PLATFORMS

LAAS AANOOD (SOHA) – Over 20 female university students in Las-Anod town have launched a campaign to help displaced families in Sool region. 150 families displaced by clan conflicts in the region, who have been living without basic needs, have now received food and other aid for the first time …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Mogadishu’mayor and the Governor of Banadir region Mr Abdirahman Omar Osman (Eng.Jarisow) has today launched a project to train 400 youths from the city of Mogadishu, Baidoa and Kismayo. The project funded by UNDP is intended to benefit 400 young people of both males and females which …

 DADAAB (SOHA) – A small scale farming initiative supported by a local NGO in Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya is gradually improving the lives of refugees by developing a sustainable source of basic food and income. A group of 82 families in the refugee camp has ventured into farming …

KISMAYO (SOHA) – Access to health care services including maternity is now accessible for families living in a low-income part of Kismayo in southern Somalia, following the opening of a new health centre. Around 1,500 families who returned from Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya have settled in Midnimo neighbourhood, which …

BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) distributed urgently today 1000 food baskets to the people affected from floods in Beledweyne Town, in central Hiraan Region of Republic of Somalia. The 74 tons will benefit 36,000 individuals in need. The aid comes within the framework of …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The Government of Somalia and the United Nations have launched five projects supported by the UN Peacebuilding Fund at an event this week in Mogadishu, which will be implemented by UN agencies in partnership with the Government and civil society organisations. The five projects launched will address …

BURAO (SOHA) –  Close to 150 drought-displaced families in Burao town in northern Somalia’s Togdheer region are facing hunger and lack access to basic services. Local officials said the pastoralist families uprooted from their homes are now camping in Dudub-dilo village, 180km east of Burao town. Mohamed Ahmed Hassan, Dudub-dilo …

LAS ANOD (SOHA) – A clean-up campaign by youth in Hingalol village in northern Somalia’s Sanaag region is fast transforming the once dirty streets and inspiring locals to keep their environment clean. The clean-up launched last month is attracting many volunteers intent on taking responsibility for their environment. Ahmed Bile …

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 …

MARKO (SOHA) – Hundreds of families who have left villages in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region in the past two weeks because of drought are camping on the outskirts of Mogadishu without access to any services. The assistant chief of Garasbaley, Abdullahi Abdi Mohamud, told Radio Ergo that people had …