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BAIDOA (SOHA) – Safiyo, 26, lies in a hospital bed in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, recovering from multiple stab wounds after a brutal attack on 22 June. Safiyo – whose real name we have concealed to protect her – told Radio Ergo a man sneaked into her house …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Traders at the main market Mogadishu’s remote Kahda district today woke up to losses after a fire razed down property worth thousands of US dollars. Smoke billowing from the newly established market could be seen covering a section of the city as firefighters fought their way in to …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – On 10th to 13th July, 2018, Mogadishu is set to host the first ever Somali STEM Summit, part of the widely celebrated annual event across the continent, Africa Science Week. As the country is rising from the ashes of civil war and decades of unrest, this is …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – 85 Students, who successfully completed four years study of Agriculture, has on Saturday graduated from Zamzam University of Science and Technology in Mogadishu, SONNA reported. Deputy President of Zamzam University, Da’ud Mohamed Makaran said that the students are batches from the same department who completed their studies in …

ADAADO (SOHA) – Many families living in Caad area in Mudug region are reported to have fled from their homes area after heavy clashes. These people have travelled from several locations, including the Hobyo district, and feared these people are suffering from the fighting between Al-Shabaab and the resident in the …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – More than 30 participants from the Somali national security forces have concluded a five-day course on gender equality and human rights. The participants drawn from security agencies of the federal and state governments were taken through sets of rules, regulations and laws on gender equality and human …

ASMARA (SOHA) – The Special Envoy for the Somali refugee situation, Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey, led a high-level delegation in Eritrea accompanied by the Deputy Director of Division of International Protection, Ms. Shahrzad Tadjbakhsh and the Head of the Legal and Policy Unit of the Regional Bureau of Africa (RBA), …

JOWHAR (SOHA) – An 85-year-old was beaten and raped inside the Jilayaale IDP  Camp in Jowhar of middle Shabelle Somalia. The 85-year-old women Madina Ali Kay Osman was later admitted to a hospital in Jowhar town and investigations are still on by the security forces where several people were arrested …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Peter de Clercq Told the VOA Somali service says the fighting between Somaliland and Puntland displaced thousands of people in Tukaraq. In an interview with VOA Somali, The United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Peter de Clercq …

The Somali group al-Shabaab, known for deadly attacks on thousands of people across east Africa, has banned plastic bags because of the threat they pose to the environment. Al-Shabaab’s radio station, Radio Andalus, broadcast news of the ban was announced on Sunday, saying discarded plastic bags “pose a serious threat …