Protection Cluster

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 …

MOGADISHU — At least three people were killed and four others wounded when a mortar attack targeted Somalia’s presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, local media reported. “At least three civilians were killed and four others injured in the attack, targeting the presidential palace in Mogadishu. The victims …

MOGADISHU — A district official in Mogadishu was killed this morning after his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device suspected of being planted on the road. The officer, identified as Abdi Mohamed Mohamud, who was the deputy in charge of security and political affairs in the Daynile district, succumbed to …

MOGADISHU — A minibus traveling outside Mogadishu, Somalia was blown up, killing at least 15 people and wounding four others. The Somali Federal Government says the minibus exploded seconds after rolling over an improvised explosive device. No one has yet claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s incident, however, the government said al …

MOGADISHU — Two people were killed and another injured when a vehicle carrying a police officer in Mogadishu hit a land mine. Sources said the private car carrying a police officer in Hilwaa district drove into a land mine suspected to have been planted on the road. The driver sustained …

BAIDOA — Two children have been found dead and their bodies dumped at the outskirts of Baidoa the interim capital of Southwest State. The girl and the boy both aged five and six years went missing on April 7 while heading to Quranic school. The father of the children Sheikh …

MOGADISHU — The UN on Sunday called for joint efforts to eradicate threats posed by the increasing use of explosive hazards in Somalia. Qurat-ul-Ain Sadozai, UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) program director in Somalia said the major impact of explosive hazards is on civilians and particularly on children. “Together, we …

MOGADISHU — Four teenagers and an infant have been killed and at least four more people were injured in a suicide attack in Somalia’s capital on Saturday evening, an official said. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a busy restaurant in Mogadishu’s Shangani district, according to police spokesperson Sadaq …