Somalia collects $4.8M for Türkiye quake victims
Nearly 46,000 people died in the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes that struck 11 Turkish provinces on February 6.
A damaged building is being torn down in earthquake-hit Malatya province.
Somalia's federal government and its people have donated over $4.8 million to earthquake victims in Türkiye.
Speaking in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, Somali Interior Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi announced the donation and thanked the Somali business community, women associations and others for the contribution.
“The fundraising campaign will continue,” he said.
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Premier Hamza Abdi Barre also thanked the people 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 people died in the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes that struck 11 Turkish provinces on February 6.
The earthquakes also killed thousands in neighbouring Syria.
In Türkiye and beyond the disaster quickly became known as "the disaster of the century".
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