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MOGADISHU — Twenty-four military officers serving under the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA), have completed a five-day training to combat gender-based violence and enhance child protection during military operations.  Held in Mogadishu, the training was facilitated by the United Kingdom Mission Support Team …

BAIDOA — In a bid to address the basic needs of the local population, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Monday handed over a newly constructed school and a health facility, together with an assortment of medical equipment to the South West State Administration. The school and the …

MOGADISHU — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Somalia said Tuesday that widespread drought has devastated communities in the southern state of Jubaland, especially in Kismayo and Afmadow. Communities in the area lost 80% of livestock due to widespread drought and extreme weather conditions, according to …

MOGADISHU —  The Somali government Wednesday made an urgent humanitarian appeal to the international community, seeking help to battle a severe drought in most parts of the Horn of Africa country. The call came after the government held a humanitarian conference in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday that was opened …

MOGADISHU — Somalia received an additional 336,500 doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday through the COVAX facility. This was the second batch of J&J vaccine doses donated by the United States to Somalia to expand COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the country. The first batch of …

ROME — The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million – up by three million this year – as acute hunger spikes around the world. This number has risen from …

KISMAYO — The Protection Human Rights and Gender (PHRG) Cluster of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have concluded a five-day training of trainers’ course has concluded in Kismayo, Jubaland State, on the prevention and response to the recruitment and use of child soldiers in armed conflict. The training …

MOGADISHU — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) with sponsorship from the Government of Italy, has commenced constructing a 68-bed health facility for soldiers and officers of the Somali National Army (SNA). The construction of the SNA hospital is being implemented under the Early Recovery and Stabilisation programme. Under …

MOGADISHU — Qatar Charity (QC) has started digging 27 wells in several regions of Somalia’s Hirshabelle State, and inaugurated an artesian water well in ‘Garasdheere’, a village in Hirshabelle, to benefit tens of thousands of families belonging to pastoral communities. The project is part of Qatar Charity’s efforts to respond …

CAPETOWN —   A South African gunman shot dead a Somali businessman in South Africa on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Abdinasir Mohamud Abdi, and the assailants fled the scene. Abdi was shot and killed outside his business in Mitchells Plain, a suburb of Cape Town. Following the killing …