BULOBURDE(SOHA) – A daily telecommunications shutdown for security purposes in Buloburde, in Somalia’s central region of Hiran, is causing disruption to local residents and traders huge, who have become reliant on the use of mobile money for normal business transactions. Since November, the telecommunications network provided by Hormuud has been …

BARI REGION(SOHA) – With the onset of the dry season (‘jilaal’) expected to last through March, 1,500 pastoralist families in Balididin in Somalia’s northern Bari region are feeling more confident about the availability of adequate water supplies this year to avoid the usual fighting over resources. Hirad Mohamed Ismail, a …

BAL’AD(SOOHA) – Residents of Hawadley village in the north east of Bal’ad town have been able to go to other farm villages for the last three weeks after they put hands together to rebuild a bridge which collapsed, cutting off high transport costs and easing business. Asha Osman, who lives …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – Qatar Charity (QC) has joined the NGO Alliance in Somalia and participated in the recent coalition meeting held in the capital Mogadishu in the presence of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management of Somalia, Hamza Saeed Hamza, and Minister of Labour, Saleh Ahmed Jamea, the Humanitarian …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) this week (19/12) opened a new main office in Mogadishu, constructed after the request of the Government of Somalia to support ongoing migration management programmes in the country. Following International Migrants Day, IOM staff members, together with the Somali Government, gathered to …

HARGEISA(SOHA) – Hargeisa General Hospital has recorded 478 cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the last 45 days, marking a significant rise of the deadly infectious disease. The hospital report shows that 300 of the people diagnosed with TB came from rural areas of Sanaag, Togdher, and the western coast of …

HAGADERA(SOHA) – Somali refugee women in Kenya are putting their traditional cooking skills to good use running local restaurants that earn them a good living and provide a local service. Ladan Abdi Khalif, a mother of three, is among several women who have started small businesses cooking and selling traditional …

Somalia is among the many African countries who have benefited from remittance from their Diaspora population. The existence of remittances economy in Somalia was boosted by two main factors: the rapid growth of a migrant workforce from the early 1970s and the unrealistic fiscal and monetary policy – especially the …

KISMAYO(SOHA) – Somali fishermen in the southern port town of Kismayo are celebrating the gains from the recent opening up of a new market for their fishing in Kenya, ending years of reliance on the limited local market. Kah Commercial Fishing Company earlier this year was the first Somali firm …

I have just returned home after spending two weeks in Katowice, Poland, attending the U.N. climate talks, known as COP24 – my 24th such conference. The objective of COP24 was to agree on a “rule book” to put into practice the 2015 Paris Agreement, and that was indeed achieved. However, …