GARBAHAAREY (SOHA) – The governor of Gedo, Mohamed Muhumad Adan handed over flood response funds to committees in Dollow, Luuq and Belet Hawa districts of Gedo region, Mustaqbal radio reports. The governor on his return journey from Mogadishu visited these districts affected by the floods and to distribute the funds …
Read More »27,600 students to sit for gov. administered exams in somalia
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The government administered exams for the 2017/18 form four class will kick off tomorrow in 126 centres, the Ministry of Education. Education Minister Osman said 27,600 students from three states-Galmudug, HirShabelle, South West, Jubbaland and Banadir regional administration will sit for the exams in accordance with the …
Read More »‘For me it’s like a murder’: the surge in sexual attacks on children in Somalia
When Anab’s madrasa teacher in Mogadishu told her to stay behind after classes, everyone but her two younger brothers left. He ordered the boys to face the wall, then assaulted their six-year-old sister. Anab’s father, Yusuf, says he clearly saw the “shock and horror in the face” of his daughter …
Read More »UNHCR struggling to meet needed funds for refugees in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (SOHA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday its only received 15 percent of the 335.8 million U.S. dollars it needs to meet the needs of refugees in Ethiopia. In a press statement sent to Xinhua, UNHCR said the funds are needed to …
Read More »Tropical Cyclone to hit northern Somalia in less than 24 hrs
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The UK Meteorological Office has warned of an imminent tropical cyclone at the eastern Gulf of Aden in less than 24 hours’ time adding Northern Somalia and Southern Yemen will experience exceptionally high rainfall totals causing severe flash flooding across the region. The forecast released Wednesday indicates …
Read More »Report: Conflict and climatic factors displaced 15,000 people a day in 2017
Almost 15,000 were uprooted from their homes each day in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, a new report has revealed. The report by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) adds that the region, which makes 14% of the world’s population accounted for nearly half the 11.8 …
Read More »OCHA Somalia Flash Update #5: Humanitarian impact of heavy rains
Situation Overview Moderate to heavy rains continued to fall across Somali and the Ethiopian highlands, resulting in increased river flooding, along the Juba and Shabelle rivers and localized flash flooding. Since early April, heavy rainfall has marked the end of prolonged drought across much of the country and has supported …
Read More »WVI : Flooding affects 1.2 mln people in East Africa
MOGADISHU(SOHA) – About 1.2 million people have been affected by flooding due to heavy rains pounding parts of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, an international charity said on Tuesday. The World Vision International said heavy rains have submerged homes, schools and businesses, displacing more than 700,000 people from their homes, and …
Read More »Countries Must Compete for Migrant Workers to Boost their Economies
Politicians and the media expend inordinate amounts of energy debating migration, often using nativist, populist and xenophobic rhetoric. This is despite the fact that, as of 2017, only three out of every 100 people – a mere 3.4% of the world’s population – have left their home nations to migrate to a …
Read More »IOM: 48,000 Somalis to Benefit from Health Services
NAIROBI (SOHA) – The UN Migration Agency, in close partnership with the Ministries of Health in Somaliland and Puntland, will provide emergency life-saving health services to some 48,000 drought-affected people in the Sool, Sanaag and Mudug regions over the next five months, with funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund …
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