Somalia

Bees, tractors and entrepreneurs: Supporting economic resilience in Somalia

Belet Weyne, Somalia – It is 6:00 a.m. and Mohamed Dhicis is up and ready for work. Dressed in a thick, white cotton canvas suit, which covers his entire body, he walks into the apiary housing tens of thousands of bees.

Somali forces shot dead children escaping from forced recruitment in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) At least two children were shot dead and eight others injured after Somali government forces fired live bullets to stop teenagers and underage boys fleeing from forced recruitment of soldiers in Mogadishu on Wednesday, mothers of the children and local journalists…

Somalia defence minister admits renewed U.S airstrike, contradicts Turkish drone war in Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The defence minister of the Somali Federal Government has on Wednesday corroborated emerging reports of the renewed U.S airstrikes in Somalia while making contradiction on the involvement of Turkish drone strikes in the Horn of African country.

ATMIS Uganda contingent in Somalia get new commander

Mogadishu, 20 December 2022 – The new contingent commander of Ugandan troops serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Brig. Gen. Peter Gaetano Omola has officially assumed duty.

Somalia: FAO calls for fully funded, at-scale and sustained life-saving and livelihoods support to pull people from the brink of famine

Rome – With famine fast approaching in Somalia, there is still time to turn the tide by addressing the immediate needs of rural communities who are amongst those at greatest risk, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today in the context of the recently released food…

Somalia army kills 150 militants in Middle Shabelle region, Officials say

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somalia army chief Odowa Yusuf Rage said on Monday 150 militants were killed as the group suffered great loss during the operation carried out 30km East of Adan Yabal district.

AU Special Representative for Somalia visits ATMIS soldiers undergoing treatment in Nairobi

Nairobi, 19 December 2022 – The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, today visited ATMIS military personnel, admitted to various hospitals…

US kills 15 terrorists in two separate airstrikes in Somalia

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted two collective self-defense strikes, one each on Dec. 14 and 17, 2022, in support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab near Cadale, Somalia, US Africa Command said…

Somalia: SJS condemns new restrictions and censorship orders imposed on local media, calls upon Somali authorities to respect press freedom

MOGADISHU, Somalia 19 December 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the new instructions by the Villa Somalia to censor local media stations by demanding news outlets to submit written copies of their news reporting daily to Villa Somalia's directorate of communications, according…

Somalia govt restricts Channel4 freelance journalist, imposes new measures on local media

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali authorities in Mogadishu on Sunday stopped Jamal Osman, the Africa Correspondent for Channel 4 News shortly after his flight landed at the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, colleagues and local press freedom activists told Horn Observer.

Senior militant commander killed in an attack in Somalia's middle Shabelle region

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somalia government on Saturday said that a senior militant commander was killed in an operation at Juhay village in middle Shabelle region.

Somalia: Drop charges against journalist and support free speech

ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa and six other freedom of expression organisations have called on Somalia's attorney general to drop all charges against Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, the Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), with immediate effect.

Somalia: Ahmed Abdullahi Ahmed: Creating educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities

Mogadishu – Ahmed Abdullahi Ahmed believes in education. He believes in its power to transform the lives of his fellow Somalis and in its capacity to help transform Somalia.

Somalia: UNFPA condemns reported incident of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kismayo, Jubaland,

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) UNFPA condemns reported incident of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kismayo, Jubaland, in which 20 girls were subjected to this harmful and discriminatory practice in a single day, resulting in injury and heavy bleeding. All the victims are too young to give their…

Somali women journalists trained on safety, security and basic reporting skills

Mogadishu, Somalia - – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), has concluded a three-day training on media safety and security and basic reporting skills for 25 Somali female journalists based in Mogadishu.

Somalia: Jubbaland demands inquiry into the assassination of Gedo security official

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Jubbaland security minister Yusuf Hussein Osman Dhumal has demanded the federal government of Somalia to initiate an inquiry into the last week's murder of the commander of the top Gedo region's security commander, Abdirahman Abdullahi (Bakal Kooke).

World Bank Grants $70 Million for Delivery of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, and Environmental Services in Somalia

MOGADISHU, December 15, 2022 — The World Bank approved a $70 million International Development Association (IDA*) grant to develop resilient water, agriculture, and environmental services for rural communities in Somalia's drylands. The Somalia Water for Rural Resilience Project named 'Barwaaqo'…

Somalia: Protecting displaced Somalis from gender-based violence highlighted at roundtable discussion

Mogadishu – The importance of protecting internally displaced women and children from gender-based violence was highlighted today at a United Nations-supported roundtable discussion in Mogadishu.

Death toll rises despite no official famine declaration in Somalia

Washington, D.C. – Extreme food insecurity continues to claim the lives of people in Somalia amid an unprecedented multi-season drought across the eastern Horn of Africa . Although humanitarian assistance has helped to delay an official Famine (IPC Phase 5) declaration in Somalia, experts warn the…

NRC: Famine already present and killing tens of thousands in Somalia

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) Following a statement by the Famine Review Committee's report on Somalia's worsening drought, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said that famine already present and killing tens of thousands in Somalia.