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MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The UN refugee agency said Tuesday more than 4,800 Somali refugees have so far returned home from Yemen since it started an Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) program in 2017. The UNHCR said 37 organized departures have now taken place from Yemen to Somalia since the ASR program …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has renewed its commitment to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers by signing a roadmap detailing measures and practical actions to prevent violations against children, release children associated with armed forces, and reintegrate them into communities. The Special Representative of …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The United Nations food agency on Tuesday warned against imminent tropical storm heading to northern Somalia, more than a year after tropical cyclone caused massive destruction in the Horn of Africa nation. The forecast by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) managed Somalia …

BELET WEYNE (SoOHA) – 3 more people have died due to flooding as hundreds of people continue to migrate to higher grounds. Heavy rains in the past weeks have seen atlas 9 people killed and several others unaccounted for. On Monday, 6 people reportedly died when their boat capsized. And some …

BELETWEYN (SoOHA) – The first plane carrying aid to flood victims in the central Hiran Region after the Shabelle River burst its banks landed at the Beledweyn airport yesterday 27 October. According to reports, the plane was also carrying members of the floods management committee set up by Prime Minister …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Up to 6.3 million Somalis will be facing acute food shortage by December, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned calling for scaled-up donor support to avert suffering. In a situation report for October, the UN agency said climatic shocks coupled with widespread poverty and vulnerability …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – HirShabelle President Mohamed Waare has appointed a 13-member ministerial committee and regional governors to spearhead relief efforts following the flooding in Beletweyne. A decree from the President said the 13 ministers will work together with the governors of Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions in collaboration with the Federal …

GEDO (SoOHA) – Families have been displaced in Middle Juba and Gedo regions as floods sweep through several districts following overflows in the Juba River. Goobjoog News reporter in the Gedo region reports that farms that were under irrigation have been inundated by floods robbing farmers of their main livelihood …

BELETWEYNE (SoOHA) – Several villages in Beletweyne have been inundated in floods as residents struggle to move to higher grounds with little help from humanitarian agencies and government coming through. One of the elders who spoke to Goobjoog News said most locations within the district had been flooded for the …

MOGADISHU (S0OHA) – A senior UN official will visit Somalia next week to discuss the situation of children affected by armed conflict in the Horn of Africa nation, the UN mission said on Tuesday. Virginia Gamba, special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict will be in …