Protection Cluster

UNITED NATIONS  — A UN official on Monday highlighted the ongoing terrorist threats and dire humanitarian needs in Somalia, urging global partners to provide funding to help improve the situation there. James Swan, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), told a UN Security Council meeting that the …

GALKAYO — Nearly 10 people have been killed and 15 others injured in a clash between two clan militias in the Labi Maygaag area in the eastern part of Mudug region. The two warring clan militias hail from Puntland and Galmudug, and the conflict is rooted in territorial disputes and …

MOGADISHU — Reports from Qoryoley district in the Lower Shabelle region indicate that a conflict between two clan militias is ongoing in the Bunda Weynta neighborhood of Qoryoley district. The fighting has affected the movement of people and vehicles in the district. Reports suggest that the warring sides are using …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations in Somalia on Wednesday called for greater protection for healthcare professionals and humanitarian workers who provide critical services to survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in the country. In a statement issued to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict that …

MOGADISHU — The UN and the National Museum of Somalia on Friday launched a multilingual initiative centered on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to increase understanding of human rights among Somali communities. The UDHR translated into more languages spoken in Somalia — Maadoonte, Chimini, Gare, Jiido, Baajuni, Dabaare, …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday that Somalia is hosting 39,286 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of May. The UNHCR said in its latest update released in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, that 66 percent of the refugees and asylum seekers are women …

In recent decades, Somalia has faced a multitude of difficult challenges, from economic hardships and political instability to widespread insecurity and natural disasters, leading to vital resources depletion. These adversities have fuelled local conflicts over power and resource distribution, spreading seeds of animosity among rival groups and further obstructing the …

MOGADISHU — Relative peace has been restored in central Somalia’s Galmudug State after inter-clan skirmishes over the weekend that claimed more than 60 lives, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Abshir Abdi Shikhow, Galmudug’s minister of information, linked the fighting between militias from the two rival clans to a dispute over grazing …

MOGADISHU — A violent clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 55 people and injured another 155, residents and medical officials said on Monday. Somalia’s federal government is not only struggling to contain violence unleashed by the Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, but …

KISMAYO — The Jubaland government has confirmed that three humanitarian workers from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) were injured in a boat incident in the Ras Kamboni area on Thursday. The injured individuals were staff members of the WFP and FAO who were on …