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BORAMA (SoOHA) – Nim’a Hassan Mohamud, 24, can see a new future opening up in front of her after undergoing successful fistula surgery in a hospital in Borama in Somaliland. She underwent the operation on 10 September this year after struggling for four years with the physically and emotionally painful …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – Sharmarke Ali Ahmed, 11, is among 10 street children who have started a new life in Garowe, in the northern Somalia’s state of Puntland, thanks to the support of the principal of a local primary school. “I used to sniff glue and sometimes we would sleep on …

ROME (SoOHA) – Somalia faces the worst Desert Locust outbreak in over 25 years, according to an emergency update issued today by the country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Somalia and FAO’s Desert Locust Information Service in Rome. Desert Locust breeding is ongoing in Galmudug (Mudug), Puntland and …

ADADO (SoOHA) – Somali women are making inroads into the traditionally male domain of livestock marketing in the central Somalia town of Adado. Sirad Ibrahim Abdulle was one of the first local women to venture into the business with an initial investment of $1,000 four years ago. Sirad told Radio …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Around 3,000 families have fled their homes in villages in Bal’ad in southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, after a dam on the River Shabelle burst. The floodwaters from the dam washed away homes in 16 villages, forcing people to seek help in the district town of Bala’d. …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The UN chief in Somalia James Swan has urged Somali youth to champion their rights and those of others noting the country relied on them to chart its future destiny. Swan said in a statement to mark the UN Human Rights Day Tuesday the youth in Somalia should …

MOGADISHU(SoOHA) – The first phase of nationwide integrated polio and measles vaccination campaign has concluded in Somalia having achieved high coverage. WHO in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and UNICEF launched the first phase of the campaign from 24 to 28 November 2019, targeting more than 1.7 million …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least seven children were killed in Bakool region in the last 48 hours following diarrhea outbreak as risk of floods continue to be experienced in the country. HOL has learnt the seven children succumbed to acute watery diarrhea in Ato village in Bakool region while several others …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) has joined the international community in celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. SODEN CEO Mohamed Farah said they are pleased to be pleased to extend festive wishes to people of Somalia and around the world on this occasion. We share …

Mogadishu, 28 November 2019 – We, at UNFPA Somalia, condemn the horrendous act where an 11-year-old was raped on Tuesday this week as she was seemingly returning home from the marketplace in Wardhiigleey District, Mogadishu, Somalia. It is with great dismay and shock that we continue to see such acts happening …