On Sunday, the Federal Government of Somalia signed an agreement with Italy to control flooding in River Shabelle.
River Shabelle is notorious for flooding during seasons of heavy rainfall.
This year, the river has gone through several phases of flooding and experts believe that another round is scheduled before the end of the year.
Unfortunately, a flooded River Shabelle is a source of heartbreaking horrors.
Locals are forced to migrate to higher grounds when the river floods.
The entire Hiran region experiences a massive devastation agriculturally as thousands of acres of arable land and the crops planted thereon are crushed.
With this newly signed agreement, there is hope that the recurrent floods in Beledweyne region would be history.