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BURAO (SoOHA) – A single teacher is keeping classes going for 120 children at Gebagebo village school, in an extremely remote hilly area, some 90 km north of the Somaliland town of Burao. Public vehicles venture only once a week up to this village, which is mourning the recent death …

HARGEISA (SoOHA) – Farmers in a village near Hargeisa have seen their fields of vegetables and other crops washed away by flash floods that came unexpectedly after months of severe drought in much of Somaliland and other parts of Somalia. Ibrahim Aw Isman, the chairman of the local farmers’ association, …

LONDON (SoOHA) – Government of the United Kingdom is providing a mammoth amount of £8 million for humanitarian support to Somalis affected by the current drought. The funds will go towards providing food security, nutrition, clean water, basic health services and livestock vaccination. This additional support will provide a significant …

NEW YORK (SoOHA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday lamented the lack of civilian protection in armed conflicts across the globe, saying international compliance with the UN’s framework for such conflicts has deteriorated. “Grave human suffering is still being caused by armed conflicts and a lack of compliance with …

NAIROBI (SoOHA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ruled out ransom negotiations with Al Shabaab militants in Somalia to secure the release of two Cuban doctors abducted from Mandera in April. Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma however said an operation was ongoing to rescue the two doctors. “We believe that …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The United Nations on Monday in a statement called for urgent and sustained resources to avert a major humanitarian crisis caused by severe drought. George Conway, acting deputy special representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), said “the drought situation in Somalia has deteriorated …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Five people among them three secondary school children from the same family survived gunshot attack while travelling in a public transport bus in Darkenley district, in the outskirts of Mogadishu this morning. The three children; a boy and two girls were heading to school (Al-Anwaar) when the …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – Thousands of medicated mosquito nets have been distributed to some of the poorest families in Puntland to prevent the seasonal spread of malaria in this region of northeastern Somalia. More than 10,000 families in IDP camps in the towns of Bosaso, Qardho, Garowe, Burtinle, Galkayo, and those …

NAIROBI (SoOHA) – The move by the government to shut down social media platforms in the country at the end of this month as students retake their final exams has received sharp criticism with Amnesty International terming it ‘ridiculous’. Amnesty International deputy regional director for East Africa Seif Magango said …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – A devastating drought in Somalia could leave some 2.2 million people – almost 18% of the population – facing severe hunger in July-September after poor harvests, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Wednesday. The UN agency issued a special alert on Somalia, indicating that …