RIYADH (SoOHA) – The King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSrelief) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed here today a joint agreement of the nutrition integration project in Gedo and Lower Juba, Somalia. The joint agreement costs USD1,682,000 benefiting 234,310 people. The agreement was signed by …
Read More »Humanitarian delegation from Somaliland arrives in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU(SoOHA) – The northern breakaway region of Somaliland has dispatched a humanitarian delegation to Mogadishu on Saturday after the worst floods forced thousands to flee their houses. The delegation is on a mission to deliver financial assistance to citizens affected by the recent flooding in the city of BeletWeyne. Minister for …
Read More »Shunned Somali women get new lives after fistula treatment
BORAMA (SoOHA) – Nim’a Hassan Mohamud, 24, can see a new future opening up in front of her after undergoing successful fistula surgery in a hospital in Borama in Somaliland. She underwent the operation on 10 September this year after struggling for four years with the physically and emotionally painful …
Read More »Somali street boys in Garowe enjoy school and good sleep
GAROWE (SoOHA) – Sharmarke Ali Ahmed, 11, is among 10 street children who have started a new life in Garowe, in the northern Somalia’s state of Puntland, thanks to the support of the principal of a local primary school. “I used to sniff glue and sometimes we would sleep on …
Read More »Somalia gears up for a long fight against Desert Locust
ROME (SoOHA) – Somalia faces the worst Desert Locust outbreak in over 25 years, according to an emergency update issued today by the country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Somalia and FAO’s Desert Locust Information Service in Rome. Desert Locust breeding is ongoing in Galmudug (Mudug), Puntland and …
Read More »IDP women in Somaliland build new lives through savings and loan scheme
HARGEISA (SoOHA) – A rotating savings and loan scheme run by women in a camp for internally displaced families in the Somaliland capital Hargeisa has provided jobs for more than 100 women over the past year and a half. The scheme in Mohamed-Moge camp in Hargeisa with 149 female members …
Read More »UN migration signs new cooperation agreement with Somalia
MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today signed a new cooperation agreement with the Federal Government of Somalia, which underlines both parties’ mutual interest to strengthen cooperation and to work together on migration issues to promote economic and social development. The agreement was signed in Mogadishu by IOM …
Read More »Women doing well in central Somalia livestock trade
ADADO (SoOHA) – Somali women are making inroads into the traditionally male domain of livestock marketing in the central Somalia town of Adado. Sirad Ibrahim Abdulle was one of the first local women to venture into the business with an initial investment of $1,000 four years ago. Sirad told Radio …
Read More »Student mobilizes funds for flood victims in Somalia
BELET WEYNE (SoOHA) – According to the latest figures from the United Nations floods in Somalia’s Hiraan region have now displaced 370,000 people, 200,000 of whom are children. With the overflow of the Shabelle river early this October, numerous communities found themselves submerged and trapped in their homes. For many, …
Read More »UN: Over 5,000 Somali refugees voluntarily returned home from Yemen since 2017
SANA’A (SoOHA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have helped 5,087 Somali refugees return home from Yemen since 2017. In this latest departure, a boat carrying 145 Somali refugees left the Port of Aden today and will arrive at the Port …
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