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Food runs out for Lasanod TB patients
23 May, 2013 Doctors say TB patients in Lasanod hospital are unable to swallow the powerful medicines prescribed because they are not being fed proper meals. Dr Abdi Mohamed Burale, head of the hospital&rsq...
Doctors warn parents not to refuse polio vaccine for their children
23 May, 2013 Health workers conducting an emergency child immunization exercise following the detection of the polio virus in Mogadishu are facing resistance from some communities. UNICEF coordinator...
Flood-hit Janale families suffer without health care
09 May, 2013 The residents of Janale district, one of the areas worst affected by recent floods in Lower Shabelle region, are being forced to travel long distances for basic medical services that are unavailable l...
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Floods displace 650 families in Buhodle
30 April, 2013 More than 650 families have been displaced from the town of Buhodle and neighbouring villages by heavy floods following heavy rains on Sunday night. The floods hit the town unexpectedly early on Mond...
Families flee Shabelle riverside areas fearing floods
25 April, 2013 Some 300 families are reported to have abandoned their homes in areas close to the River Shabelle in Beletweyne over the past week, fearing a further rise in river levels. The areas where people hav...
Cross-border goods trucks bogged down by rains in Gedo
21 April, 2013 More than 80 heavy goods vehicles are stuck in mud in the border area between Gedo and northeastern Kenya.Heavy rains have made the poor roads impassable. Most roads have not been maintained in more t...
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Refugees return to Yurkud district
20 May, 2013 Refugees who fled drought and famine in Bay and Bakool regions have started returning home from Dollo and Belet Hawa, in the border area straddling Somalia and Ethiopia. In the past two weeks, ...
‘Pay us a visit,’ Dadaab refugees tell Somali leaders
10 May, 2013 Refugees living in Dadaab, northeastern Kenya, have called on the new leadership of Somalia to visit the camps to see conditions for themselves and plan for their repatriation. Radio Ergo surveyed ref...
University graduates volunteer to teach IDPs and the poor
07 May, 2013 A number of graduates from universities inside the country and abroad, together with some current students at Mogadishu University, are volunteering to teach IDPs and poor families. Abduka...
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Khat sellers in Garowe to get alternative work
24 May, 2013 A two-day conference in Garowe, bringing together local women, government leaders and NGOs, agreed it was a priority to create jobs to enable women selling khat to gain alternative livelihoods. ...
Disabled in Kismayo benefit from skills and health training
23 May, 2013 Around 70 people living with disability took part in a two-day vocational skills and health training organised by a local NGO in Kismayo last week. The participants were drawn from local and di...
High Hopes raised by London Conference
10 May, 2013 The Somalia conference held in London on Tuesday has revived hope for Somali people, from all walks of life, as the conference succeeded in raising pledges of more than $300 million to rebuild Somalia...
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Families flee fighting in Fafahdun, Gedo
23 May, 2013 Hundreds of families have been displaced by recent clashes between the Somalia National Army andf Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), and Al-Shabab fighters. The clashes began on 17 May in Fafhadun are...
Security measures in Mogadishu hurting IDPs and the poor
09 May, 2013 Government roadblocks erected in the city in a bid to curb terrorist attacks are having negative effects on the movement of people trying to get to work. Those complaining most about the disruption ...
City residents living in fear
16 April, 2013 The horrific bomb attacks targeting Mogadishu's courts on Sunday, 14 April 2013, have left many city residents shocked and in fear. Thirty two people have so far been confirmed dead and 54 inj...
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