MOGADISHU (SOHA) – A United Nations human rights expert on Friday called for the immediate release of all children kidnapped or recruited as fighters in armed conflict in Somalia. Bahame Tom Nyanduga, the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, also condemned recent terrorist attacks in …
Read More »Dahabshiil delivers food aid to flood victims in Beledweyne
BELED WEYNE (SOHA) – Dahabshiil Group, one of the leading money transfer companies in Africa, has announced that it will be distributing food aid to flood victims outside BeledWeyne. Speaking to the BBC Somali Service, Abdirashid Duale, the CEO of Dahabshiil group said that they plan to hand out food …
Read More »European Union pledges to help flood victims in Beledweyne
BRUSSELS (SOHA) – The European Union has pledged to launch humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands of people who have been affected by recent floods in Beledweyne town, about 335 km north of Mogadishu. In talks between Somali prime minister, Hassan Ali Khaire and Head of European for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis …
Read More »Security ministry identifies kidnapper of ICRC aid worker
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The security ministry of Somalia’s Federal Government has on Thursday identified a man it said was behind the abduction of a German aid worker in Mogadishu on Wednesday night. Abdiaziz Hildhiban, the spokesman of the ministry has identified the suspect as Mohamud Mohamed Alas, a security guard …
Read More »Gunmen kidnap German nurse in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a German nurse from the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday night, police and the ICRC said. While abductions and killings of Somali aid workers are common in the Horn of Africa Country, the targeting of foreign …
Read More »Somalia donates $1 Million for the floods affected people
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E Mahdi Mohamed Guled announced that Federal government of Somalia donated one Million dollars to the people affected by the river floods across the country such as Beledweyne Town, SONNA reported. Deputy prime minister demanded the Somali …
Read More »Statement on the killing of a WHO team member in Somalia
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed and condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Mariam Abdullahi Mohamed, a dedicated frontline worker in the WHO Somalia team, who was shot in Mogadishu on 1 May 2018. All WHO staff and the wider humanitarian community in Somalia …
Read More »WHO Worker Shot Dead in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that one of its workers has been shot dead in the Somali capital. An official with WHO told VOA that Mariam Abdullahi, a logistics officer for polio vaccinations, was killed in Mogadishu Tuesday afternoon. Abdullahi was based out of Baidoa …
Read More »Farmajo appeals for international aid to help flood victims
BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – On a visit to assess the impact of flooding in Somalia’s central state of HirShabelle, the country’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo today appealed to the international community and Somali diaspora communities to support efforts to help those affected by the floods, which include more than 150,000 people …
Read More »Qatar Charity announces details of donation campaign for displaced Somalis
DOHA (SOHA) – Qatar Charity (QC) announced today the details of its donation campaign in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help Somali refugees integrate with the receiving communities. The campaign was launched in the presence of HE Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser bin Jassim Al-Thani, …
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