NEWS

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 …

DADAAB (SOHA) – Nurto Farah Mire, a Somali refugee, has been attacked seven times while going out to gather firewood for cooking on the outskirts of the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya. She feels lucky to have escaped being raped. The 47-year-old now cooks at home for her family …

BULOBURDE(SOHA) – A daily telecommunications shutdown for security purposes in Buloburde, in Somalia’s central region of Hiran, is causing disruption to local residents and traders huge, who have become reliant on the use of mobile money for normal business transactions. Since November, the telecommunications network provided by Hormuud has been …

BARI REGION(SOHA) – With the onset of the dry season (‘jilaal’) expected to last through March, 1,500 pastoralist families in Balididin in Somalia’s northern Bari region are feeling more confident about the availability of adequate water supplies this year to avoid the usual fighting over resources. Hirad Mohamed Ismail, a …