KISMAYO — Aisha Maalim returned to Kismayo in southern Somalia in March 2019, after having spent many years living in the Dadaab refugee camps located over the border in Kenya. Like many, she hoped to return to a better life as Somalia rebuilds after decades of conflict and instability. The …
Read More »AMISOM supports IDPs with personal protective equipment against coronavirus
MOGADISHU — As part of efforts to support communities in its Areas of Responsibility, AoR, in the fight against COVID-19, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on Friday presented a range of personal protection and hygiene supplies to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and vulnerable civilians in the Banadir region. …
Read More »COVID-19 isolation messaging strategy for IDP sites
MOGADISHU — The COVID-19 pandemic possesses a critical menace to populations that can be presently dwelling in Somalia IDP websites. At the moment, IDP websites in Somalia face poor dwelling circumstances similar to restricted entry to water and sanitation merchandise, congested and overly dense settlement configuration and marginality from broader …
Read More »Appeal for urgent intervention before COVID-19 overwhelms Somalia
Somalia faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis as a result of the fall out from the COVID-19 pandemic. We could be looking at the loss of all progress made in the rebuilding of our nation since the civil war. The ban on international and domestic flights coupled with the dramatic reduction …
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