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ANKARA (SoOHA) – Turkey has drilled a total of 505 water wells in Africa to provide clean water to millions of people, according to the country’s Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. The wells in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Somalia, and Somaliland were opened by the General Directorate of State Hydraulic …

Traders in the local cattle market located in Sharjah have been advising early customers of sacrificial animals for Eid Al Adha to wait till next week as the shipment of livestock from India arriving soon. The market situated adjacent to the Rolla Bus Station in Sharjah has been one of …

TRIPOLI (SoOHA) – More than 100 migrants were missing after their boat sank off the coast of Libya in what might be the worst tragedy in the Mediterranean this year, aid agencies said Thursday. “The sinking took place off the coast of the city of Khoms,” some 100 kilometers from …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia’s Ministry of Education has announced the results of the national secondary schools’ exam on Tuesday. The Minister, Abdullahi Godah Barre said the first ten students will be offered fully sponsored a scholarship in and outside of the country. Total students of 22, 499 students out of …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia has secured about 29 million U.S. dollars from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for water and sanitation and roads projects designed to improve livelihoods and boost the country’s resilience. AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina said the grants would help improve quality of life, inclusiveness and engender resilience …

LAS ANOD (SoOHS) – Ahmed Osman, who lives in Holhol village in Jidiinka-dodhada valley in northern Somalia’s Sool region, tuned in to Radio Ergo on 27th May and heard aweather forecast that made him take immediate action.  The Wahar-iyarashe stream near his home was filling up as the heavy ‘Gu rains pounded the area. The broadcast carried a warning of impending floods as the water was rising above the …

BUHODLE (SoOHA) – Radio Ergo’s IDP camp series this week explores the hard road to success for two men displaced from their homes respectively by conflict and drought, who set up their own businesses in Buhodle in northern Somalia. After 12 years living in a shabby IDP camp, Yussuf Omar Mohamed can finally say he is living comfortably as a self-supporting businessman …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Hussein Mudey has hit on a successful way to earn a living, as well as enhancing the environment, by selling small trees and pot plants in Mogadishu.   The father of three from Afgoye, in Lower Shabelle region, can be seen pushing his wheelbarrow loaded with young trees and pot plants in bags around the streets of Mogadishu, selling to hotels, offices, and home-owners. …

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern,” a rare designation only used for the gravest epidemics. “It is time for the world to take notice,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement, …

A 2018 global report on food crises by the United Nations has listed Somalia as one of the four countries that experienced the worst food crises. Together with Somalia in the list are Nigeria, Yemen, and South Sudan. According to the report, around 124 million people in 51 countries face …