(ERGO)– Nearly sixty farmers living in the Ooda-gooye area on the outskirts of Lascaanood district in the Sool region are facing a difficult life as a result of crops they planted on credit and lost. A combination of unknown pests and lack of water destroyed onions, tomatoes, peppers, beetroot, watermelon and other vegetables, which they planted...
MOGADISHU– Somalia launched a nationwide vaccination campaign on Monday to combat measles, polio, and pneumonia, targeting more than 3 million children in the country. The World Health Organization (WHO), which launched the week-long campaign in collaboration with Somali federal and regional governments, said in a statement that the campaign’s goal is “to protect children and...
SHIRE, Ethiopia (AP) — The woman survived two brutal attacks in the dying days of the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. First, she said, she was dragged to a military encampment and gang-raped by Eritrean soldiers who held dozens of other women. Two days later, she was raped again by a group of militiamen. Her attackers...