Protection Cluster

BAIDOA  — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has concluded a two-day human rights training workshop for staff from line ministries of Southwest State in Baidoa. The training was organized by AMISOM, in collaboration with UNSOM Human Rights Office in Baidoa. The training is geared towards enabling staff of …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Around 3,000 families have fled their homes in villages in Bal’ad in southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, after a dam on the River Shabelle burst. The floodwaters from the dam washed away homes in 16 villages, forcing people to seek help in the district town of Bala’d. …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The UN chief in Somalia James Swan has urged Somali youth to champion their rights and those of others noting the country relied on them to chart its future destiny. Swan said in a statement to mark the UN Human Rights Day Tuesday the youth in Somalia should …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) has joined the international community in celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. SODEN CEO Mohamed Farah said they are pleased to be pleased to extend festive wishes to people of Somalia and around the world on this occasion. We share …

Mogadishu, 28 November 2019 – We, at UNFPA Somalia, condemn the horrendous act where an 11-year-old was raped on Tuesday this week as she was seemingly returning home from the marketplace in Wardhiigleey District, Mogadishu, Somalia. It is with great dismay and shock that we continue to see such acts happening …

GENEVA (SoOHA) – Somalia’s ratification of a key convention to protect internally displaced people in Africa is a landmark achievement for the country and the African continent, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today. The African Union (AU) Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At the start of the annual global 16-day campaign against sexual and gender-based violence, the United Nations in Somalia today highlighted the importance of progress in this area. “Gender-based violence and sexual violence are a means to suppress full political, social, and economic participation of women and …

Invite IDPs to your remote, unoccupied and undeveloped piece of land in the outskirts of Mogadishu, keep them there for some time not out of generosity. Their presence attracts some form of development which subsequently pushes the land value up. It’s time to evict them and sell the land for …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Hormuud Telecom has offered Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) responding to the recent floods in Beledweyne, Baidoa and Jowhar districts and Gedo region of Southern Somalia, commission-free bulk cash transfers to vulnerable Somalis. This will allow the Somali Cash Consortium and other NGOs to provide Cash Assistance to more …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least 200,000 people – including at least 100,000 children have been forced to flee their homes in the town of Beledweyne following heavy rains which continue to fall across Hiraan and Bakool regions of Central Somalia Save the Children teams on the ground are reporting whole …