Human Rights

Somalia: Ethiopian officers serving under AMISOM undergo human rights training

BAIDOA . Somalia– Thirty-five Military Officers from Ethiopia serving under sector three of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Friday completed a three-day human rights training in Baidoa. The training was to boost their understanding and appreciation of International Human Rights Law…

ICRC: Millions trapped in near-constant crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HORN OBSERVER) – Millions of people in Somalia and Ethiopia are trapped in near-constant crisis as the combination of droughts, floods, and violence force people from their homes and erode already-fragile livelihoods, International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter…

Missing Somali Danish girl found and sent to Denmark, family told

MOGADISHU, Somalia - (Horn Observer) The family of Somali Danish Girl Amaal Nor Osman who went missing after fleeing a rehabilitation center two months ago has been found and sent to Denmark, family said Wednesday.

Somali journalists union reports multiple violations against the press from Somaliland, Puntland and Southwest State of Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 19 January, 2020 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls for Somaliland authorities to quash the 21 months jail sentence and the fines against journalist Abdirahman Mohamed Hiddig, Eryal TV reporter in Erigavo, Sanaag region following a facebook post deemed critical to a senior…

Climatic shocks continue to affect Somalia, says UN Humanitarian Coordinator

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) - An estimated 5.2 million people in Somalia need humanitarian assistance, according to the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview. These include 1.7 million people who have been displaced by conflict, insecurity, forced evictions, droughts and floods.

AMISOM fetes senior police officers for service to Somalia

Mogadishu—The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Wednesday feted senior police officers from Zambia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone for outstanding service to Somalia during their tour of duty.

Denmark donates DKK115 million for the protection of the rights of Somali children

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) – During a visit to Baidoa, South West Somalia, the Danish Government underscored their commitment to uphold the protection rights of Somali children by contributing an additional DKK50 million to UNICEF, making a total contribution of DKK115 million.

East African people risk plunging into hunger as locust outbreak threatens food security

NAIROBI, Kenya (HORN OBSERVER) - A serious and widespread Desert Locust outbreak is destroying crops and pasture across eastern Ethiopia and neighbouring areas of Somalia, parts of Sudan, Eritrea and northern Kenya with a high risk of further spread in the absence of immediate and significant scale…

UN: 5.2 million people remain in need of assistance in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya (HORN OBSERVER) - The humanitarian situation in Somalia remains fragile due to the impact of the prolonged 2016-2017 drought, and erratic and abnormal performance of rains through last year and the year before.

Ethiopia: 8.4 million people are in need of humanitarian aid, UN says

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HORN OBSERVER) - The United Nations says some 8.4 million Ethiopians are projected to have humanitarian needs in 2020, the majority of whom are in Oromia (3.3 million), followed by Somali region (2.4 million) and Amhara (1.0 million).

Somalia: Police confiscate and delete footage from journalists' cameras, detain one in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) - Somalia's police on Wednesday detained a senior TV journalist Ahmed Abdi Adawe in Mogadishu while seven other journalists were their equipment confiscated as the police deleted footage files from the journalists' cameras following a deadly car bomb near the…

Somalia: Media law amendment seeks restrictions on free press, gag social media

MOGADISHU, Somalia, (HORN OBSERVER) – Debate on the Somalia Media Law amendment has kicked off at the country's Upper House (Senate) on Tuesday as lawmakers firmly opposed new sections of the law that seek to impose restrictions on the free press and censorship against social media.