Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU — At least one police officer was killed and several people wounded, a landmine exploded in Jazeera beach in Lower Shabelle region, an official said. Hussein Jilow, Jazeera area Commissioner, said the landmine exploded at a checkpoint and killed an officer manning the beach. No one has yet claimed …

MOGADISHU — At least five people including children who were injured in an alleged airstrikes in southern Somalia, have been airlifted to Somali capital for further treatment barely a day after AU mission in Somalia (AMISOM) vowed to probe any violations by Kenya military. Unknown number of missiles fired by …

MOGADISHU — A 10-year-old girl who was away from her family for two days has been found dead in the Kawo Godey neighborhood of Dharkenley district in Benadir region. The girl, identified as Nafisa Omar Abdullahi, was found at her family’s home on Saturday with her body hidden in large …

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 …