MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somalia has been engaged in a civil war for almost 30 years, and with over 70 percent of its population under 30 years of age, youth and youth education appear to be the key to a peaceful future in the country. Now, a new study has revealed that …
Read More »Free ambulance service imperiled in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Financial troubles, staffing shortages and high demand threaten to halt the only free private ambulance service in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “We have been providing this voluntary service for 12 years with the help of friends and other generous individuals in private business, but now the responsibility is …
Read More »Summer school celebrates graduation and Somali culture
Horumar Summer School offers programming designed for immigrant and low-income families. Horumar means advancement in Somali and the Horumar Summer School celebrated roughly 140 advancements at their graduation ceremony on Tuesday. The school is open to all, but is designed to meet the needs of the 140 students who predominantly …
Read More »Dadaab: KSRelief launches relief project for Somali refugees
DADAAB (SOHA) – The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has launched a project to distribute 1,200 tons of food aid among Somali refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab Camp. The project will benefit over 77,646 people including, lactating mothers, pregnant women and tuberculosis patients. The KSRelief project in question …
Read More »Former refugee returns to war-torn Somalia to serve as MP
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – From the day a young Mohamud Siraji landed in Dadaab after fleeing war-torn Somalia in 1992, his only goal was to make it out of the massive refugee camp, no matter what it took. A scholarship to come to Canada to study at York University in 2009 …
Read More »Somalia announces national examinations results for 2017-2018
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The results of the National Examinations results for 2017-2018 have been released on Thursday with less of candidates failed to attain the required minimum grade. There has been anxiety as candidates and parents wait for the release of the Form four examination results. 27,000 secondary school students …
Read More »Norfund’s $10m to support Somali small businesses
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The Norwegian investment fund for developing countries (Norfund) has set up a $10 million kitty to support small businesses in Somalia. Norfund, together with the Danish investment fund for developing countries (IFU) and Shuraako, an arm of One Earth Future (OEF), have set up the Nordic Horn …
Read More »A new way to educate in Somali schools starts in August
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somalia’s civil war wrenched the country in many ways. Families were torn apart, the rule of law faded away, government institutions collapsed, and education came to a standstill, to name but a few of the setbacks the country faced because of the violence. In the ensuing decades …
Read More »Somalia announces first prosecution for FGM
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somalia’s Attorney General Ahmed Ali Dahir announced on Wednesday the country’s first ever prosecution against female genital mutilation (FGM) following the death of a 10-year-old girl, an adviser to the government said. Ifrah Ahmed, who advises Somalia on gender issues, said the attorney general was sending a team …
Read More »Somali PM sacks minister of education
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Prime Minister of Somalia Hassan Ali Kehyre has today sacked the minister of Education Abdirahman Dahir Osman. The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Ali Kheyre didn’t give the clarification behind the drastic action. The PM appointed the Deputy Minister of Education Abdirahman Mohamud Abdulle …
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