MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The UN Migration Agency has begun providing life-saving health care to two Somali towns previously inaccessible because of war and conflict. Tens of thousands of people in the towns of Gobweyn and Bulla Gaduud have been deprived of life-saving health care for nearly three decades. These areas …
Read More »WHO seeks to contain cholera outbreak in Somalia
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is stepping up measures to contain cholera outbreak in Somalia amid decline in the number of cases and deaths in the past month. The UN health agency, which cited figures from the Health Ministry of Somalia, said 32 new suspected cases of …
Read More »Goat meat is healthier than beef and chicken – here’s how to cook it
TORONTO (SOHA) – Excessive protein consumption, a Toronto registered dietitian said, could hinder you from a balanced diet and increase risk for chronic illnesses like kidney disease. You may have been eating goat roti or goat head soup your whole life, but for many, goat is still considered a “new” …
Read More »Hope for orphans in Togdher as new school rolls out bursary scheme
TOGDHER (SOHA) – A new model school run by a Turkish aid agency is giving hope to poor families in Togdher region in northern Somalia, thanks to mobilisation by alumni of Turkish universities in the country. Buhodle Education Centre, which opened in September, is offering free education to 400 students …
Read More »Hospital launches blood donor database in Galkayo
GALKAYO (SOHA) – With no established blood banks in Somalia especially in the regions, patients in need of urgent blood transfusion risk death as medical facilities are forced to scout for donors. In Galkayo town in the central region of Mudug , a local hospital is now mobilizing donors and …
Read More »UN asks Canada to resettle more refugees displaced in horn of Africa
OTTAWA (SOHA) – The United Nations refugee agency is asking Canada to resettle more refugees from the Horn of Africa, emphasizing the needs of particularly vulnerable Somalis displaced by a decades-long conflict in the war-torn country. Mohamed Abdi Affey, the special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees …
Read More »Families displaced by fighting in Jamaame face food crisis in Kismayo
JAMAAME (SOHA) – Close to 200 families displaced by ongoing military operations in Jamaame in Lower Jubba are facing hunger and lack access to basic services. Local officials said 160 families uprooted from their homes are now camping in Kismayo with little humanitarian support. Somali and AMISOM forces launched major …
Read More »Scholarship scheme in Bari region giving new prospects to displaced children
BARI (SOHA) – Local authorities in Bari region in Puntland are running a scholarship programme for children from displaced families to equip them for alternative livelihoods instead of relying only on livestock like their parents. With an annual fund of $24,000, the education programme is targeting children from livestock herders …
Read More »Hargeisa smugglers reveal insights into the sordid business of human trafficking
HARGEISA (SOHA) – For the last six years, Elmi Noor, 38, has been making $4,000 a month from what he terms a ‘lucrative business’ – smuggling young people from across East Africa to Libya, where they are invariably held for ransom by criminal gangs under cruel conditions. Noor coordinates a …
Read More »Unregistered Somali refugees in Kenya unable to access basics in Dadaab camps
DADAAB (SOHA) – Over 10,000 Somali refugees, who have been denied legal refugee status in northern Kenya’s Dadaab camps, are lacking access to basics such as food, shelter, and healthcare. The UN’s refugee agency UNHCR reports that 10,454 Somali refugees, uprooted from their homes by drought and the threat of Al-Shabaab, …
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