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MOGADISHU(SoOHA) – The first phase of nationwide integrated polio and measles vaccination campaign has concluded in Somalia having achieved high coverage. WHO in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and UNICEF launched the first phase of the campaign from 24 to 28 November 2019, targeting more than 1.7 million …

MOGADISHU(SoOHA) – A group of Somali youth in Lower Shabelle’s agricultural town, Afgoye, have joined hands to build flood-barriers to protect their farms and houses from river floods. Flooding has already forced some families to evacuate their houses in Aytire and Balgure neighborhoods alongside the river Shabelle. Sid-Omar Siidow, the …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least seven children were killed in Bakool region in the last 48 hours following diarrhea outbreak as risk of floods continue to be experienced in the country. HOL has learnt the seven children succumbed to acute watery diarrhea in Ato village in Bakool region while several others …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) has joined the international community in celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. SODEN CEO Mohamed Farah said they are pleased to be pleased to extend festive wishes to people of Somalia and around the world on this occasion. We share …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Mogadishu administration Tuesday mobilized emergency response units following expected floods in the city which have since displaced hundreds of thousands countrywide. Banaadir Region governor who also doubles as Mogadishu Mayor Omar Mohamud Filish today unveiled fire engines, ambulances, police vehicles and response teams to coordinate emergency response during …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – A reduced-charcoal cooking stove being promoted by the Puntland government is cutting fuel costs for local families and starting to have a positive environmental impact. A total of 4,850 stoves have been distributed by the Puntland government in conjunction with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to families …

Mogadishu, 28 November 2019 – We, at UNFPA Somalia, condemn the horrendous act where an 11-year-old was raped on Tuesday this week as she was seemingly returning home from the marketplace in Wardhiigleey District, Mogadishu, Somalia. It is with great dismay and shock that we continue to see such acts happening …

KISMAYO (SoOHA) – Halima Derow Mohamud fled her home on 23 November when flash floods caused by torrential rains hit her home in Dhobley town in southern Somalia’s Jubbaland state. Her five-room house was awash with water. Halima carried some mattresses and salvaged some food as she and her family …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – 12 fishing vessels with inboard diesel engines were handed over by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Puntland State turned them over to active fishing co-operatives working on the Puntland coast. “The vessels are another contribution …

GENEVA (SoOHA) – Somalia’s ratification of a key convention to protect internally displaced people in Africa is a landmark achievement for the country and the African continent, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today. The African Union (AU) Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in …