MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Diphtheria cases and deaths have risen sharply this year in Somalia, where the response has been curtailed by vaccine shortages and U.S. aid cuts, Somali officials said. More than 1,600 cases, including 87 deaths, have been recorded, up from 838 cases and 56 deaths in all of 2024, said Hussein Abdukar Muhidin, the...
(ERGO) – Mother-of-eight Hamdi Abdullahi Ibrahim is living in fear of being thrown in jail if she doesn’t clear the debts she has incurred running her small shop in an internal displacement camp in Galgadud, central Somalia. Many other women in the camp where she lives near Adado speak of experiencing jail terms because they got...
GAROWE (WDN)– Discontent among Puntland soldiers over unpaid wages and neglect by the regional government has sparked growing unrest, with soldiers blocking vital transport routes and even restricting access to health facilities. Throughout August and into 2025, groups of protesting soldiers have repeatedly disrupted traffic on the Garowe–Galkacyo highway, one of Puntland’s most critical trade...
Sahra and Samia’s story begins on a farm in Somalia that no longer exists. Things were going well for them: Sahra, a 55-year-old mother, successfully ran a small livestock and crop business. That is, until her brother — the only adult man in the family — devastated everything. They say that he used drugs, stole from them...
For many countries in crisis, brain drain can feel like an unbreakable loop. Armed conflict, climate shocks and economic downturn drive out local experts who take with them the know-how that is essential to reversing the crisis. So the crisis continues. And the brain drain intensifies. But what if there was a way...
Mogadishu (WDN)- In the wave of aggressive disposals of national public assets in Mogadishu under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration, alarm and outrage have grown over the unlawful sale and looting of state-owned land. Much of this land shelters between 3.8 to 4 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have no alternative refuge. The evictions...
Mombasa (WDN) – Two Somali sisters drowned on Wednesday in a swimming pool at their family’s home in Mombasa, Kenya, police confirmed. The victims, identified as 13-year-old Ca’isha Mohamed and her 8-year-old sister Hamdi Mohamed, were reportedly on school holiday when the incident occurred. According to Mombasa Police Commander Peter Kimani, the girls entered the...
Mandera Senator Ali Roba has urged the government to act decisively to protect lives and property in Mandera, as fighting between the Somali National Army and Jubaland Security Forces escalates. The clashes, centred around control of the strategic town of Bula Hawa on the Kenya–Somalia border, have left Mandera residents living in fear. Those near...
More than four million people in Somalia face “acute food insecurity”, while over 100,000 have been displaced by conflict since June, its disaster authorities said Thursday. Somalia is grappling with a resurgence of the extremist militant group Al-Shabaab, alongside clashes between regional forces and the federal army. The Horn of Africa nation is among the...
Issued by: Independent Child and Women Human Rights Advocacy Network Executive Summary: This independent investigation exposes a serious and ongoing human rights crisis in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia — the recruitment and training of thousands of underage children, some as young as 14 years old, into the Liyu Police Force. These acts have...