MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned that the displacement of families is on the rise due to conflict and drought in Somalia. “We are seeing a tragic trend this year, with more and more people displaced by drought and conflict in Somalia. Seeking aid to survive, …
Read More »New rules to ensure safe meat are enforced in SWS
BAIDOA (SoOHA) – Butchers in Baidoa, in southern Somalia’s South West state(SWS), have been following new rules set by the government requiring veterinary approval before the slaughter of animals for meat sales. According to the director of the livestock ministry, Hassan Ismail Isack, the state has succeeded in implementing new …
Read More »New housing improves living for IDPS and returnees in Kismayo
KISMAYO (SoOHA) – For the first time in decades, Abdi Ahmed Ali and his family are living in their own modern house in Kismayo thanks to a resettlement project in southern Somalia. Abdi and the eight members of his family returned to Somalia from Kenya’s largest refugee camp Dadaab in …
Read More »Dozens of Somali women abandoned by migrating husbands seek help through the courts
LASANOD (SoOHA) – Somali wives in the northern region of Sool have been going to court to seek redress after being left to raise their children single-handedlyby husbands migrating to seek a better life overseas. According to the chairman of Lasanod court, Hassan Mohamed Warsame, 200 cases have been filed …
Read More »Somalia needs debt cancellation now to give its children a chance
Meeting the children at a primary school in Baidoa town, in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia, my heart swelled with joy. As they showed me how they could say the days of the week in English, the teacher beamed, I felt so proud that the world’s humanitarian response was enabling these children …
Read More »Health and nutrition program launched in two Somali regions
MOGADISHU ( SoOHA) – The Somali Health and Nutrition (SHINE) programme comes at a critical point in Somalia’s history with the aim of improving the health and nutrition status of Somalis, with a particular focus on women and children. The UKAid funded programme commenced in 2016 and will run through to …
Read More »Cyclone Idai shows the urgent need to prepare better for extreme weather
Hundreds dead, more than 140,000 people displaced, and the rapid spread of waterborne diseases across Mozambique and neighbouring Malawi and Zimbabwe – the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai provides a stark warning of the dangers posed to poor communities living in the path of these grave hazards. The extent of avoidable harm has …
Read More »Tens of IDP children admitted at B. hospital in malnourished state
MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Forty-five children suffering from acute malnutrition are being treated in Banadir Hospital after being brought from IDP camps in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Dr Aweys Olow Hassan, a pediatrician at Banadir hospital, said the children are mostly under five and in poor condition. “The children are from …
Read More »Interview: Jubbaland deputy minister for agriculture describes preparations for the rainy season
Ahead of the onset of Gu’season in parts of Somalia, Jubbaland state has embarked on rehabilitation of Jubba river banks to avert flooding as witnessed last year. Radio Ergo’s reporter in Kismayo, Ahmed Abdi Toronto, asked Jubbaland deputy minister for agriculture, Mahdi Muhyadin Mohamed, what measures the government was putting in …
Read More »Arab states face water emergency, urgent action needed – UN
CAIRO (SoOHA) – Arab states are facing a water supply emergency they need to coordinate an urgent response to, with per capita resources expected to fall by 50 percent by 2050, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Thursday. The Middle East and North Africa have suffered more …
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