TELEH (SoOHA) – Pastoralists and farmers in Teleh, in northern Somalia’s Sool region, are increasingly worried about an invasive parasite tree that is threatening their livelihoods. Prosopis juliflora tree, locally know as Ali-Garoob, is an invasive and drought-resistant weed that been spreading uncontrollably for the past three years. It has …

As Somalia experienced a failure of the initial portion of the Gu’ rains that are crucial for agricultural production, aid agencies have launched a Drought Response Plan calling for urgent and sustained resources to avert a major crisis. The plan seeks $710 million to provide critical life-saving aid to 4.5 …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – As part of our IDP camp series, Radio Ergo visited one of the IDP camps outside Garowe in Puntland. In this report, we profile the challenges and achievements of a mother from an ethnic minority group, the Somali Bantu, who overcame the odds to ensure her son …

HARGEISA (SoOHA) – The Somaliland government is urging farmers to plough their fields using oxen or donkeys to avoid missing the rainy season by waiting too long to hire one of the few available tractors for ploughing. Farmers in Awdal and Maroodi Jeex regions in the northwest are being encouraged …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – The number of girls completing high school in Puntland has slightly increased thanks to efforts made by the education ministry and international partners. According to the ministry, 1,888 girls completed their studies this year as compared to 1,600 the previous academic year. The general director of the …

DADAAB (SoOHA) – As though the scars of war are not bad enough, child refugees arrive in Dadaab only to find education hard to get. Those who squeeze into class live in constant fear of repatriation, while girls as young as 12 are married off to help put food on …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia will kick off a countrywide polio campaign of two rounds of immunisation to deliver monovalent oral vaccine type 2. The campaign is geared towards sustaining polio immunity and protection in response to the outbreaks of two strains of poliovirus currently circulation. The first round of immunisation …

NEW YORK (SoOHA) – A conference held at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY during 8-9 June 2019 covered variety of issues related to Somali/Somaliland education leadership. The conference was the first annual conference dedicated to Somali educational and economic development. This was a unique opportunity for academics and practitioners to  in   the education to share  …

WASHINGTON (SoOHA) – Not many people get to study in the same class as their parents, but a Somali mother and her youngest daughter did just that. Mother Falhad Ahmed Mohamud and her daughter Amina Mohamed recently graduated from a university in Virginia together with Masters degrees in IT. The …

GENEVA (SoOHA) – The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday warned of a growing climate-related displacement in Somalia where more than 2 million people are in need of food aid. In a statement issued ahead of the World Environment Day on Wednesday, the UNHCR called for urgent additional support to …