Protection Cluster

NEW YORK — Conflict zones and the novel coronavirus pose threats to the health and well-being of women and children as a decade of progress could be lost, according to a UN report Friday. Since the launch of the Every Woman Every Child movement in 2010 by former UN Secretary-General …

MOGADISHU — A small girl is being treated at a hospital in Mogadishu after she was brutally raped in Kaaraan district on Saturday evening. According to the family, she was rushed to the hospital and a medical examination revealed that she was raped. The five-year-old was allegedly raped by a …

MOGADISHU — Several gunmen killed at least five Quran teachers and wounded several other people during readings from the holy book in southern Somalia, officials said. The attack this morning in the town of Rage Ele in the Middle Shabelle region, killing innocent civilians and religion teachers, was “unacceptable,” said …

MOGADISHU — At least 11 suspects have been arrested for the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, authorities said on Tuesday. Hamdi Mohamed Farah, a student, was raped by a group of men and pushed off a six-floor building in Mogadishu’s Wabari district last …

MOGADISHU — The Speaker of Federal Parliament Mohammed Mursal today chaired a session on the Sexual Offences Bill. The Sexual Offences Bill, submitted by the Federal Government of Somalia, caused controversy in July when the SRSG James Swan criticised the Parliamentary Speaker for “attempts to table a deeply-flawed new bill that …

GAROWE  —  A 16-year-old mentally unsound girl was gang-raped and tortured in Garowe Friday. The mother of the girl, Deeqo Mohamed Abdi who spoke to the media said her daughter was raped and tortured Friday by two men. The visibly disturbed woman said her daughter had been missing for hours …

MOGADISHU — In a horrific incident, a girl who was 19 years allegedly gang-raped and thrown from the sixth floor on Saturday in Mogadishu. The girl identified as Hamdi Ahmed Mohamed recently graduated from high school and was allegedly thrown from the sixth-floor apartment. According to Hamdi Tahlil Ali, the …

BAIDOA — Two children died while five others sustained injuries when a landmine they were playing with exploded to them in Goofgaduud Burey area of ​​Bay region. Some of the children affected by the improvised explosive device were relatives according to a local administration official we spoke to. “The children …

MOGADISHU — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), in collaboration with the Southwest State Ministry of Women, Human Rights and Development, today organized an online training for Somali women leaders to enhance their participation in the political and decision-making process of their country. The seminar titled Ensuring Women Political Representation …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government and the UN Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday called for the protection of aid workers providing life-saving assistance in Somalia. “On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations in Somalia are calling for …