MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The Permanent Secretary (PS) for Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) mohamed omar moalim (Wayaki) has resigned causing yet another dent in one of the crucial government ministries as he takes the cue from his former boss Dr. Maryan Qasim who bolted out last November. In a tweet …
Read More »UNHCR praises ERC’s aid to Somali refugees in Aden
ADEN (SOHA) – Jacqueline Parlevliet, Head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Sub Office in Yemen, has extended deep thanks to the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, for supporting its commissioners. Parlevliet also hailed the ERC’s partnership with the UNHCR, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Somali refugees in …
Read More »IOM and EU train migrants returning to Somaliland
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The UN migration agency and the European Union are this week training over 60 migrants who opted to return to Somaliland from Libya instead of continuing their journeys to Europe, the UN agency said on Monday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the migrants will now …
Read More »Turkish students volunteer in Niger and Somalia
ANKARA(SOHA) – Turkish students are volunteering in Niger and Somalia as part of a Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency’s (TIKA) 2018 Experience Sharing Program program. In Niger, they helped youths learn the Turkish language via the Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMF). Recep Sezer, a student of the faculty of Islamic sciences …
Read More »Rare skin disease makes children sleep eyes open
On Thursday evening, Bilai Aden sat on her hotel bed, rocking her 10-month-old baby. The baby’s face was covered in a black hood and blanket, but Bilai would occasionally lift the fabric and peer inside. Baby Misky’s face, full of scars and dead skin, would be revealed. What was more …
Read More »Study : In Somalia, schools are a bulwark against recruitment
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somalia has been engaged in a civil war for almost 30 years, and with over 70 percent of its population under 30 years of age, youth and youth education appear to be the key to a peaceful future in the country. Now, a new study has revealed that …
Read More »Free ambulance service imperiled in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Financial troubles, staffing shortages and high demand threaten to halt the only free private ambulance service in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “We have been providing this voluntary service for 12 years with the help of friends and other generous individuals in private business, but now the responsibility is …
Read More »Summer school celebrates graduation and Somali culture
Horumar Summer School offers programming designed for immigrant and low-income families. Horumar means advancement in Somali and the Horumar Summer School celebrated roughly 140 advancements at their graduation ceremony on Tuesday. The school is open to all, but is designed to meet the needs of the 140 students who predominantly …
Read More »Dadaab: KSRelief launches relief project for Somali refugees
DADAAB (SOHA) – The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has launched a project to distribute 1,200 tons of food aid among Somali refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab Camp. The project will benefit over 77,646 people including, lactating mothers, pregnant women and tuberculosis patients. The KSRelief project in question …
Read More »Former refugee returns to war-torn Somalia to serve as MP
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – From the day a young Mohamud Siraji landed in Dadaab after fleeing war-torn Somalia in 1992, his only goal was to make it out of the massive refugee camp, no matter what it took. A scholarship to come to Canada to study at York University in 2009 …
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