{"id":8133,"date":"2026-01-14T12:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/?p=8133"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:26:01","slug":"south-west-state-rural-development-minister-calls-for-50-of-development-funding-to-support-drought-affected-idps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/south-west-state-rural-development-minister-calls-for-50-of-development-funding-to-support-drought-affected-idps\/","title":{"rendered":"South West State Rural Development Minister Calls for 50% of Development Funding to Support Drought-Affected IDPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"387\"><strong data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"134\">Mogadishu \u2014<\/strong> The Minister of Rural Development for the South West State Administration, <strong data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"238\">Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim Noor<\/strong>, has proposed that <strong data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"296\">50% of development-related funding<\/strong> be allocated to <strong data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"351\" data-is-only-node=\"\">internally displaced people (IDPs)<\/strong> affected by drought across Somalia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"732\">The Minister noted that <strong data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"477\">South West communities have been disproportionately affected<\/strong> by the drought and have also received <strong data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"555\">large numbers of displaced families<\/strong> fleeing from their areas of origin. He emphasized that this influx has significantly <strong data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"683\">increased pressure on host communities<\/strong>, expanding needs for basic services and support.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"956\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">He called for a more targeted allocation of resources to ensure that drought-affected IDPs and host communities receive adequate assistance, while strengthening longer-term recovery and resilience in the hardest-hit areas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"956\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8135\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1b362ee7-21cd-4605-8edd-28048ff70522-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8136\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/772d6b27-63b6-4fa3-848e-f877a2e3ec61-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu \u2014 The Minister of Rural Development for the South West State Administration, Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim Noor, has proposed that 50% of development-related funding be allocated to internally displaced people (IDPs) affected by drought across Somalia. The Minister noted that South West communities have been disproportionately affected by the drought and have also received large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8135,"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-8133","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\/8133","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=8133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8138,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8133\/revisions\/8138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}