International Humanitarian Law

MOGADISHU — The UN humanitarian agency on Friday condemned the killing of seven health personnel and a civilian in Gololey village in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region by unknown gunmen. Adam Abdelmoula, the resident and humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, expressed shock at the killing. The eight Somali civilians were abducted on …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s ministry for information of the federal government released a statement concerning 8 health workers massacred in Galooley village under Bal’ad district on Thursday. According to the statement, the government directed the investigation team about the abduction and murder of health personnel in the Middle Shabelle region. “The …

MOGADISHU — Seven health workers and a civilian were killed in a village north of the Somali capital after being abducted by masked men in military uniforms on Wednesday, a director of a local aid group said on Thursday. “Armed masked men kidnapped seven of our health workers and a …

SANA’A (SoOHA)  – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have helped 5,087 Somali refugees return home from Yemen since 2017. In this latest departure, a boat carrying 145 Somali refugees left the Port of Aden today and will arrive at the Port …

ADDIS ABABA (SOHA) – In his address at the 32nd Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union, the President of Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo raised the timely need for progressive refugee laws and policies across the continent. “Even as we …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is devastated by the loss of one of its staff, Abdulhafid Yusuf Ibrahim, in Mogadishu. He passed away Wednesday night after succumbing to injuries from an improvised explosive device, which detonated while Mr Ibrahim was in his private car …