Residents were seen moving through floodwaters on a street in the town of Beledweyne, in Somalia on, Nov. 19, 2023. AP Somalia’s federal government declared a state of emergency in October after ...

In this image made from video, residents move through floodwaters on a street in the town of Beledweyne, in Somalia Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. First, some families fled drought and violence.

More than 22,000 people including over 11,000 children have been displaced in Mahaas in central Somalia due to intense ...

“At once the entire city was underwater. Beledweyne itself became like an ocean,” said shopkeeper Ahmed Nur, whose business was washed away. “Only the roofs of the houses could be seen.

They are not alone. According to the humanitarian group Save the Children, the flooding has forced an estimated 250,000 people, or 90% of Beledweyne's population, out of their homes. Somalia's ...

Abdullahi Hassan, a farmer from Beledweyne, a flood-prone town in the central Hirshabelle region of Somalia, told ICRC: "Your livelihood is swept away, and you must start from scratch".

Beledweyne, about 335 kilometers (208 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu, is the capital of the Hiran region and a strategic location in the ongoing campaign against al-Shabab.

Relatives and Somali government officials pray near the slain body of Amina Mohamed Abdi, a vocal critic of the government, who was killed in a suicide explosion in Beledweyne, at the Adan Abdulle ...

An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne. Authorities say at least 15 people were killed and 40 others were wounded in Saturday&#… ...

This article is for subscribers only. At least two people were killed and eight others injured in a hand grenade attack at a mosque in the central Somali town of Beledweyne, police said.

The flooding has forced an estimated 250,000 people, or 90% of Beledweyne’s population, out of their homes, according to the humanitarian group Save the Children, MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP ...