Torrential rains that battered Bardere for more than 10 hours left 2,500 families homeless as swept through their village. The rains started early Thursday, causing residents of Bulo-Kurman, Bulo-kulow and...

Fatima Jibrell, a Somali environmental activist, was recently announced the winner of the UN’s 2014 Champions of the Earth award for her outstanding efforts to protect the environment and the...

This story is part of a special series resulting from a Radio Ergo reporting mission investigating the recent evictions of large numbers of IDPs from government buildings and private land...

Fishermen in Puntland’s coastal areas of Bari region say their future is threatened by increasing numbers of illegal foreign fishing boats using force to access the best fish. Fishermen in...

Asha Ahmed Abdullahi, a mother of nine, has built up a successful small business running a clothes shop in Dhusamarab using a grant she was given a year ago by...

The Puntland administration has put in place strict measures to curb the use of plastic bags, in a move aimed at environmental protection and preventing threats to livestock. A ban...

Over 8,000 families in Tiyeglow district, Bakol region, are reportedly facing destitution. Hassan Ibrahim Mohamed, one of the elders of Tiyeglow, told Radio Ergo that the affected families, mostly pastoralists...

At least six people have died of hunger and thirst related causes in drought-hit villages near Elwak district, Gedo region. Elwak drought committee chairman Farah Maalim warned that more people...

Pastoralists in Uus-kure village, 180 km south of Garowe, incurred huge losses after heavy rains pounded the area for three days causing flooding. Abdi Farah Yussuf, a pastoralist in the...

A severe water shortage is exacting its toll on human health in a rural part of Lower Juba, where 10 children are reported to have died from measles among a...