Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU — At least three al-Shabab fighters were killed and a civilian wounded in a foiled terror attack in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, early Sunday, the police said. The police said the attempted attack occurred in the Hamar Jajab district in the southeast of the capital. The militants were …

MOGADISHU — With the burgeoning cases of violence against civil society members gunmen have shot dead Abdirahman Ali Mohamud, a prominent climate change activist in Mogadishu on Thursday night Abdirahman was heading to his residence when gunmen approached him and shot him several times on the head and the chest, …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to supporting efforts to rid Somalia of the threat from explosive ordnance. Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia Anita Kiki Gbeho expressed commitment to a mine-free Somalia. “Whether measured in the number of casualties or the …

MOGADISHU — An African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) convoy was hit by explosion in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, with no word yet on possible casualties. Osman Ahmed, a security officer in Mogadishu, told Anadolu over the phone that the convoy was hit near Somalia’s Criminal Investigation Department headquarters …

MOGADISHU — Flash floods resulting from heavy rains have claimed the lives of at least 14 individuals, displaced thousands, and caused property damage in the Baardheere District of the Gedo region, according to reports from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OCHA has additionally reported that …

ADDIS ABABA  — The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR on Tuesday said it is scaling up assistance in Ethiopia’s Somali region to support and assist recently arrived refugees fleeing clashes in Somalia. Some 100,000 Somalis have arrived in Ethiopia’s Doolo zone in the Somali region in the past four weeks to …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Tuesday it has released 2 million U.S. dollars for life-saving interventions as clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia intensified. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the security situation in the …

MOGADISHU — Ongoing conflict in Somalia is worsening the humanitarian situation, making it harder for humanitarian organizations to access the populations in most need of assistance, aid agencies said. In a joint statement issued Sunday evening in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, local and international agencies under the umbrella of the …

MOGADISHU — About 1.8 million children aged under five are still expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Somalia this year, though the risk of famine has been averted for the time being, an international charity has warned. Save the Children said in a statement released in the Somali capital …

MOGADISHU — The US diplomatic mission in Somalia demanded an “immediate” unconditional cease-fire Thursday in Somalia’s northern town of Las Anod. The remarks came after a delegation from the mission, led by Chargé d’Affaires Tim Trenkle arrived in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa and held a series of political and civil …