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.

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.

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".

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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.

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.

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.