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GALKAYO (SoOHA) –  Yasmin Abdi Mohamed, a vegetable vendor, has to split her small income between her immediate family and her displaced relatives living in a camp in the northern Somali town of Galkayo.    She sends food every week to her brother and parents in Doha-Mudug camp. But the earnings from her kiosk do not stretch far enough.  “I have …

Somali graduates are proud, inquisitive and, in many cases, innovative. They are certainly ambitious and should be confident about their future in a country blessed with so much natural resources and potential.   Yet, at the best of times, there is a tragic disconnect between the jobs available and the …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – A 14-year old boy, whose parents fled the civil war in southern Somalia two decades ago, has emerged the top student in the just-released Puntland State national examinations. Shueyb Hassan Ali was named top student by the Puntland education ministry after scoring 676 out of a possible …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Children in Somalia suffer from one of the highest rates of abduction, recruitment, and conflict-related sexual violence in the world, analysis from Save the Children reveals. The charity’s analysis of the UN’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict found Somalia topped the list in three of …

ERI GABO (SoOHA) – In our series on Somalia’s IDP camps, Radio Ergo’s reporter in Sanag spoke with displaced pastoralist families living in a village camp near the town of Hingalol. They receive no aid or assistance, other than handouts from relatives who have something to spare. They feel dejected and miss their former lifestyle. Shamis Eidid Warsame settled in Sibbayevillage …

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – High school students and teachers from a school in central Somalia’s Mudug region have been spending the school holiday giving adult literacy classes to pastoralists.  A team of 50 students and 10 teachers from Amara secondary school in Amara, Hobyodistrict, have travelled to six villages to give classes to 150 people from pastoralist communities.  Hassan Dahir Hussein, 40, …

BAIDOA (SoOHA) – Hilowlay Ali Mohamed has been a farmer for decades, continuing a long family tradition, and never once thought she would one day leave her home begging for aid.    But after a long walk from her drought-stricken village in southern Somalia’s Bay region, she found herself this month setting up a flimsy shelter …

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – Two hospitals in the central Somali region of Galgadud are on the brink of closure due to lack of funds to support operations.  People living in Abudwaq and Balanballe arehaving to seek private treatment, as Ibadohospital in Abudwaq and Balanballe hospital are running out of drugs and cannot provide services.  The International Medical Corps (IMC) ceased its support to both hospitals in June, citing lack of funds.  …

DUSMAREB (SoOHA) –  Drought-hit families in remote parts of Galgadud region have welcomed an emergency water trucking service that has saved them from having to move to other places in search of water.  The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has hired 200 tankers to deliver water to 1,480 badly affected families in eight villages:Shilin-Wayne, Burdir, Meygag, Lan-aduray, Qurar, Habasley, Laan-Marer and Ardo In …

ANKARA (SoOHA) – Turkey has drilled a total of 505 water wells in Africa to provide clean water to millions of people, according to the country’s Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. The wells in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Somalia, and Somaliland were opened by the General Directorate of State Hydraulic …