SOOL(SOHA) – Six years after she fled her home, Sainab Mohamed has returned to rebuild her life and business in a conflict-torn part of northern Somalia’s Sool region, following a successfully negotiated peace settlement to end the hostilities between two neighbouring clans in Taleh. The mother of four has reopened …

KALABAYR(SOHA) – A primary school in northern Somalia’s troubled Sool region has been overwhelmed with students because of an influx of conflict-displaced families into the town. The administration of Kalabayr School in Kalabayr town is trying to implement shift learning owing to its limited capacity. The school had an initial …

KISMAYO(SOHA) – Yurub Ali Hassan, 28, can see a new future opening up in front of her after undergoing successful fistula surgery in Kismayo town, southern Somalia. She had been leading a normal life until six years ago when she was attended by a traditional birth attendant. The labour was …

Health is a human right. When people are not able to access the healthcare they need, especially if this is for reasons of cost, their human rights are denied. It is vital for the wider fight for rights, justice and sustainable development that policymakers’ actions are informed by this linkage. …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – Conflict, drought and floods have pushed a record number of Somalis into Mogadishu, making it Africa’s most crowded city, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre said on Tuesday. With more than 340,000 people forced to flee their homes in the first half of 2018, the year is likely to …

There is no economic loss data for 63 percent of the disasters recorded over the last 20 years. “It’s the economic loss, stupid!” I would never actually say that to anyone – I am far too reserved. But sometimes I feel it should be shouted from the rooftops in order …

HARGEISA(SOHA) – Save the Children in coordination with Somaliland health ministry have launched an awareness and treatment campaign for pneumonia in a bid to reduce child deaths from this often overlooked disease. Somaliland’s ministry of health records show that 14,000deathsfrom pneumonia in 2017. Save the Children, an NGO, trained 90 …

JOWHAR(SOHA) – A mass livestock immunisation campaign has begun in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region targeting over one million goats and sheep. The vaccinations started in 100 villages in Jowhar, Mahaday, Bal’ad, Warsheikh, and Adale amid an outbreak of sheep measles (Cysticercusovis) and sheep and goat pox (SGP). Omar Adan Samatar, …

HERGEISA(SOHA) – Despite excelling academically, Suleiman Mohamed Hassan, 34, has failed to get a job because of negative perceptions by employers about hiring people with disability. Suleiman, who lives in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has two bachelor’s degrees in accounting and information and communications technology (ICT). But he has made 150 job …

WASHINGTON DC(SOHA) – President Trump recently made an excellent move to promote the education of children in developing countries. His administration freed resources already appropriated within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to be given to privately run schools. This will allow for a higher population of genuinely …