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MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The federal Minister of Justice and Judiciary Affairs, Hassan Hussein Haji, reaffirmed his government’s commitment to strengthen child protection legislation during an event held in the Somali capital to commemorate the Day of the African Child. Minister Haji enumerated a series of steps taken by Somalia over …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – A newly built dam in northern Somalia’s drought-ravaged Nugal region is giving a reprieve to thousands of families who have lived through perennial water shortages. The dam, with a capacity equivalent to 120,000 barrels, was opened last month by Puntland’s ministry of water in Salahley village in …

TELEH (SoOHA) – Pastoralists and farmers in Teleh, in northern Somalia’s Sool region, are increasingly worried about an invasive parasite tree that is threatening their livelihoods. Prosopis juliflora tree, locally know as Ali-Garoob, is an invasive and drought-resistant weed that been spreading uncontrollably for the past three years. It has …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – As part of our IDP camp series, Radio Ergo visited one of the IDP camps outside Garowe in Puntland. In this report, we profile the challenges and achievements of a mother from an ethnic minority group, the Somali Bantu, who overcame the odds to ensure her son …

HARGEISA (SoOHA) – The Somaliland government is urging farmers to plough their fields using oxen or donkeys to avoid missing the rainy season by waiting too long to hire one of the few available tractors for ploughing. Farmers in Awdal and Maroodi Jeex regions in the northwest are being encouraged …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – The number of girls completing high school in Puntland has slightly increased thanks to efforts made by the education ministry and international partners. According to the ministry, 1,888 girls completed their studies this year as compared to 1,600 the previous academic year. The general director of the …

DADAAB (SoOHA) – As though the scars of war are not bad enough, child refugees arrive in Dadaab only to find education hard to get. Those who squeeze into class live in constant fear of repatriation, while girls as young as 12 are married off to help put food on …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia will kick off a countrywide polio campaign of two rounds of immunisation to deliver monovalent oral vaccine type 2. The campaign is geared towards sustaining polio immunity and protection in response to the outbreaks of two strains of poliovirus currently circulation. The first round of immunisation …

NEW YORK (SoOHA) – A conference held at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY during 8-9 June 2019 covered variety of issues related to Somali/Somaliland education leadership. The conference was the first annual conference dedicated to Somali educational and economic development. This was a unique opportunity for academics and practitioners to  in   the education to share  …

WASHINGTON (SoOHA) – Not many people get to study in the same class as their parents, but a Somali mother and her youngest daughter did just that. Mother Falhad Ahmed Mohamud and her daughter Amina Mohamed recently graduated from a university in Virginia together with Masters degrees in IT. The …