Education Cluster

MOGADISHU — At around 4:00 pm last night, Somali police raided the Hamar Boarding School building located along KM4-Abdikasim road in Mogadishu. The police took away the chairman of Hamar Boarding Schools Abdirahman Dhagey as bulldozers razed down the school with nearly 3,000 students. The government-owned building has been in …

MOGADISHU — The Dar’ül Eytam Foundation, a Turkish NGO, has completed the construction of three mosques in Somalia’s central province of Galgadud, the Turkish embassy said in a statement late Thursday. It said the mosques were built in the town of Guriel and Dhusamareb, the administrative capital of Galmudug State. The …

DHOBLEY — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Wednesday donated foodstuffs and an assortment of medical supplies to Elwak District Hospital, in Gedo region of Somalia. At the same event, AMISOM also donated 36 desks to Harweyn Primary School, to improve the quality of education in the area. …

DHOBLEY  — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has handed over four newly built classrooms at Wamo Primary and Secondary school, to the local administration of Dhobley town in Jubaland State of Somalia, to boost education in the region. The classrooms constructed by AMISOM, with funds from the Italian …

BARAWE — AMISOM Ugandan contingent has donated items to Embresso Primary School in Barawe district, to support the delivery of education services in the South West State of Somalia. Col. Edward Kaddu, the commander of the Uganda Battle Group XXIX who represented the Contingent Commander, Brig. Gen. Richard Otto handed …

HARGEISA — The administration of the vocational school in Hargeisa has reported on the educational progress of the school. Barkhad Mohamed Mohamud, the principal of the vocational school in Hargeisa, told state media that the school was doing great. He added that the community in the capital Hargeisa understands the …

HARGEISA — A free education program for women has been launched in Hargeisa, benefiting 250 women. The women will be trained in handicrafts such as sewing, cooking, and other skills, in collaboration with SOHASCO and UNFPA, and implemented by Y-PEER. Speaking at the training, the director of SOHASCO said that …

BORAMA — The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi attended this year’s graduation ceremony of Amoud University’s 19th batch, graduating from various faculties of the University. The graduation ceremony was held at the Amoud University campus in Borama on Saturday. The President was accompanied by members of …

MOGADISHU — Fifteen-year-old Nasra Aidarus is happy to be back in class after a four-month school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic that hit Somalia. The seventh-grader at Daynile Primary and Secondary School was just settling into her new school when classes were canceled in March to limit the coronavirus …

MOGADISHU — Several gunmen killed at least five Quran teachers and wounded several other people during readings from the holy book in southern Somalia, officials said. The attack this morning in the town of Rage Ele in the Middle Shabelle region, killing innocent civilians and religion teachers, was “unacceptable,” said …