GAROWE (SoOHA) – Thousands of medicated mosquito nets have been distributed to some of the poorest families in Puntland to prevent the seasonal spread of malaria in this region of northeastern Somalia. More than 10,000 families in IDP camps in the towns of Bosaso, Qardho, Garowe, Burtinle, Galkayo, and those …

NAIROBI (SoOHA) – The move by the government to shut down social media platforms in the country at the end of this month as students retake their final exams has received sharp criticism with Amnesty International terming it ‘ridiculous’. Amnesty International deputy regional director for East Africa Seif Magango said …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – A devastating drought in Somalia could leave some 2.2 million people – almost 18% of the population – facing severe hunger in July-September after poor harvests, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Wednesday. The UN agency issued a special alert on Somalia, indicating that …

ERIGAVO (SoOHA) – Hopes of a good harvest of dates after a year-long wait for farmers in a village in northern Somalia’s Sanaag region were dashed last week after a fire spread through their farms reducing everything to ashes. 50-year-old Habib Haji Yusuf was expecting to harvest dates from his …

LASANOD (SoOHA) – Mohamoud Diriye, 25, used to herd his own livestock, but for the time being, he is happy enough being paid to look after somebody else’s camels as he plans a way to rebuild his family’s past life. Mohamoud’s motivation in taking a job as a camel keeper …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Education Minister Abdullahi Barre has cancelled the form four final exams and announced social media shut down at the end of May when a retake will be conducted. Barre made the announcement Monday night as papers set for today- Biology and English were circulating in social media …

The decision to close Kenya’s largest refugee camp – home to almost a quarter of a million people – is raising difficult questions, says Mollie Gerver. Dadaab refugee camp, in eastern Kenya, was established almost 30 years ago. It currently hosts around half of the country’s refugees – 230,000 of …

LONDON (SoOHA) – A record 41.3 million people were uprooted within their own countries last year due to conflicts and violence, data showed on Friday, with two-thirds displaced in just 10 countries including Syria, Colombia and Somalia. The increase in internally displaced people (IDPs) – which was 1 million higher …

JOWHAR (SoOHA) – As part of its ongoing series, Radio Ergo visited a camp for the displaced in Jowhar and found many households headed by children. Some of them are orphans, whilst others have parents incapable of making ends meet without their children working.  The children take on whatever jobs …

MOGAISHU (SoOHA) – The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Somalia has announced 36 new suspected cases of cholera, with no deaths, for epidemiological week 17 (22 to 28 April) in 2019. No cases were reported between epidemiological weeks 1 and 7 due to closure of the main cholera treatment center, …