Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU — A father in Lower Shabelle has told a radio station in Somalia on Tuesday that AMISOM forces operating near the Golweyn village killed his son and six other civilians. In an interview with Radio Mogadishu, Mohamed Yonis Aden said his son was murdered close to a farm. “My …

NEW YORK — The UN secretary-general’s special representative for children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, and the special representative on sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten, said Thursday that they were appalled by the alarming increase in the scale and severity of sexual violence in Somalia. In 2020, 400 civilians, …

MOGADISHU — Twenty-five Somali journalists have benefitted from a one-day virtual training to enhance their effectiveness in reporting on female candidates in the ongoing parliamentary and presidential elections to help advance election of more women. The training was organized by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), in collaboration with …

KISMAYO — At least four football players  have been killed and six others wounded in IED explosion in the coastal city of Kismayo. The players who traveling in mini bus were headed to a stadium in Kismayo where Jubaland Vice President Mohamud Sayid Aden was to officially open a football competition. …

MOGADISHU — With the support of the US-funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) launched a series of human rights reporting training for local journalists on Wednesday to support the capacity of Somali journalists aimed to boost the capacity of the journalists in reporting the underreported human …

GALKAYO —  A 13-year-old girl living in Jeerinle village in Galkayo has died from extensive bleeding as a result of female genital mutilation (FGM), according to activists and locals. Fartun Hassan Ahmed, who hails from a nomadic family, died before reaching the local hospital. The deceased girl’s parents spoke to …

HARGEISA — A young woman named Ms. Hinda Omar was raped and later killed in a bus in Hargeisa last week, relatives confirm. Hinda’s family members have accused that the driver of a yellow bus is incriminated and is responsible for the tragic killing and rape of the young female. …

MOGADISHU — At least four people were killed and nine others wounded when a car bomb blast targeted a police convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, officials said. “On the 10th July, the terrorist group al-Shabaab carried out a car bomb blast targeting Banaadir regional police commander Col. Farhan …

MOGADISHU —  A roadside bomb explosion killed two civilians on board a passenger minibus and injured several others in Somalia’s central Mudug region, an official said on Friday. Abdi Mohamed, a local security official, told Anadolu Agency over the phone that the driver and his assistant was killed in the …

MOGADISHU — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy coffee shop in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday evening, an official said. The attack took place at the Juba intersection not too far away from Somalia’s national intelligence and security agency headquarters in Mogadishu. A police officer told …