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MOGADISHU — In a bid to eradicate Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), fifty (50) male and female journalists drawn from the media in Mogadishu participated a three-day training on ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the country by building the capacity of journalists on ways to better raise public …

MOGADISHU — At least four children were killed including a three-year-old baby and two others wounded when a wall collapsed following days of heavy rains in Mogadishu’s Malable camp on Tuesday. All four of the victims died on the spot while the injured were rushed to the hospital by locals. …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Minister of Education, Abdullahi Godah Barre has said that students in Puntland who have not sat for the official standardized test will not receive their government-recognized secondary school diploma’s. The decision has led to a public row with the Puntland’s education minister. Godah reiterated his position that …

BELEDWEYNE — A Somali official says a United Nations cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid has crashed at an airport in central Somalia and the three crew members survived. Sabrie Ahmed with the local administration in Beledweyne town said that the plane veered off the runway and crashed onto its belly …

MOGADISHU — Ms.Fawzia Abikar Nur, the minister of health and human services of the federal government of Somalia has signed the National Immunization Policy, which will guide all immunization activities, SONNA reported. The minister ensured that the policy will play an important role in the development and delivery of immunization …

MOGADISHU — The Federal Government of Somalia and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have jointly agreed to deal with challenges related to migration. The commitment was made during a meeting between Somalia’s Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Sadik Warfa, and IOM Chief of Mission for Somalia Richard Danziger during …

HARGEISA — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), in cooperation with the National Displacement and Refugee Agency (NDRA) in Somaliland, distributed 45 tons of food and shelter aid to the displaced people affected by the fire that broke out in the camp of internally displaced persons (IDPs) …

MOGADISHU — More than a third of patients who contracted the global pandemic virus known Coronavirus in Somalia have recovered, the country’s health ministry confirmed. In a statement, Fawziya Abikar, the health minister said the country has recorded a total recovery of 1,264, making the total recoveries more than a …

MOGADISHU — Countries in the Horn of Africa have been warned to remain on high alert following the increasing number of fresh desert locust invasions that continue to pose a huge threat to food security and livelihoods in the region. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) notes that …

MOGADISHU — The unprecedented fight against gender-based violence and harmful practices; including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early marriage should be prioritized as part of the wider efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among the Somali population. According to the recently published Somali Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS), annually, one …