DADAAB (SOHA) – A small scale farming initiative supported by a local NGO in Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya is gradually improving the lives of refugees by developing a sustainable source of basic food and income. A group of 82 families in the refugee camp has ventured into farming …

Severe water shortage has hit some parts of Hiiraan region after boreholes and the river Shabelle dried up. Dozens of self-organised youth in Beledweyne town have started trucking water to the areas worst affected by the water shortage. Our reporter, Mohamed Hassan, has interviewed Mohamed Abdullahi Burale, one of youth …

AFGOYE (SOHA) – Hassan Mohamed, a farmer on the outskirts of Afgoye in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, is counting huge losses for the fourth year running, after all the crops on his river-fed farm dried up due to lack of water. Hassan, who depends heavily on farming for his …

KISMAYO (SOHA) – Access to health care services including maternity is now accessible for families living in a low-income part of Kismayo in southern Somalia, following the opening of a new health centre. Around 1,500 families who returned from Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya have settled in Midnimo neighbourhood, which …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – The Norwegian Refugee Council NRC has warned that lack of rain has worsened the drought situation in parts of Somaliland leaving 725,000 people at risk of hunger and in urgent need of aid. “The time to act is now, or the costs will increase, both in economic …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – A new flour milling plant in Somaliland is providing a reliable source of income for farmers to sell their grain, as well as affordable flour for the consumer market. The plant, set up by investors in Somaliland, sources raw grain from farmers and mills maize, millet, and …

Real leaders keep human rights alive. They don’t try to stifle them by placing unreasonable restrictions and barriers on NGOs to prevent them from carrying out vital human rights work. Nor do real leaders use bullying techniques or tie up non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in red tape in a bid to …

BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) distributed urgently today 1000 food baskets to the people affected from floods in Beledweyne Town, in central Hiraan Region of Republic of Somalia. The 74 tons will benefit 36,000 individuals in need. The aid comes within the framework of …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – Every student in a primary school in Somaliland will be able to access free textbooks thanks to a government initiative to promote universal education and higher standards in schools. Somaliland authorities have been trying to improve the quality of public schools, which are outperformed by private schools. …

SANA’A (SOHA) – The outbreak of civil war in Yemen in 2015 turned the tide for the roughly 250,000 Somalis who had fled Somalis conflict in the 1990s and made Yemen their second home. The Somali embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana’a has been working with the UN refugee Agency …