Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU —The protection of civilians, especially women and children, and International Human Rights obligations were top of the agenda during a two-day Human Rights and Child Protection (CP) training conducted by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Organized by the AMISOM’s Protection, Human Rights and Gender Unit, the training …

KISMAYO — African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has conducted civilian protection and human rights training for AMISOM’s Ethiopian National Defence Forces in Kismayo, Jubaland State, as to reiterate the need to protect civilians during their operations. Conducted by the AMISOM’s Protection, Human Rights and Gender Unit, the training covered …

MOGADISHU —  The Swedish government has announced $9 million to support child and maternal health in Somalia. According to a statement from the Swedish embassy in Mogadishu, the support which is in partnership with UNICEF targets over one million children and women  in Somalia to access improved health services and …

MOGADISHU — At least three people were killed on Friday in a roadside blast in the Garasbaley neighborhood on the outskirts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police officials and witnesses said. An officer who declined to be named told Xinhua that a bomb planted at the roadside went off as a …

GALKAYO — Three suicide bombers were killed in an explosion in Galkayo town of central Somalia on Tuesday evening, the police said. Sadik Aden Ali, a Somali police spokesman, said the three suicide bombers who were on a motorcycle were planning to blow up themselves near a local hotel before …

MOGADISHU — At least four soldiers were killed and several others injured on Wednesday in a roadside bomb blast targeting a military vehicle in southern Somalia, an official confirmed. Abdi Mohamed Hassan, a police officer in the Middle Shabelle region, told Anadolu Agency that the targeted vehicle was part of a …

BELEDWEYNE — A delegation of federal ministers, parliamentarians, and government officials arrived in Beledweyne on Monday to mediate inter-clan conflicts that broke out in the town’s western suburbs. The delegation that arrived includes the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Somali Government Abdifatah Qasim, the Minister of State for Justice …

HARGEISA — The European Union, in partnership with Somaliland’s Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs, and Family, launched two new projects to combat Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and all forms of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country. The initiatives will be implemented by Candlelight and Health Poverty Action and were selected …

MOGADISHU — At least six people have been killed and several other wounded after a suspected al-Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself in Mogadishu. Somali police spokesman Sadik Aden Ali said that Ahmed Bashane, Waberi district police commander, and Abdi Basid, deputy commander of Waliyow Adde police division, were among those …

MOGADISHU — At least seven people were killed and more than 11 others wounded when a vehicle exploded outside a police headquarters in Somalia’s capital, police and health officials said Wednesday. The al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility. A police spokesman, Col. Abdiqani Mohamed Qalaf, said the suicide bomber tried to drive into …