Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU– The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) vowed on Saturday to partner with local security forces to pursue peace despite increased attacks by al-Shabab in the country. ATMIS also condemned the brazen attack on a commercial convoy by the militant group on Friday night which resulted in …

MOGADISHU — Terrorist group al-Shabab killed at least 20 people and burned seven vehicles that were transporting food relief in the central Hiiraan region of Somalia on Saturday morning. Four trucks carrying goods and three passenger minibuses were set on fire near the remote town of Mahas. “Passengers were killed, wounded …

MOGADISHU — At least three people were killed and more than 11 wounded Thursday in the Somali capital in a mortar attack near the residence of the president, according to police. Ibrahim Ahmed, a security official in Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency that the early morning attack killed women and children after …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations refugee agency has urgently appealed for 9.8 million U.S. dollars to address the growing child protection needs in Somalia. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said an estimated 2.3 million girls and boys are at imminent risk of violence, exploitation, abuse, neglect, and death …

MOGADISHU – Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji said 21 deaths and 117 people were wounded, with at least 15 in critical condition as troops end the Hayat hotel attack by Al-Shabaab. Somali police chief Gen Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijar on Sunday said they ended a deadly attack and 106 people were …

MOGADISHU —  A mortar attack in Mogadishu’s Hamar Jajab district on Saturday morning killed four children and their mother and wounded their father. As many as five shells fell on the family home, which was located near the Police Academy. Several residents were seriously wounded in the attack. Local news …

MOGADISHU — Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) donated mattresses, bunk beds, a desktop computer, a TV, and a projector to the Central Prison in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, as part of the improvement works. As part of the improvement works carried out for the social reintegration of child …

BAIDOA — Security, peace- and state-building, as well as the drought, were among issues covered in discussions today by the top United Nations officials in Somalia on his visit to the country’s South West State. In relation to security in that Federal Member State, the UN Special Representative for Somalia, …

GENEVA — The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, Friday called for more to be done to protect African refugees and migrants from traffickers on their way from the Sahel and the Horn of Africa toward North Africa and Europe. UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo says traffickers take advantage of African refugees fleeing …

BAIDOA — The Minister of Justice of the South West State, Somalia, Hassan Ibrahim Lugbur, was killed on Friday in a bomb attack on a mosque in Baidoa. Local media outlets say Lugbur’s son was also killed in the attack. Several other people were injured. The bomb went off during …