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A group Somali Youth in Galdogob, Puntland of Somalia, are battling the devastating effects of drought and protecting their families from poverty by utilizing modern farming techniques. Thanks to their training in greenhouse agriculture and irrigation systems, these young people have secured stable jobs, giving their families who are suffering …

Fardowsa’s family, once self-sufficient livestock farmers, were forced to flee their village when drought decimated their herds. They found themselves in a makeshift camp in Dinsor town, southern Somalia, their lives upended and their future uncertain. But amid the hardship, Fardowsa’s parents held onto one unwavering belief: education was the …

Faduma Ali Adan, a 24-year-old mother of two, is a resilient and dedicated caretaker. Living in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, Faduma’s life was already fraught with challenges. Her eldest daughter fell ill and became paralyzed from a prolonged severe fever, and Faduma did everything in her power to seek help. Her …

When the government fell, the trees began coming down, too. The collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991 and the subsequent absence of law and order removed any restraints on tree cutting in the East African state. Businesses and individuals took their machetes to the forest and began chopping down …

MOGADISHU —  Around 63 per cent of children in Somalia, or two in three, have experienced severe food poverty in their early childhood, making them up to 50 per cent more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition, a report released by UNICEF reveals. The report, Child Food Poverty: …

Somalia is stuck in a “humanitarian trap”, with a generation of “undignifying” emergency relief leading to the “slow death” of the people receiving it. Those are not the words of an aid-sceptic politician in a donor country, but those of Abdihakim Ainte, a top official working on climate change in …

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Somalia is leveraging new areas that it says will help amplify its climate mitigation measures in the country that is synonymous with climate change-induced natural disasters. Over the years, Somalia has borne the brunt of climate extremes that include drought and floods, and …

Sahra Ahmed Abokor, a mother of six, migrated from Eeel Ade village more than a hundred kilometres from the township of Garadag. Abokor’s situation typifies that of tens of thousands of families living in the vast, arid regions of Togdheer, Sool and Sanag who were displaced by the severe drought …

Meet Adan*, a boy of seventeen years who was associated with a non-state armed group in Northern Somalia since February 2023. As fighting between clans intensified, and schools closed, Adan and his friends took up arms, not only to defend his clan but also their territory, a cause that many …

The Deyr rainy season (October–December) holds substantial importance for Somalia as it contributes to over 20%–30% of annual rainfall. The season is characterized by a shorter duration and fewer amounts of precipitation, but it’s beneficial to most water-dependent sectors. Given the multi-model rainfall forecast, there is an increasing probability of …