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MOGADISHU — Flash floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 37,000 people in Somalia, causing a humanitarian crisis in the regions affected, Somalia’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) said on Monday. The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) said about 15,400 people have been displaced …

GAROWE —  The UN children’s fund (UNICEF) and the government of Puntland in northeast Somalia on Monday launched the Learning Passport, a digital remote learning platform where children can access educational content both online and offline from their homes. Abdullahi Mohamed Hassan, Somalia’s Minister of Education and Higher Education said …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Education Sunday airlifted 18 secondary school students from Barawe to Mogadishu to sit for their final exams. The Ministry moved in to airlift the students after they failed to sit for the first paper Saturday as they could not access the exam center. Students in the …

MOGADISHU — A form four candidate from Mogadishu on Saturday sat her national examination in hospital after going into labour a few hours to kick-off. Shamsa Mohamed Hashi, a 27 years old mother, was rushed to Kalkaal Hospital in Mogadishu by relatives after developing labour pains. “I have been learning …

MOGADISHU — The Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia H.E Mahdi Mohamed Guled has inaugurated the National Secondary School examinations in all regions of the country today on Saturday, SONNA Reported. Speaking to the media, Deputy Prime Minister commended the students from all regions to do their …

MOGADISHU — In a bid to eradicate Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), fifty (50) male and female journalists drawn from the media in Mogadishu participated a three-day training on ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the country by building the capacity of journalists on ways to better raise public …

MOGADISHU — At least four children were killed including a three-year-old baby and two others wounded when a wall collapsed following days of heavy rains in Mogadishu’s Malable camp on Tuesday. All four of the victims died on the spot while the injured were rushed to the hospital by locals. …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Minister of Education, Abdullahi Godah Barre has said that students in Puntland who have not sat for the official standardized test will not receive their government-recognized secondary school diploma’s. The decision has led to a public row with the Puntland’s education minister. Godah reiterated his position that …

MOGADISHU — Ms.Fawzia Abikar Nur, the minister of health and human services of the federal government of Somalia has signed the National Immunization Policy, which will guide all immunization activities, SONNA reported. The minister ensured that the policy will play an important role in the development and delivery of immunization …

MOGADISHU — The Federal Government of Somalia and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have jointly agreed to deal with challenges related to migration. The commitment was made during a meeting between Somalia’s Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Sadik Warfa, and IOM Chief of Mission for Somalia Richard Danziger during …