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In 2019 Somalia became “the 30th African country to sign the Kampala Convention” (African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa.” The Kampala Accord commits Somalia to protect people against “displacement based on policies of racial discrimination or other similar practices aimed at/or resulting …

Islam warns its adherents against injustice and oppression. There are verses in the Quran that emphasize the fact that God eventually destroys oppressors and comes to the aid of the oppressed. The Pharaoh of the Exodus, believed to be Ramses II, is a good example. Ramses and his army drowned …

In August 2021, the U.N. Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, and the U.N. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, warned about the alarming increase in sexual violence in Somalia and called upon all perpetrators to cease these violations. According to two recent reports, …

“Every human being shall have the right to be protected against being arbitrarily displaced from his or her home or place of habitual residence.” The arbitrary displacement of more than 1000 people in Las Anod authorized by the Somaliland government constitutes a violation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal …

Entrepreneurial Somalis intent on rebuilding their country are investing in renewable energy to fuel Somalia’s power grid through sustainable development, but the ongoing conflict and limited finances create significant challenges for this project. Over the past year, Somalia has confronted a cascade of challenges. The militant group Al-Shabaab continues to launch attacks …

Background Information There were droughts in the country in 1 9 91/ 92.That was called ‘Cagabarar’. There were also droughts and famines in 2011/12. In this, some quarter million people died. There were also some natural calamities such as Elnino [1998] and Lanina. There were also typhoons in Somalia such …

Climate change effects such as droughts, flash floods, erratic rainfall, disruption to the monsoon seasons, strong winds, cyclones, sandstorms, dust storms and increased temperature are being experienced across Somalia. These effects are affecting livelihoods, and contributing to local grievances and community tensions. Some of these insights and conclusions were reached based on …

We want to inform the Somali people that today, March 16, 2020, we can confirm the first case of coronavirus in the country,” said Somalia’s health minister, Fawziya Abikar, in a televised statement. Suddenly, panic set in. Now the virus was real and on our shores. For years, Somalia has …

As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increase across Africa, and the World Health Organization warns the pandemic is accelerating, we fear the novel coronavirus is spreading within and from densely populated urban areas on the continent. Rising cases in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu are especially worrying, which is already …

In the wake of the global pandemic of Coronavirus or COVID-19 that has infected over 1.5 million people and killed over 100,000 people worldwide to date, Somalia takes measures to prevent the contagious disease from spreading into the conflict-affected nation whose healthcare infrastructure systems are not as strong as those …