PLATFORMS

KAMPALA (SoOHA) – Regional experts on Monday started a three-day meeting to devise means of improving the livelihood and self-reliance of refugees and host communities in eastern Africa. A joint statement by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional body, and the Ugandan government said the meeting is attended …

NAIROBI (SoOHA) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Friday warned that drought will worsen in parts of Horn of Africa due to persisting dry conditions and unusually high temperatures. “In some parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia persisting drought is affecting water availability, grazing pastures and food security,” …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – Authorities in Puntland state can now be able to develop infrastructure for sustainable water and land use based on accurate and actionable data thanks to a newly launched project supported by the EU and FAO. The EU, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) jointly with the Puntland government …

ADAADO (SOHA) – Severe drought has forced dozens of families in central Somalia’s Mudug region to move away from their homes in search of water, after already losing thousands of goats. Following the failure of both rainy seasons – the gu’ and deyr – last year, 50 reservoirs that were the main source of …

DADAAB (SOHA) – An eye surgery clinic carried out by a US-based Somali doctor and funded by a diaspora youth group has helped 300 Somali refugees living in the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya to regain their sight. The clinic was organised by Dr Abdikadir Mohamed Mohamud, a medical …

KISMAYO (SOHA) – King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 1,000 food baskets, weighing 74 tons, to needy people in the Kismayo province of Jubaland, Somalia, benefiting 6,000 people. This aid comes within the humanitarian and relief efforts provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through King Salman Center …

KISMAYO (SOHA) – The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center distributed here yesterday 3,000 emergency food baskets, weighing 270 tons, to flood-affected people, benefiting 18,000 individual . This assistance comes within the humanitarian and relief efforts offered by the Kingdom, represented the Center, to help many needy people in …

GAALKAYO (SOHA) – The construction of market places in central and northern Somalia is helping hundreds of women traders to improve their businesses. Rent-free stalls have been allocated to around 100 women traders after the construction of markets in Harfoin Mudug region, and Dangoroyo in Nugal region. Local authorities in …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – Abdikadir Jamal Ali relished the day eight months ago when he was finally able to move his family out of their miserable displacement camp to live in a decent rented house in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa. Ali, 26, and his four siblings had been living in the …

ADDIS ABABA (SOHA) – The ICRC and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) jointly distributed emergency relief assistance on February 21-22 to people displaced by ethnic violence in Eastern Ethiopia. Some 690 families displaced from different areas of East Hararghe Zone, Oromia region, and sheltered in Kore and Ali-Ethiopia localities …