{"id":10472,"date":"2026-10-17T09:50:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/?p=10472"},"modified":"2026-10-18T09:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T09:57:15","slug":"sodma-commissioner-chairs-emergency-meeting-on-el-nino-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/sodma-commissioner-chairs-emergency-meeting-on-el-nino-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"SoDMA Commissioner Chairs Emergency Meeting on El Ni\u00f1o Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>MOGADISHU, Somalia:<\/strong> The Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mahmoud Ma\u2019allin Abdulle, chaired an emergency meeting to assess the El Ni\u00f1o situation and its potential impacts across Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, held at the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), focused on the evolving El Ni\u00f1o situation and ongoing preparedness efforts to prevent and mitigate its potential effects on Somali communities.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions emphasized the importance of strengthening preparedness, coordinating response efforts and taking proactive measures to reduce disaster risks and protect lives and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>SoDMA continues to work with relevant government institutions and humanitarian partners to enhance readiness and support coordinated action in response to potential El Ni\u00f1o-related hazards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10473\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/854741206_1079937088202071_1573607522693240207_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10474\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/849773673_4504453876488746_6003334636035537331_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10475\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/854169986_1405627269301391_8340872098864586938_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10476\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/855164182_912111435165679_6140356852566023620_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10477\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/853660502_1649457076586544_8893481106099200985_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10478\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/855989386_1795338074931252_4727887922427326087_n-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOGADISHU, Somalia: The Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mahmoud Ma\u2019allin Abdulle, chaired an emergency meeting to assess the El Ni\u00f1o situation and its potential impacts across Somalia. The meeting, held at the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), focused on the evolving El Ni\u00f1o situation and ongoing preparedness efforts to prevent and mitigate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10479,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions\/10479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}