Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU — The mass casualty incidents related to the armed conflict in Somalia have increased by 30%, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday. Fifty-seven conflict-related mass casualty incidents were registered between January and October compared to 43 during the same period in 2021, according to the …

MOGADISHU — At least 10 people were killed when armed attackers stormed a hotel near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to the police. Among the victims are two individuals with dual Somali-British citizenship, Mohamed Dahir of the Somali police told dpa. The hotel, which is popular among …

CAPE TOWN —  A 17-year-old Somali girl was kidnapped from her father’s tuck shop in Western Cape this week, the latest in a string of kidnappings targeting business people and foreign nationals. According to local police and witnesses, the teenage girl was grabbed by gunmen while her father was offloading …

Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it must take to improve the …

MOGADISHU —  Casualties are feared after a suicide bomber blew himself up near an army training facility in the Somali capital Mogadishu, said a security official. The official who spoke to Anadolu Agency over the phone on condition of anonymity after the attack said there were casualties but declined to …

WASHINGTON —  Journalist Mohamed Isse Hassan Koonaa was working in Mogadishu, writing a script for a video report on a speech by President Hassan Mohamud, when an explosion occurred at about 2:10 p.m. local time Saturday. The building housing Koonaa’s media organization shook and glass windows crashed to the floor. …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s president has issued an urgent plea for international help for wounded victims of devastating car bombings at the weekend that claimed the lives of 100 people. Bulldozers were continuing to clear the blast site in the capital Mogadishu on Monday in the hunt for bodies feared trapped …

MOGADISHU — Forty Eight house after the deadly double car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, rescuers have found more bodies trapped bellow destructed buildings. At least 106 people have died as a result of the explosion claimed by the Somali militants group, Al-Shabab. More than 350 people are nursing various injuries …

MOGADISHU — The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has offered to provide health care to the nearly 300 wounded in Saturday’s attack that killed 104 people. “Devastating news. We remember the people of Somalia and send the affected families our sincere condolences. WHO stands …

MOGADISHU — Twin car bomb explosions targeting Somalia’s Education Ministry building here on Saturday killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Sunday. After visiting the bombing site early Sunday, Mohamud said the fatalities would likely rise. According to police, a …