Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU — Grim details are emerging from a suicide bombing tonight at the Gelato Divino restaurant on Mogadishu airport road. Reports say that seven people were killed in the blast, most of them prominent Mogadishu youths, and a number of others were injured in the blast. A man wearing a …

MOGADISHU — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has concluded the training of 336 journalists in reporting on Sexual and Gender-based violence, with the last training concluded in Garowe, the capital of Puntland State of Somalia. The training was jointly organized by NUSOJ and the Federal Ministry for Women …

MOGADISHU — Police in Somalia say five people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt near the police academy in the capital, Mogadishu. Spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali says eight other people were wounded in the blast on Tuesday. He said the bomber targeted a restaurant frequented by …

MOGADISHU — African ministers from countries that are contributing troops to Somalia have expressed concern about the continued recruitment drive by al-Shabab in the Horn of African nation. The ministers who met virtually to review the security situation in Somalia in a joint statement issued on Thursday also expressed deep …

GALKAYO — Reports from Mudug region say that fierce clan fighting has erupted again in Huldooyale area under Amara region. The fighting between two clan militias is based on previous clan killings in the area, according to local sources. Reports say that fighting that broke out in Huldooyale district again …

BOSSASO — Police in Bossaso town have arrested two men in connection with the rape and killing of a small girl in the area. The two admitted raping and killing Naimo Abdi Mohamed whose body was found in the city’s Raf and Raaho neighborhood. One of the suspects, Mohamed Abdi …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and the UN on Saturday lauded the role played by Somali women in peace, security, and governance as the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. Hanifa Mohamed Ibrahim, minister of women and human rights development, said the government should now create new …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed Tuesday that two frontline workers were killed in a militant attack in Mogadishu. The UN said the polio workers risked their lives to provide critical health services to vulnerable Somali children and offered condolences to the families. ”I offer my sincere condolences …

MOGADISHU — A landmine blast killed at least 2 people and injured several others on Tuesday in Mogadishu. The explosion targeted Director-General of Immigration and Naturalization Directorate Mohamed Aden Koofi in KM 4 near hotel Afrik in the capital. The director-general escaped unscathed. No group has claimed responsibility for the …

HARGEISA — Seven men accused of raping Awo Harir, an orphan in Hargeisa, have been sentenced by the Hargeisa Regional Court this morning. Somaliland police have arrested the seven suspects in connection with the alleged rape of Awo Harir at the orphanage. The court sentenced two of the seven defendants …