MOGADISHU — Living conditions are dire for the residents of Galbarwaaqo village, located between Somalia’s Galkayo and Hobyo districts. Most residents in the village, which has a population of around 1,200 households, are pastoralists, and in the last five years the village has experienced recurrent droughts, locust infestations and COVID-19. …

The Swedish-based NGO Right Livelihood on Thursday named Adan, Elman, and Kamugisha winners of the 2022 Right Livelihood Award for their courage in promoting human rights and peace. Adan and Elman are specifically awarded for promoting peace, demilitarization and human rights in Somalia in the face of terrorism and gender-based …

NAIROBI — The UK government has urged the Kenyan Government to open its land border with Kenya to ease response to drought mitigation. The UK ambassador to Kenya Jane Marriot was in Mandera  on a mission to assess the impact of drought situation said the UK will continue to give …

MOGADISHU —  University has started its first PhD programme. The university recently signed an academic collaboration agreement with Lincoln University College in Malaysia. The University has expanded rapidly over the years, from offering diploma, undergraduate and masters courses to a doctoral programme. The launch of the programme on Wednesday is …

MOGADISHU — The Banadir Regional Administration (BRA) has kicked off distribution of relief food targeting some households at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Mogadishu’s Kahda District. The IDPs have arrived from Shabelle region and parts of Central Somalia following the severe drought that has caused havoc in many parts …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS), Federal Government of Somalia and Interpeace, an international organization for peacebuilding based in Geneva, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner in empowering Somali youth to be agents of transformative change and actively participate in the state-building process. The signing …

DOLLOW — Blindness heightens the remaining senses. The thud of a toppling camel is more jarring, the feel of tightening skin more acute, the smell of death thicker after weeks and months and then years without the rain that’s needed to survive. Perhaps, as panic rose with the wind, Mohamed …

MOGADISHU — The government has announced that registration for unified Secondary school examinations will be free for all candidates. This was announced on Wednesday by the Minister for Education of the Federal Government of Somalia Mr. Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir. The current pronouncement means the government of Somalia will pay examination …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is facing a “very alarming” situation after more than four years of drought have devastated livestock many people depend upon, a top UN official said on Tuesday. The United Nations has warned that the Horn of Africa nation is on the brink of famine for the second …

NEW YORK — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud discussed with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emergency assistance to cope with the drought in his country. During the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the two parties discussed the …