MOGADISHU(SOHA) – On the 14th of January 2019, The Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development (MoPIED) held a workshop in Mogadishu, Somalia, preparing media personnel on how to obtain effective media coverage of the ninth National Development Plan (NDP9), which will cover the period of 2020-2024. The workshop was attended by …

BAIDOA (SOHA) – Over 4,000 IDP families in southern Baidoa have been forced to go without water following a breakdown of the pump at the only well in the area. An estimated 4,274 families in internally displaced people’s camp (IDP) are having to trek long distances and spend more money …

DADAAB (SOHA) – Nurto Farah Mire, a Somali refugee, has been attacked seven times while going out to gather firewood for cooking on the outskirts of the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya. She feels lucky to have escaped being raped. The 47-year-old now cooks at home for her family …

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 …