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MOGADISHU — The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are urging parents and caregivers in south and central parts of Somalia to ensure all children aged under five are vaccinated against polio during a special house-to-house immunization campaign, which began yesterday and runs until 23 September. …

MOGADISHU — A small girl is being treated at a hospital in Mogadishu after she was brutally raped in Kaaraan district on Saturday evening. According to the family, she was rushed to the hospital and a medical examination revealed that she was raped. The five-year-old was allegedly raped by a …

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 …

MOGADISHU — As the COVID-19 pandemic landed in Somalia in mid-March, there was rampant anxiety about how the country with one of the most fragile health systems could handle a pandemic that was wreaking havoc in wealthy nations. There was fear among local communities that the pandemic could add another …

MOGADISHU — The UN in Somalia on Tuesday lauded health workers who have worked tirelessly to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as Mogadishu reached a six-month milestone since the first case was confirmed. While the period has seen achievements in containing the pandemic in Somalia, the UN cautioned that the …

MOGADISHU — At least 11 suspects have been arrested for the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, authorities said on Tuesday. Hamdi Mohamed Farah, a student, was raped by a group of men and pushed off a six-floor building in Mogadishu’s Wabari district last …

MOGADISHU — The Speaker of Federal Parliament Mohammed Mursal today chaired a session on the Sexual Offences Bill. The Sexual Offences Bill, submitted by the Federal Government of Somalia, caused controversy in July when the SRSG James Swan criticised the Parliamentary Speaker for “attempts to table a deeply-flawed new bill that …

HARGEISA — Sixty public hygienic facilities for latrines were donated to the residents of Kallah, a newly established settlement in South of the city, Hargeisa. The facilities which will go down well in lifting up the standards of the hygiene in as far as toiletry issues were concerned, were donated …

GAROWE  —  A 16-year-old mentally unsound girl was gang-raped and tortured in Garowe Friday. The mother of the girl, Deeqo Mohamed Abdi who spoke to the media said her daughter was raped and tortured Friday by two men. The visibly disturbed woman said her daughter had been missing for hours …