Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU —  At least three people were killed and eight others wounded when the terrorist group al-Shabaab attacked a popular hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo on Sunday, police said. Mahad Abdi, a regional police officer in Kismayo, said the attack started with bombing followed by gunfire after …

GENEVA —  In an opening speech to the UNHCR’s Executive Committee, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appealed to member states to provide protection to people fleeing conflict and persecution, regardless of ethnicity and nationality. The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) reports the number of people forcibly displaced by armed …

JOHANNESBURG — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it’s concerned by the gruesome killing of two Somali nationals in Klein Bulhoek near Grahamstown this week. The bodies were discovered by a resident inside a tuckshop container. Eastern Cape police have since opened a case of murder and …

MOGADISHU — At least 20 people were killed in a triple car bombing attack Monday in central Somalia, among them two local government officials. Witnesses said two vehicles loaded with explosives detonated in the morning, and a third in the afternoon. The three explosions rocked the city of Beledweyne in …

CAPE TOWN — Two Somali shopkeepers in Cape town, South Africa, were killed by gunmen on Saturday, according to Somali traders. Abdikarim Abdullahi Mohamud and Abdullahi Dheere were shot dead by bandits who attacked their business in the Gugulethu township in the Western Cape. The killers escaped from the murder …

MOGADISHU —  Gender-based violence (GBV) is a violation of human rights that inflicts suffering on survivors. It is any act committed against a person’s will, which can be physical, emotional, psychosocial and sexual, and it can be expressed through deprivation of resources or access to services. The Somalia Humanitarian Fund, …

The Swedish-based NGO Right Livelihood on Thursday named Adan, Elman, and Kamugisha winners of the 2022 Right Livelihood Award for their courage in promoting human rights and peace. Adan and Elman are specifically awarded for promoting peace, demilitarization and human rights in Somalia in the face of terrorism and gender-based …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS), Federal Government of Somalia and Interpeace, an international organization for peacebuilding based in Geneva, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner in empowering Somali youth to be agents of transformative change and actively participate in the state-building process. The signing …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is facing a “very alarming” situation after more than four years of drought have devastated livestock many people depend upon, a top UN official said on Tuesday. The United Nations has warned that the Horn of Africa nation is on the brink of famine for the second …

MOGADISHU —  One civilian was killed, and five others wounded after a vehicle they travelled in was hit by a landmine in Xujuub area on the outskirts of Beledweyne on Friday. Officials from the Hiiraan region administration did not provide additional information, but residents told local media that the victims …