Protection Cluster

AFGOYE — Detailed information has emerged regarding an airstrike that occurred yesterday in areas located near the Afgoye district of Lower Shabelle region, resulting in significant casualties. The target of this attack was members of Al-Shabaab who infiltrated these areas, causing extensive damage to the local population. Some of the …

MOGADISHU —  The Al-Shabaab terrorist group stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu late Thursday following several bomb explosions and gunfire. Clashes erupted following the attack on the popular SYL hotel, which is located close to the presidential palace. Many people were injured, including Government Spokesperson Farhan Jimale, journalists …

MOGADISHU — Ahead of International Women’s Day, the UK’s top diplomat, Sir Philip Barton, joined British Ambassador to Somalia Mike Nithavrianakis and Somali Minister for Women, Human Rights and Development, Amina Hassan Ali, to launch the UK’s flagship Gaashaan project, which will support survivors of gender-based violence across Somalia. The …

MOGADISHU — A roadside bomb explosion occurred today in the district of Heliwa in the Banadir region. The explosion targeted a military police vehicle. According to reports, the explosion took place in the Shaaciye neighborhood of Heliwa district, with witnesses stating that a government military vehicle was passing by at …

MOGADISHU — Save the Children, an international charity, has called for increased protection of women and girls in Somalia amid a surge in sexual abuse and rape against teenage girls in recent months. The charity said a 13-year-old girl was raped by a group of armed men outside her home …

MOGADISHU — Police in Mogadishu have identified the people responsible for the abduction and killing of a young man in Mogadishu’s Heliwa district. The spokesperson of the Somali Police Force, Major Sadiq Aden Ali Doodishe, told reporters on Thursday that the perpetrators who killed Abukar Ahmed Kaabah are known and …

MOGADISHU/HAVANA — Cuba and Somalia are cooperating to clarify the current situation of Cuban Drs. Assel Herrera and Landy Rodriguez, who were abducted in 2019 on the border between that African country and Kenya. According to a post on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held a telephone conversation with …

MOGADISHU — Abdirahman Maclow Abikar, a teacher at Seidi Secondary School in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district, was fatally stabbed on Monday for reportedly reprimanding a female student. Authorities say the suspect, identified as Hassan Mohamed Mahoud, is the brother of the student who was disciplined by Abikar. Seidi School’s principal, Ali …

ABU DHABI  — The UAE Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the martyrdom of three members of the UAE Armed Forces and an officer from the Bahrain Defence Force, along with the injury of two others, in a terrorist act in the Republic of Somalia, while fulfilling their mission to …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations has commended the arrest of a man accused of a heinous crime involving his wife, underscoring its commitment to combating gender-based violence. In a statement, the UN Office in Somalia lauded the efforts of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in apprehending the suspect, …