(ERGO) – In the two years that she has lived in Dadaab refugee camps, Halimo Ali Mohamed had been managing to support her family of 10 children by doing laundry work for better off refugee families in Ifo camp. But the downturn in the camp economy caused by dramatic aid cuts and fewer jobs and activity...
By Mohamed Gabobe in Mogadishu and Jason Burke; One night in early July, Maryan Abdikadir Geedi decided it was finally time to abandon her small shop in the town of Moqokori in the Hiiraan region of Somalia. Though she had heard of the rapid recent gains made by al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant movement, the 46-year-old had hoped to...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.N. food agency announced on Friday that it is cutting food assistance for hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia, where millions are facing devastating effects of climate change and acute levels of hunger. The World Food Program said the number of people receiving emergency food assistance in the country...
MOGADISHU/ ISTANBUL –Zamzam University of Science and Technology (ZUST) in Somalia is making strides in tackling the country’s food security issues by increasing agricultural production. The Mogadishu-based university, supported by Turkish institutions such as the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), offers modern agricultural technologies at its Faculty of Agriculture,...
Somalia is making steady progress in transforming its energy sector, with private companies driving efforts to deliver affordable and renewable electricity to homes and businesses. At the center of this change is the Benadir Electricity Company, established in 2014. In just over a decade, it has become a key player in Somalia’s electricity market, slashing...
(ERGO) – Hundreds of families who fled their homes in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia because of fighting between government forces and Al Shabaab are facing hunger, water shortages, and lack of proper shelter in internal displacement camps in Mogadishu. Among them, Muno Sheikh Abdisalan – seven months pregnant – told Radio Ergo that she...
Somalia has been embroiled in armed conflict ever since the regime of its former president Siad Barre collapsed in 1991. Since then, various armed groups have fought for power, and the country has struggled with weak government authority. Somalia’s clan violence and rivalries have worsened the crisis. The Ireland-based NGO Concern Worldwide in 2025 ranked...
Ethiopian Airlines has been called out over “a series of deeply unsatisfactory experiences” related to a flight from Lagos, Nigeria, to Guangzhou, China. The complainant, Abdulrasaq Ajani explained that he and his son initially booked a one-way ticket through an agent website to transit in Hanoi, Vietnam but they were informed by Ethiopian Airlines that...
Population concern; August report: 3.5 million IDPs, 45,450 refugees and asylum seekers, 134 refugee returnees (2025) 140,965 refugee returnees (Since Dec 2014) The operating environment in Somalia is complex. Decades of conflict and insecurity, political tensions, clan dynamics, and climate change have resulted in an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. UNHCR has recorded 279,000 internal displacements, primarily...