The Somali government has reaffirmed its commitment to eradicate female genital mutilation in the country, where around 98% of females between 15 and 49 have undergone cutting. The pledge was made at the first […]
Some of the staff and management of Mogadishu center for research and studies are in Mogadishu’s main prison for the second day, the arrested include the manager Abdiwahab Ali Mumin, the deputy manager Abdirahman […]
Press release Approximately two-thirds of men, women, boys and girls in countries where female genital mutilation is common say they want the practice to end – according to UNICEF data. In countries with available […]
DADAAB Kenya, 12 June 2016 – “Today I turn 19 years old and I am here to speak on behalf of my unheard sisters of Somalia striving for education every day,” said Malala Yousafzai, […]
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is spending her 19th birthday in Kenya in the world’s largest refugee camp? to draw attention to the global refugee crisis, especially as the Dadaab camp faces pressure to close. […]
At least 19 civilians confirmed dead in Lafole locality, some 13km to the southwest of Mogadishu on this Thursday morning. A minibus carrying about twenty passengers travelling between Mogadishu and Afogye engulfed with huge […]
Heavy rain in Mogadishu in past 24 hrs. Those living in good houses are happy, IDPs are in this deprived situation. At the last 24hrs the town, is falling rains and very strong winds […]
FILE – A young boy leads hard-line Islamist al-Shabab fighters as they conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu’s Suqaholaha neighborhood, Somalia. A top official with the U.N. Children’s Fund says there could be 5,000 […]
Saturday, May 21, 2016The U.N. Security Council and Western donors have urged Somalia’s parliament to speed up approval of new election rules to ensure an August vote is held on time, saying delays put […]
May 5 is the internationally recognised day for highlighting the work of midwives. ICM established the idea of the ‘International Day of the Midwife’ following suggestions and discussion among Midwives Associations in the late 1980s, […]
