Protection Cluster

DOHA — Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), recently met Adam Abdelmoula, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. He was accompanied by a delegation that comprised Ian Ridley, Head of Office, the United Nations Office for the Coordination …

MOGADISHU — The Somalia Humanitarian Funding (SHF) has allocated US$26 million to scale up life-saving assistance for about 1.2 million people in the country. These critical funds, part of the SHF 2021 Reserve Allocation, will support national and international non-governmental partners operating in Banadir, Bay, Galgaduud, Gedo, Hiraan, Lower Juba, Middle …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and the UN children’s fund (UNICEF) on Monday launched an online Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS+) to enhance the protection of the most vulnerable children in Somalia. Hanifa M. Ibrahim, Somali Minister of Women and Human Rights Development said the CPIMS+ will strengthen their collective ability …

MOGADISHU — Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Roble on Saturday ordered investigations into the deaths of seven civilians reportedly killed by the African Union troops during a counter-offensive in Golweyn, the southern part of the country. The prime minister’s spokesman Mohamed Moalimuu said Roble has formed a ministerial committee to probe …

MOGADISHU — Young people living in Somalia are among those most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, according to a UNICEF report launched today. ‘The Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis: Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index’ is the first comprehensive analysis of …

MOGADISHU – At least two people were killed and several others wounded on Thursday evening in a suicide bomb explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said. The site of the blast was near the headquarters of the country’s National Intelligence and Security Agency, with a soldier among those killed, …

NEW YORK — China on Thursday said that it is ready to make positive contribution to lasting peace in Somalia. “We stand ready to work with the international community to make positive contribution to lasting peace and sustainable development in Somalia,” Dai Bing, charge d’affaires of China’s permanent mission to …

MOGADISHU —  The Director General of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Adv. Hersi Haji Olosow, received today in his office at the Ministry the credentials of the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Somalia, Mr. Magatte Guisse. During the meeting, …

MOGADISHU — The African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia said it was investigating reports that civilians were killed during a gunfight between the mission’s troops and al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab fighters. Dozens of people protested outside a Mogadishu hospital where the remains of victims had been brought, vowing to fight the …

MOGADISHU — Somali media reported that at least 15 people were killed and several others injured in two separate blasts in central and southern Somalia. The first blast occurred in the Mudug district in central Somalia, where a car carrying citizens passing through the city of Baadwein exploded, killing eight …