Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU — Over 100 Somali Police Force officers have concluded a month-long training on community policing, to equip them with skills to address crime and violent extremism in local communities. The workshop organised jointly by the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the Somali Police Force (SPF), forms part of …

BULOBURDE — At least three civilians were killed and 13 others injured after a teashop in Buloburde town was blown up by an improvised explosive device on Saturday, local officials said. Locals, members of the Buloburde security forces, and Ma’awisley clan militia would congregate in the busy city center teashop …

MOGADISHU — At least 7 to 9 people were killed near the village of Goof, approximately 40 kilometres from Erigabo, after violent clashes between two militia groups erupted on Wednesday. The violence marks the latest escalation in a series of ongoing clan and territorial conflicts that have plagued the Sanaag …

MOGADISHU — The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the execution of four juveniles in Somalia allegedly associated with the al-Shabab extremist group. UNICEF said Thursday evening in a statement that the four children under the age of 18 were executed on Aug. 17 in Puntland State by …

MOGADISHU — A car bomb explosion in the Garasbaaley district of Mogadishu on Wednesday killed at least five government soldiers and wounded several others, according to local sources. The attack occurred near a Somali intelligence security checkpoint on the road between the Ma’ani and Tareedishe neighborhoods. The militant group al-Shabaab, …

MOGADISHU — Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Salah Ahmed Jama, chaired a meeting focused on stabilizing the Hirshabelle regions, which was also attended by the President of the Hirshabelle State, Ali Gudlawe Hussein. This meeting, which was centered on the delivery of basic services and the …

MOGADISHU — Somalia remains one of the world’s most serious humanitarian crises with millions of people exposed to unimaginable suffering, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day. The suffering is due to recurring and intensifying climate shocks, protracted conflicts, …

MOGADISHU — The UN top relief official in Somalia on Monday called on all parties to protect civilians and humanitarian workers in the country’s conflict areas. George Conway, the deputy special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, said the country has recorded 124 …

MOGADISHU — Victims and families affected by the August 2  al-Shabaab terrorist attack at Liido Beach in Mogadishu, which left close to 40 dead and over 200 injured, are now eligible for compensation under the UK’s Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme. The attack, one of the deadliest in recent Somali history, …

MOGADISHU —  At least eight people were killed and several others wounded in twin explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an official said. Mohamud Ahmed, a police officer in Mogadishu who spoke to Anadolu over the phone, said the attack targeted a tea shop in the Daynile district. …