BAKOOL (SOHA) – The move by local aid agencies in Bakool region to cease operations has adversely affected local residents as medical centres supported by the agencies have been forced to close in the midst of a malaria outbreak. Local NGOs based in Bakool region running the centres have stopped …

“Development agencies wish to see an increased flow of remittances; Financial agencies wish to see formalization of remittance flows through banks. Law enforcement agencies wish to reduce the scope for the remittance business to be used for money laundering and financing crime generally.” Introduction The non-bank financial entities in Somalia have …

A widely anticipated study has concluded that neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent cancer or serious heart-related problems in healthy older people, according to research presented Saturday at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Researchers defined serious heart problems as the combined rate of heart attacks, stroke and …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Resources Abdullahi Bidhan Warsame recently met with Chinese Ambassador Qin Jian to discuss deepening the two countries’ fisheries connections. Warsame said he would be interested receiving Chinese fisheries training and investments in infrastructure such as cold-chain, fish ports, processing facilities, and …

COLUMBUS (SOHA) – A conference organized by Somali agricultural professionals was held in Columbus, Ohio on June 22-24, 2018. The professionals who attended the conference gave the conference organizing committee the mandate to continue temporarily the work until an organizing committee for the next conference meeting is selected. The organizing committee …

SANAG (SOHA) – Displaced families from the Somali region of Ethiopia living on the outskirts of Badhan town in northern Somalia’s Sanag region are surviving under difficult conditions without access to food and proper shelter. The 27 families, who fled from conflict between Somalis and Oromos in eastern Ethiopia, have been …

TORONTO (SOHA) – New Victoria city councillor Sharmarke Dubow may be fresh to politics but he’s already mastered the game of life. Kylie Stanton has more on his journey from refugee camp to Canadian citizen, and now, city hall. A Victoria city councillor was elected the first time he was …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – An upsurge in insecurity and conflict has triggered a new wave of displacement in the Lower Shabelle region of South West State. According to UNHCR-led Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN), more than 34,000 people have fled the area since the beginning of August, joining thousands of …

BURAO (SOHA) – Despite getting a basic education to enable them to cope with their hearing impairment, the hopes of deaf children in Burao are being dashed by the lack of a specialized secondary school in their area. Burao School for the Deaf, which was established in 2010 and is …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Among the first rescuers rushing to the scene of Somalia’s deadliest truck bombing last year were, as usual, members of the country’s only free ambulance service, Aamin Ambulance. Founded over a decade ago by a Somali dentist and funded by donations, Aamin Ambulance has become an essential …