MOGADISHU (SOHA) – This World Polio Day, UNICEF and WHO are taking a moment to acknowledge the tremendous efforts made by the polio eradication workforce and partners over the last two decades in Somalia. By way of one recent example, UNICEF, WHO, health authorities and partners are working tirelessly to …
Read More »Somali students receive free domains to promote blogging
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – At the recently concluded Somalia’s first Information and Communications (ICT) exhibition, Somalia’s country-code top-level domain (dotSO) launched the (.me.so) domain for the first time by giving out free domains to students and authors to promote blogging within the young people. Under the theme “Developing Vibrant ICT Sector”, …
Read More »14 October: The Deadliest Ever Explosion in Somalia!
Our people had been suffering closely three decades with civil strife, famine, drought, flooding and other painful detriment. Especially Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia hosts enormous explosions, tremendous conflicts, humongous assassinations and plenty of anguishes. And these intrusive issues become normal among the people as longest they adopted and …
Read More »UN highlights illegal Somali charcoal trafficking to Iran
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab rebels are profiting from the illegal trafficking of charcoal exports produced in Somalia and transiting through Iran, United Nations experts said in a report recently shared with the UN Security Council. “The process involved using false Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Ghana certificates of …
Read More »Storm warning for northern Somalia coast as tropical storm nears
BOSSASO (SOHA) – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization issued a new tropical storm watch Friday for parts of northern Somalia as Storm LUBAN is expected to lead to winds of medium strength with moderate rainfall. According to the alert issued by FAO, the tropical storm that developed in …
Read More »UK boosts aid to East African nations
LONDON (SOHA) – Harriett Baldwin, the British Foreign Office development minister for Africa, has completed a tour of East African nations to announce development and humanitarian aid from the United Kingdom. Baldwin made stops in Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia, including a visit with President Muse Bihi in Somaliland to pledge UK …
Read More »UN says 8 aid workers killed, 12 others injured in Somalia
MOGADISHU(SOHA) – Attacks on aid workers delivering supplies in Somalia resulted in the death of eight staff and injuries of 12 others between January and September, the UN humanitarian agency said in a report on Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said some 90 violent …
Read More »17 Somali migrants return home from Tanzania
MOGADISHU(SOHA) – The UN migration agency said on Friday that it has helped 17 Somali migrants to voluntarily return home from Tanzania following months of confinement in detention centers. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the returnees who returned home on Wednesday were rounded up by Tanzanian authorities as …
Read More »Do Charcoal Trade-offs threaten Somalia’s Rainfall?
Article 25 (1) of the Provisional Constitution of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) states that “Every person has the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being, and to be protected from pollution and harmful materials. (2). Every person has the right to have …
Read More »GSD calls for investigation of the trafficking of young Somali girls
LONDON(SOHA) – Global Somali Diaspora (GSD) is calling for a thorough investigation of the trafficking of young Somali girls. Indeed, it is very saddening and worrying development the news from the Chair of Somali Women’s Organisation in Banadir Region, Mrs. Jawaahir Barqab. Recently, there was an increase of reports on …
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