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BURGABO (SOHA) – Thousands of people in Burgabo town in Somalia’s Lower Jubba region are facing extreme water shortage due to prevailing drought and poor rains. The coastal town, which lies 7o km south of Kismayo, has received little rain during the last Deyr season, leaving dams that serve the …

JOWHAR (SOHA) – Over 4,500 families displaced by ongoing fighting between Al-Shabaab and local militias in southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region are facing food and water shortages in Adalle district. Regional officials say that the families have been arriving in villages on the outskirts of Adalle town for the last …

GURIEL (SOHA) – Somali pastoralists in drought-hit central Somalia are resorting to leaves and tree bark as fodder to keep their animals alive, as the skies still show no sign of rain. Seventy-year-old Elmi Ali Dahir, who lives in a remote area some 30km southeast of Guriel town in Galgadud …

BURAO (SOHA) –  Close to 150 drought-displaced families in Burao town in northern Somalia’s Togdheer region are facing hunger and lack access to basic services. Local officials said the pastoralist families uprooted from their homes are now camping in Dudub-dilo village, 180km east of Burao town. Mohamed Ahmed Hassan, Dudub-dilo …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – A government driven blood donation campaign in Somaliland has generated 60,000 units of blood to jumpstart the first ever national blood bank in the capital, Hargeisa. The one-month long campaign targeting major towns in Somaliland aims to equip the national blood bank with sufficient blood to meet …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somali farmers and exporters have started selling local agricultural produce to a new market in Turkey, with the first exports of lemons and sesame recently shipped from Mogadishu. Bashiir Abdirabbi Hassan heads a Somali company that has started exporting lemons. He says the new trade route with …

DHUSAMAREB (SOHA) – In a remote village 50km north of the central Somali town of Dhusamareb town, Ali Abdikadir, a medical officer, is going to people’s homes trying to control an outbreak of diarrhoea. Since the closure last March of the health centre in Hananbur, after funding from the NGOSWISSO-KALMO …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – More than 400 children can now resume their education after the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) completed renovation works of a school destroyed in a bomb attack three years ago. Dr Qamar Primary School – established in 2009 in memory of Dr Kamar Aden Ali, a former minister …

NAIROBI (SOHA) – Countries have been challenged to adopt education as a means of managing migration and displacement and offering those in need a second chance. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Assistant Director General for Education Ms.Stefania Gianini said that education is a human right and a …

Most residents live more than two hours from a surgeon, and many cannot afford care, Baylor University researcher says Children in Somaliland suffer a significant burden of health conditions — particularly congenital deformities and wound-related conditions — that could be bettered by surgery, but most of these needs are being …