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DHOBLEY — Troops of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), have conducted an agricultural extension visit for women’s groups in Dhobley, Jubaland State to promote and share best practices in farming, with the aim of empowering women. The field extension visit was organized by Kenyan AMISOM troops, based in Dhobley …

KISMAYO — Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) today concluded a three-day human rights journalism training in the city of Kismayo, Jubbaland State of Somalia, benefitting journalists from across local media houses and freelancers. The training, which kicked off on Tuesday, equipped 25 journalists — nine of them female— with skills essential …

MOGADISHU — Coinciding with the International Day of Peace, a group of Somali students today graduated with master’s degrees in subjects with special relevance to peacebuilding in Somalia – and were encouraged to channel their learning towards the betterment of their country. “The degree certificate I have received today is …

MOGADISHU — The Somalia National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS) of the Federal Republic of Somalia has signed a historic formal agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to transfer the Food Security & Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the Somalia Water & Land Information Management (SWALIM) Programs from …

BAIDOA — A Training of Trainers course has commenced in Baidoa to equip South West State Police officers with knowledge of the international human rights law and protecting women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence.  The 10-day training conducted by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Police component …

MOGADISHU — As part of its Quick Impact Projects which provides local communities across Somalia with basic social services, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is constructing a school and a clinic next to the Halano II Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Baidoa, the South West State of …

MOGADISHU —  Qatar Charity (QC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Health Department of Somalia’s Banadir region to co-operate in delivering health care services in the region. The MoU comes in support of the health sector’s efforts in providing health services to the people in Banadir Region. Abdinur …

MOGADISHU — At least 11 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a tea shop in Mogadishu’s Wadajir neighborhood on Tuesday evening, said the police. Dadir Hassan, a police officer in the capital Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency (AA) …

MOGADISHU — Violent attacks on humanitarian workers operating in Somalia decreased in the first six months to June 30, or second quarter (Q2), compared to a similar period last year, the United Nations humanitarian agency said Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said no aid …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s may have last week struggled with its old political problems after President Mohamed Farmaajo bitterly differed with his Prime Minister Hussein Roble. But the country faces another continual problem: female genital mutilation (FGM). Data from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) confirms long-held fears that Somalia is the …