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 HARGEISA (SoOHA) – Nasra Mohamud Omar, 14, an orphan in the Somaliland town of Burao, is feeling thoroughly dejected that her school days have already come to an end at her young age. Having lost both her parents and coming from a poor family, she has completed her primary education …

DHUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – Nadifo Muhyadin Hassan’s family survives on the roughly five litres of water a day that she manages to beg from neighbours. She asks those who can afford to buy water from the commercial tankers visiting their village of Seemere in central Somalia’s Mudug region to spare a …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somali officials and representatives from the World Bank (WB) discussed ways to reduce water shortages in the country. A meeting between Villa Somali chief of staff, Dr. Nur Dirie Hersi and visiting World Bank officials in Mogadishu also discussed the potential of the two main rivers in …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – More than one million children in Somalia under the age of five face acute malnutrition unless the international community drastically steps up funding for lifesaving interventions, Save the Children warns. According to the latest figures, the current food crisis in Somalia has driven acute malnutrition to serious and …

DADAAB (SoOHA) – A group of 50 Somali women refugees producing traditional handicrafts in the Dadaab refugee camps in northeastern Kenya is becoming self-reliant through the promotion of Somali culture. The group, called Yote Farsamo (meaning ‘all technical’ in a mix of Swahili and Somali), are weaving traditional mats, baskets, hats, fans, …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – About 2.1 million people in Somalia face acute food insecurity through December due to severe drought that has ravaged several parts of the country, the United Nations food agency said on Monday. According to assessment results by Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU), which was managed by …

KISMAYO (SoOHA) – At least 47 people have been homeless after their houses in a donor-funded housing scheme in southern Somalia’s port city of Kismayo collapsed. Muslima Ali Adan has been sleeping in a shanty since 8 July, after her house in Kismayo’s Madina neighbourhood of Kismayo collapsed on her …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Stakeholders in the Aid sector have recommended a humanized registrations and identification in emergencies to improved aid effectiveness and better coordination and caseload planning. A consortium of players made the recommendations after a study humanitarian agencies in emergency contexts in Somalia are collecting, analyzing, reporting and sharing …

ADDIS ABABA (SoOHA) – The livelihood in Somalia is set to develop as the African Development Bank has recently signed two grants for USD 28.8 million for road and water supply projects. The approval of two grants were already made by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on July 19 this …

KISMAYO (SoOHA) – A youth-run soap factory, the first of its kind, opened this month in Kismayo’s Midnimo neighbourhood giving some longed-for job opportunities to IDPs, refugee returnees, and local youth. Wanaag soap factory opened on 19 August by five youth, with financial support from Qatari Silatech agency in cooperation …