ELBARDE (SOHA) – A combination of food shortages and the collapse of the Somali shilling are making life extremely hard for the most vulnerable families living in Elbarde, southern Somalia’s Bakool region. Halimo Hassan Mohamud and her six children are internally displaced in Halul, after losing their entire herd of …

DADAAB (SOHA) – At least 254,811 Somali refugees from Dadaab camp in Garissa have been voluntarily repatriated since 2013, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. The repatriation started after a tripartite agreement between Kenya, the Somalia government and the UNHCR in November 2013. Speaking during Refugee …

DADAAB (SOHA) – The total closure of three extensive refugee camps in Dadaab may not happen soon as numbers of those returning to their countries of origin voluntary have reduced while others have vowed never to return to their homes. While the number of refugees has tremendously reduced from 466,683 …

AWDAL (SOHA) – Rahimo Mohamud 15, was expecting to sit this month for the high school entry examinations marking the end of her primary education. But the tropical cyclone that hit the northwest of Somaliland, have left her uncertain about the immediate future. Rahimo is among the 270 school children …

NAIROBI (SOHA) – Fardowsa Adow Mohamed has not known any other home apart from Hagadera refugee camp since she arrived from Somalia where she was born. She came to Kenya at the age of two due to inter-clan skirmishes in Somalia. As she joins millions of refugees around the globe …

GENEVA (SOHA) – The SOHA Network which specialized in observing and following up the Somali humanitarian scene, publishes a statement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the occasion of World Refugee Day 2018, here is the text of the statement: Today, World Refugee Day, is a time for solidarity …

World Refugee Day should be an observance of communities that have opened their hearts and cities to those in need. While I have often expressed my thoughts about the Syrian, Palestinian and Iraqi refugees in Lebanon, even including the burdens carried by Jordan and Palestine, it is only a starting point for recognizing the …

NEW YORK (SOHA) – There are now more children forcibly displaced by conflict – an estimated 30 million – than at any other time since the Second World War, UNICEF said on the eve of World Refugee Day. The UN children’s agency went on to warn that these vulnerable children need …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somalia marked the International Day of the African Child with a commitment to work closely with development partners to ensure access to quality education for its youthful population. Hassan Mohamed Ali, the Director General of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education, said children in Somalia …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Around 600 girls and boys under 16 have been enrolled in a free education programme in various displacement camps in the Somali capital Mogadishu, where they are being taught by young university and school student volunteers. Sulekho Muhydin is a member of the group of 17 volunteer …