Mr. Guterres said the money was needed to help 5.5 million people, about half of Somalia’s population, survive the next six months. A former prime minister of Portugal who was picked in October to lead the United Nations, Mr. Guterres announced his visit on Twitter. At the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, Mr. Guterres met with President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a former prime minister who was elected last month. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyPrime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said that droughts and cholera had killed more than 200 people in southern and central Somalia. In a joint news conference, Mr. Mohamed and Mr. Guterres pleaded for assistance.

Source: New York Times March 07, 2017 13:17 UTC