MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a German nurse from the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday night, police and the ICRC said. While abductions and killings of Somali aid workers are common in the Horn of Africa Country, the targeting of foreign …
Read More »Somalia donates $1 Million for the floods affected people
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E Mahdi Mohamed Guled announced that Federal government of Somalia donated one Million dollars to the people affected by the river floods across the country such as Beledweyne Town, SONNA reported. Deputy prime minister demanded the Somali …
Read More »Statement on the killing of a WHO team member in Somalia
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed and condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Mariam Abdullahi Mohamed, a dedicated frontline worker in the WHO Somalia team, who was shot in Mogadishu on 1 May 2018. All WHO staff and the wider humanitarian community in Somalia …
Read More »Driving Factors to Illegal Migration
After the central government overthrown in 1991, Somalia has had a dysfunctional government and many Somalis evacuated the country when the civil war occurred and fled to across Africa, Middle East, Europe and America. Meanwhile, there are enormous factors which have driven the youth to unauthorized immigrants including:- Insecurity: the most …
Read More »WHO Worker Shot Dead in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that one of its workers has been shot dead in the Somali capital. An official with WHO told VOA that Mariam Abdullahi, a logistics officer for polio vaccinations, was killed in Mogadishu Tuesday afternoon. Abdullahi was based out of Baidoa …
Read More »Farmajo appeals for international aid to help flood victims
BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – On a visit to assess the impact of flooding in Somalia’s central state of HirShabelle, the country’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo today appealed to the international community and Somali diaspora communities to support efforts to help those affected by the floods, which include more than 150,000 people …
Read More »Qatar Charity announces details of donation campaign for displaced Somalis
DOHA (SOHA) – Qatar Charity (QC) announced today the details of its donation campaign in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help Somali refugees integrate with the receiving communities. The campaign was launched in the presence of HE Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser bin Jassim Al-Thani, …
Read More »Somali President visits flood-hit Beledweyne
BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo travelled to Beledweyne on Monday to examine the damage done by days of torrential rain. Farmajo was welcomed to Beledweyne by Hirshabelle regional President Mohamed Abdi Ware. While in Beledweyne, President Farmajo met with Ugas Hassan Ugas Khalif, the Ugas, or Sultan, of …
Read More »Refugee child dies of cholera caused by floods in Dadaab
DADAAB (SOHA) – Seven-year-old Ali Salaat Ali died of cholera on 25 April in Hagardera in the Dadaab refugee camp complex, as heavy rains and flooding in this part of north-eastern Kenya have caused the onset of outbreaks of disease. Abdi Ali Osman, Ali’s uncle and guardian, told Radio Ergo …
Read More »Eng. Yarisow appeals for urgent assistance to flood victims
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The Governor of Benadir & the mayor of Mogadishu, Hon. Abdirahman Omar Osman (Eng. Yarisow) who chaired urgent meeting to discuss the impact of flooding in Beledweyne has announced formation of special committee to spearhead the assistance of those affected. Engineer Yarisow said his Benadir regional administration …
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