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MOGADISHU (SOHA) – More than 30 participants from the Somali national security forces have concluded a five-day course on gender equality and human rights. The participants drawn from security agencies of the federal and state governments were taken through sets of rules, regulations and laws on gender equality and human …

JOWHAR (SOHA) – An 85-year-old was beaten and raped inside the Jilayaale IDP  Camp in Jowhar of middle Shabelle Somalia. The 85-year-old women Madina Ali Kay Osman was later admitted to a hospital in Jowhar town and investigations are still on by the security forces where several people were arrested …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – At least three children have died in the measles outbreak in Raage-ceyle district in the Lower Shabelle region, reports say that more than 30 children are currently affected with the disease. Raage-ceyle district was reported to be among areas where the measles has spread affecting more than …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on livestock imports from Somalia, paving the way for export of livestock to the Middle East nation. Saudi Arabia, formerly the biggest buyer of Somali livestock, lifted the two-year ban this week to secure meat supplies from Somalia, according to Somali ministry …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – Former pastoralist Ibrahim Ismail Ige, 39, lives in the Somaliland capital Hargeisa, and earns a living as a grave digger. It is a far cry from the life he used to lead, when he had a large herd of 60 camels and 200 goats in the rural …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Qatar Charity’s (QC) office in Somalia, in co-operation with the Benadir Regional Administration opened a dispensary in Wadjer, an impoverished neighbourhood in Mogadishu. Nearly 93,000 needy people are expected to benefit from the health services. Most residents of the area are poor and suffer from the lack …

NAIROBI (SOHA) – The sugar wars that are threatening to unravel the Jubilee ruling coalition have focused mostly on the product that is imported by scores of licensed traders. But, unknown to many Kenyans, a significant amount of sugar consumed in the country is contraband Brazilian product imported via the …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – Somaliland secondary and primary schools candidates have officially kicked off their final examination today in the countryside. Nearly thirty thousand students are sitting for the exam for the secondary and primary schools this year. The Minister of Education and Science of Somaliland, Yasin Haji Mohamud, said: ” …

JENEVA (SOHA) – More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed amid armed conflicts worldwide last year, while others were raped, forced to serve as soldiers or caught in attacks on schools and hospitals, a United Nations report said Wednesday. A total of more than 21,000 violations of children’s rights …

BORAMA (SOHA) – Khadra Ibrahim Ahmed can see a new future opening up in front of her after a successful operation at Borame hospital in Somaliland this month to repair the obstetric fistula that has marred the last 14 years of her life. “Whenever I visited my relatives in their …