WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump’s senior officials are working on a plan to relocate about half of the besieged Gaza Strip’s population of 2.2 million to Libya, according to a report published Friday. The plan would see up to 1 million Palestinians moved to the North African country, NBC News reported, citing five people familiar...
(ERGO) – Maryan Nur Mohamed’s family of eight has faced severe shortages of food, water, and shelter since arriving at Hilac-Wanaag camp in Garasbaley district, Mogadishu, in April. They fled the war between Somali government forces and Al-Shabaab, joining 1,500 families forced from their homes in Middle Shabelle region over the past several weeks. Most have...
Ocha- Torrential rains in Banadir region caused devastating flash floods that killed nine people on 9 May, according to the authorities. An assessment conducted by the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster on 10 and 11 May in 134 sites in Kahda and Daynille districts found that over 3,810 households (over 22,500 people) were affected by the floods,...
Almost half a million children in Somalia face severe malnourishment and are at risk of dying from hunger, an NGO warned Monday, just as international aid operations are scaled back. The Horn of Africa nation is one of the world’s poorest, enduring decades of civil war, climate disasters and a bloody insurgency by the Al-Qaeda-linked...
(ERGO) – Poor women affected by the drought conditions in Dusamareb, in central Somalia’s Galmudug state, are unable to return their children to school after they were expelled for failure to pay school fees. Maka Hassan Ahmed’s four school aged children have been out of school since March. She used to earn a living by slaughtering...
MOGADISHU– The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the incitement to violence made this week by the Karaan District Commissioner, who called for attacks with “machetes and sticks” against a critical journalist. This dangerous rhetoric comes amid a rising wave of threats and violence targeting journalists in Mogadishu. Early Monday morning, around 1:30 a.m. on 5 May...
(ERGO) – Maryan Nur Mohamed’s family of eight has faced severe shortages of food, water, and shelter since arriving at Hilac-Wanaag camp in Garasbaley district, Mogadishu, in April. They fled the war between Somali government forces and Al-Shabaab, joining 1,500 families forced from their homes in Middle Shabelle region over the past several weeks. Most have...
Mogadishu (WDN) – In a move that legal experts and human rights advocates are calling deeply troubling, the Benadir Regional Administration has officially seized a private residence in Hamarjajab district, allegedly linked to a recent security concern—signaling what critics say is a dangerous shift from prosecuting suspects to punishing their properties. Announced today by Salah...
(ERGO) – Quresho Adan Ishaq, a widow and blind since birth, is struggling to support the six children in her care – her four children and two grandchildren from her divorced daughter – since the cash aid she relied on in their displacement camp in Baidoa was cut. Since February, the $120 monthly support from international...
Mogadishu (WDN) – In a disturbing escalation of political intolerance, the District Commissioner of Karaan in Mogadishu, Yusuf Adani, has sparked national outrage after publicly calling on residents to attack, kill, and brutalize anyone who opposes the Somali government. His statements, made before a large crowd, are being described as genocidal in tone and dangerously...