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COLUMBUS (SOHA) – A conference organized by Somali agricultural professionals was held in Columbus, Ohio on June 22-24, 2018. The professionals who attended the conference gave the conference organizing committee the mandate to continue temporarily the work until an organizing committee for the next conference meeting is selected. The organizing committee …

BURAO (SOHA) – Despite getting a basic education to enable them to cope with their hearing impairment, the hopes of deaf children in Burao are being dashed by the lack of a specialized secondary school in their area. Burao School for the Deaf, which was established in 2010 and is …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Among the first rescuers rushing to the scene of Somalia’s deadliest truck bombing last year were, as usual, members of the country’s only free ambulance service, Aamin Ambulance. Founded over a decade ago by a Somali dentist and funded by donations, Aamin Ambulance has become an essential …

NAIROBI (SOHA) – Fishermen in Lamu County want President Uhuru Kenyatta to ban the sale of fish in Kenya by their counterparts from Somalia and Tanzania. The call is by at 6,000 fishermen from Kiunga and Ishakani on the border of Lamu and Somalia. Others are from Mkokoni, Kiwayu, Ndau, …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The UN Migration Agency has begun providing life-saving health care to two Somali towns previously inaccessible because of war and conflict. Tens of thousands of people in the towns of Gobweyn and Bulla Gaduud have been deprived of life-saving health care for nearly three decades. These areas …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is stepping up measures to contain cholera outbreak in Somalia amid decline in the number of cases and deaths in the past month. The UN health agency, which cited figures from the Health Ministry of Somalia, said 32 new suspected cases of …

TORONTO (SOHA) – Excessive protein consumption, a Toronto registered dietitian said, could hinder you from a balanced diet and increase risk for chronic illnesses like kidney disease. You may have been eating goat roti or goat head soup your whole life, but for many, goat is still considered a “new” …

TOGDHER (SOHA) – A new model school run by a Turkish aid agency is giving hope to poor families in Togdher region in northern Somalia, thanks to mobilisation by alumni of Turkish universities in the country. Buhodle Education Centre, which opened in September, is offering free education to 400 students …

GALKAYO (SOHA) – With no established blood banks in Somalia especially in the regions, patients in need of urgent blood transfusion risk death as medical facilities are forced to scout for donors. In Galkayo town in the central region of Mudug , a local hospital is now mobilizing donors and …

JAMAAME (SOHA) – Close to 200 families displaced by ongoing military operations in Jamaame in Lower Jubba are facing hunger and lack access to basic services. Local officials said 160 families uprooted from their homes are now camping in Kismayo with little humanitarian support. Somali and AMISOM forces launched major …