Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU — Twenty-four military officers serving under the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA), have completed a five-day training to combat gender-based violence and enhance child protection during military operations.  Held in Mogadishu, the training was facilitated by the United Kingdom Mission Support Team …

KISMAYO — The Protection Human Rights and Gender (PHRG) Cluster of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have concluded a five-day training of trainers’ course has concluded in Kismayo, Jubaland State, on the prevention and response to the recruitment and use of child soldiers in armed conflict. The training …

CAPETOWN —   A South African gunman shot dead a Somali businessman in South Africa on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Abdinasir Mohamud Abdi, and the assailants fled the scene. Abdi was shot and killed outside his business in Mitchells Plain, a suburb of Cape Town. Following the killing …

MOGADISHU — The UN warned Tuesday of severe humanitarian problems in central Somalia after 100,000 people were displaced by fighting between pro-government forces and Sufi militants. Fighters loyal to Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (ASWJ) occupied the strategic town of Guricel earlier this month, before being driven out last week by …

MOGADISHU — At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a (ASWJ) in the Somali state of Galmudug over the weekend, residents and hospital officials said. The clashes, in the state’s second-largest district …

MOGADISHU —  At least three people were killed and several wounded Tuesday evening when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy restaurant in Mogadishu’s Yaqshid district, according to a police official. “The suicide bomber blew up in front of the restaurant that is frequented by local youths, killing …

JOHANNESBURG —  Well known Somali traders who had been live in South Africa for years was Saturday night in a raid on his shop. According to Somali community in Est London of Eastern Cape, several assailants with guns have stormed the shop of Mohamed Ismail Kiish, prompting conflict with the …

JOHANNESBURG — Amnesty International has urged countries that still retain the death penalty to abolish it. “Immediately establish a moratorium on all executions and commute all death sentences,” the rights group said in a report to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty, observed annually Oct 10. Amnesty wants countries …

By Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab In August 2021, the U.N. Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, and the U.N. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, warned about the alarming increase in sexual violence in Somalia and called upon all perpetrators to cease these violations. …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government on Thursday called on authorities in the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland to stop forced evictions in the northern part of the country. The Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development also called on the Somaliland administration to halt any activity that would additionally contribute to …