 11th hour to save lives’, says aid chief, amid fears that crisis is worse than 2010 famine, when 250,000 died

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2022