Somalia collects .8M for Türkiye quake victims

Somalia collects $4.8M for Türkiye quake victims

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Nearly 46,000 folks died within the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes that struck 11 Turkish provinces on February 6.

A damaged building is being torn down in earthquake-hit Malatya province.
A broken constructing is being torn down in earthquake-hit Malatya province.
(Eyup Elevli / AA)

Somalia’s federal authorities and its folks have donated over $4.8 million to earthquake victims in Türkiye.

Speaking within the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, Somali Interior Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi introduced the donation and thanked the Somali business neighborhood, ladies associations and others for the contribution. 

“The fundraising campaign will continue,” he mentioned.

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Premier Hamza Abdi Barre additionally thanked the folks of Somalia for solidarity with their “Turkish brothers and sisters”.

“We learned from the disaster in Türkiye that the Somali people can do anything if they unite,” Barre added.

Nearly 46,000 folks died within the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes that struck 11 Turkish provinces on February 6.

The earthquakes additionally killed 1000’s in neighbouring Syria.

In Türkiye and past the catastrophe shortly turned often known as “the disaster of the century”.

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