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DADAAB (SOHA) – After four years of hard work in secondary school, Ahmed Abdullahi Hassan, a teenage Somali refugee in northern Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, faces an uncertain future as the results of his exams were declared null and void over alleged cheating. Ahmed sat for his Kenya Certificate of …

ADAADO (SOHA) – Residents of a drought-stricken village in Galgaduud region of central Somalia can now access clean, fresh water thanks to the discovery of an aquifer. The aquifer, discovered by a Turkish water drilling agency in Gideys village, is said to contain water reserves to last for many years. …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Mayor of Mogadishu and the governor of Banadir Region honorable Abdirahman Omar Osman (Eng. Yarisow) has said that the internally displaced people`s policy will focus on a process aimed at resettling those internally displaced persons and creating a better life for them that will allow them to …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – The Federal Government of Somalia and aid agencies operating in the country have today launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and called on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to sustain aid operations in Somalia in 2019. The response plan seeks $1.08 billion to provide life-saving …

DHUSAMAREEB (SOHA) – At least 4,000 families in Dhusamareeb in central Somalia are facing acute water shortage after the borehole that has been serving the area for about 30 years collapsed. Drilled in 1986 by the Siad Barre government, the borehole caved in, forcing thousands of families in Gabon village …

BALA’AD(SOHA) – Measles outbreaks in rural parts of two regions of central and southern Somalia are causing concern due to the lack of access to adequate health care facilities in both places. The measles outbreaks in Bala’d in Middle Shabelle region and Dhusamareeb in Galmudug region both began last December. …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Somali health ministry on Wednesday launched the first major nutrition survey in the country since 2009. Both the ministry and UNICEF said in a joint statement issued in Mogadishu that the Somali National Micronutrient Survey will be carried out in the …

HARGEISA(SOHA) – Turkey’s state aid agency provided medical equipment to a hospital in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, according to a statement on Tuesday. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) said 216 devices and medical equipment including an ultrasound device, echocardiography equipment, autoclave were provided for the Hargeisa State …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – On the 14th of January 2019, The Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development (MoPIED) held a workshop in Mogadishu, Somalia, preparing media personnel on how to obtain effective media coverage of the ninth National Development Plan (NDP9), which will cover the period of 2020-2024. The workshop was attended by …

BAIDOA (SOHA) – Over 4,000 IDP families in southern Baidoa have been forced to go without water following a breakdown of the pump at the only well in the area. An estimated 4,274 families in internally displaced people’s camp (IDP) are having to trek long distances and spend more money …