DEVELOPMENT

HARGEISA — A two-day job fair held in Hargeisa, has helped 50 young people, including 20 women, find gainful employment. The job fair billed as the first of its kind in Hargeisa was held on 29 and 30 December 2019 and was attended by local companies and 300 job seekers. …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today signed a new cooperation agreement with the Federal Government of Somalia, which underlines both parties’ mutual interest to strengthen cooperation and to work together on migration issues to promote economic and social development. The agreement was signed in Mogadishu by IOM …

MOGADISHU(SoOHA) – UNDP Resident Representative, Jocelyn Mason has urged Somalia to get to grips it challenges so that it is not left behind while the developed world speeds ahead. Mason made the comments after UNDP launched its latest Human Development Report – one of the world’s most highly regarded assessments …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Leading Mobile Service Provider Hormuud has set aside $5 million to support innovative youth projects over the next three years. “Hormuud promises to stand with Somali job creators & will dedicate $5 million to support Somalia’s innovators over the next 3 years, to enable more opportunities & …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Planning Minister Gamal Hassan has dismissed media reports that the government failed to submit funding proposals leading to the withdrawal of funding by Italy meant for rehabilitation of Shabelle river banks. Reacting to a story carried by Italian newspaper la Republica that the Italian government withdrew the funds, Hassan …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Officials from Turkey and Somalia met on Friday in Mogadishu to discuss crucial issues concerning the two countries. Somalia’s Energy and Water Resources Minister Fawzia Mohamed Sheikh received Turkey’s Ambassador to Mogadishu Mehmet Yilmaz in her office in the capital. Topping the meeting agenda was the floods …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new US$10 million climate adaptation project to help rural communities secure access to diminishing water supplies. More than 360,000 farmers and pastoralists are set to benefit from sustainable water management, expanded drought, and flood early-warning systems and …

DOHA (SoOHA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that the State of Qatar will continue to be a key supporter of Somalia and will spare no effort in providing the necessary assistance for development plans and programmes …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Mogadishu mayor, Omar Mohamud Mohamed has held a meeting with the James Swan, UN envoy in Somalia in which he sought to have the UN play a greater role in rebuilding the city. The mayor said that the city had set in place plans to rebuild the …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – A cross-section of Somali women met on Monday in Mogadishu to kick start a process towards the development of a National Action Plan (NAP) to strengthen their participation in peacebuilding and socio-economic progress in the stabilization and rebuilding efforts for Somalia. Representing women in politics, civil society and …