BAIDOA (SoOHA) – Qureisha Abdi Ali, a mother of seven, is relieved to be living in her own house in the southern Somali town of Baidoa at last, after facing the trauma of being evicted three times in the last three years. Qureisha and her family are among the 920 …

BAIDOA (SoOHA) – Southwest state president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen has today received delegates from the World Food Program (WFP) led by the newly appointed country director of the United Nations (WFP) in Somalia, Mr Cesar Arroyo to explore the situation of Southwest Somalia. President Laftagreen accompanied by some of …

GALKAYO (SoOHA) –  Yasmin Abdi Mohamed, a vegetable vendor, has to split her small income between her immediate family and her displaced relatives living in a camp in the northern Somali town of Galkayo.    She sends food every week to her brother and parents in Doha-Mudug camp. But the earnings from her kiosk do not stretch far enough.  “I have …

Somali graduates are proud, inquisitive and, in many cases, innovative. They are certainly ambitious and should be confident about their future in a country blessed with so much natural resources and potential.   Yet, at the best of times, there is a tragic disconnect between the jobs available and the …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – A 14-year old boy, whose parents fled the civil war in southern Somalia two decades ago, has emerged the top student in the just-released Puntland State national examinations. Shueyb Hassan Ali was named top student by the Puntland education ministry after scoring 676 out of a possible …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Children in Somalia suffer from one of the highest rates of abduction, recruitment, and conflict-related sexual violence in the world, analysis from Save the Children reveals. The charity’s analysis of the UN’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict found Somalia topped the list in three of …

ERI GABO (SoOHA) – In our series on Somalia’s IDP camps, Radio Ergo’s reporter in Sanag spoke with displaced pastoralist families living in a village camp near the town of Hingalol. They receive no aid or assistance, other than handouts from relatives who have something to spare. They feel dejected and miss their former lifestyle. Shamis Eidid Warsame settled in Sibbayevillage …

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – High school students and teachers from a school in central Somalia’s Mudug region have been spending the school holiday giving adult literacy classes to pastoralists.  A team of 50 students and 10 teachers from Amara secondary school in Amara, Hobyodistrict, have travelled to six villages to give classes to 150 people from pastoralist communities.  Hassan Dahir Hussein, 40, …

BRUSSELS (SoOHA) – The European Commission announced on 7 August a further €50 million in emergency humanitarian funding to help the people hit by drought in the Horn of Africa. The funding will support drought-affected communities in Somalia (€25 million), Ethiopia (€20 million), Kenya (€3 million) and Uganda (€2 million). With many …

BAIDOA (SoOHA) – Hilowlay Ali Mohamed has been a farmer for decades, continuing a long family tradition, and never once thought she would one day leave her home begging for aid.    But after a long walk from her drought-stricken village in southern Somalia’s Bay region, she found herself this month setting up a flimsy shelter …