NEW YORK (SoOHA) – A conference held at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY during 8-9 June 2019 covered variety of issues related to Somali/Somaliland education leadership. The conference was the first annual conference dedicated to Somali educational and economic development. This was a unique opportunity for academics and practitioners to in the education to share …
Read More »Mother and daughter graduate from US university on same day
WASHINGTON (SoOHA) – Not many people get to study in the same class as their parents, but a Somali mother and her youngest daughter did just that. Mother Falhad Ahmed Mohamud and her daughter Amina Mohamed recently graduated from a university in Virginia together with Masters degrees in IT. The …
Read More »UN allocates $45 mln to stave off famine risk in the Horn of Africa
NEW YORK (SoOHA) – Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock today allocated US$45 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to immediately scale up food and nutrition assistance, safe water provision, livelihoods protection, and other urgent humanitarian support to drought-affected people across parts of Somalia, Ethiopia …
Read More »Dhobley: AMISOM soldiers donate food and medicine to IDPs
DHOBLEY (SoOHA) – Kenyan soldiers serving in Somalia yesterday distributed food and medicine to internally displaced persons in Dhobley as part of the Eid ul-Fitr celebrations following the end of Ramadan. The donation, comprising a variety of food items and medicine, was part of Zakat al-Fitr, a charitable offering given to …
Read More »UN condemns gang rape of 9-year-old girl in central Somalia
MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday condemned the gang rape of a nine-year-old girl in the central Somali town of Bulo-Burde, some 425 km west of Mogadishu. Anders Thomsen, UNFPA Representative for Somalia, Anders Thomsen called for a speedy investigation into the grave crime on the …
Read More »Rural women access health centers in remote parts of Somaliland
BORAMA (SoOHA) – Women living in rural areas of Somaliland have been commending the new health services made available under a health programme that has seen the opening of 65 maternal and child health clinics in remote places. Halima DahirIge delivered her baby in December at one of the clinics …
Read More »Severe drought puts 2 million Somalis at starvation risk
MOGADISHU (SoOHA) — Severe drought in Somalia is putting more than two million people at risk of starvation and forcing thousands out of villages and into a relief camp outside the capital. The United Nations has called for emergency aid to help those in need, including nearly a million Somali children …
Read More »UNFPA Promotes healthcare for Somali women
MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Today on Menstrual Hygiene Day, we stand with Somali women and girls and commit towards providing more support towards national health systems, which promote menstrual health and provide treatment to girls and women suffering from menstrual disorders. Poverty and humanitarian crises can limit women’s and girls’ access …
Read More »Vegetable shortage in Mog. due to water crisis in Shabelle river
MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – A shortage of vegetables has led to sharp price rises in the markets of the Somali capital Mogadishu, as a consequence of the long drought affecting the bread-basket production areas around the River Shabelle. The River Shabelle provides crucial water for irrigation for the farms in the …
Read More »Somalia kicks off unified exam for secondary schools after cancellation
MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Thousands of students are sitting for final exams afresh today after the previous one was cancelled over what the ministry of education termed as ‘widespread leakage’. The security of the all more than 100 examination centers was heightened to prevent cheating and leakage as previously witnessed. According to …
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