{"id":19402,"date":"2026-05-09T10:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=19402"},"modified":"2026-05-10T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:48:14","slug":"somali-initiative-to-resettle-forcibly-evicted-residents-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2026\/05\/09\/somali-initiative-to-resettle-forcibly-evicted-residents-in-mogadishu\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali initiative to resettle forcibly evicted residents in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —<\/strong> The Federal Government of Somalia has announced the launch of a major national initiative aimed at resettling 12,000 families affected by the evacuation of state-owned lands in the capital, Mogadishu, as part of a comprehensive housing and urban development project.<\/p>\n

H.E. Ayub Ismail Yusuf, Minister of Public Works, Reconstruction, and Housing, emphasized that the project targets providing safe havens and a stable living environment for approximately 80,000 individuals, with the first phase involving the construction of 6,000 integrated units in the “Gezira” area.<\/p>\n

The project’s developmental vision includes transforming the new neighborhoods into model urban centers, featuring advanced educational and health facilities, commercial zones, and vocational training centers aimed at economically empowering residents and improving their standards of living.<\/p>\n

The government underscored the humanitarian dimension of this step, asserting that the program is exclusively dedicated to the most vulnerable groups and not for commercial purposes, with legal regulations in place to prohibit the sale or lease of units to ensure permanent residential stability.<\/p>\n

In contrast, this announcement comes amid a political movement led by the opposition under the “Somali Future Council,” which has called for mass demonstrations to support those affected by forced evictions, amid estimates suggesting that over 300,000 people have been impacted.<\/p>\n

For its part, the local administration in the Banadir region has sought to prioritize dialogue by temporarily suspending some demolition operations in several locations, pending the completion of coordination plans to ensure the dignity of families and provide fair alternatives.<\/p>\n

This governmental approach reflects a serious attempt to balance the necessity of reclaiming state assets and developing the capital’s infrastructure with the ethical obligations toward citizens who settled in those locations over past decades due to exceptional circumstances.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe project is a fundamental pillar in the national strategy to end the internal displacement crisis, integrating modern shelter provision with improved social indicators, thereby enhancing the local community’s resilience to recover and contribute to the nation’s rebuilding.<\/p>\n

The housing and urban reorganization file in Mogadishu remains a true test of the ability to reconcile urban development ambitions with the protection of human rights, in an effort to build a modern capital that preserves the dignity of its residents and meets future aspirations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — The Federal Government of Somalia has announced the launch of a major national initiative aimed at resettling 12,000 families affected by the evacuation of state-owned lands in the capital, Mogadishu, as part of a comprehensive housing and urban development project. H.E. Ayub Ismail Yusuf, Minister of Public Works, Reconstruction, and Housing, emphasized that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-development","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19406,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19402\/revisions\/19406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}