Severe water scarcity, after persistent drought, is threatening the lives of herders and their livestock in more than 85 towns and villages in Puntland. The head of Puntland’s emergency aid...

Three children have died of hunger and thirst related complications in a rural village in Hiran region. The children from pastoralist families died in Buq-kosar village which is 55 km...

A mob of thirsty monkeys and starving people have fought over water in the pastoralist village of Yaqle, about 70 km from Gedo’s regional district of Garbaharey.  The monkeys are...

Dozens of families have been displaced from their homes in Jowhar district due to river floods in Middle Shabelle region. The Shabelle River burst its banks and flooded Hawadley village...

Floods have forced hundreds of residents in Gedo region’s Bardere district to flee their houses on Monday following heavy rains in the district. About 1,500 families have fled from the...

Severe water shortage has struck the pastoralist communities in central Somalia and there have been reported deaths as the expected Gu’ rains have failed to arrive. At least 10 people...

Residents of the small town of Boame in the southeast of Sool region have began a campaign to protect their land from deforestation and charcoal production. Mohamud Hirsi Farah, a...

A local Somali NGO has begun to deliver and distribute water to hundreds of pastoralist families living along the Elwaq to Bardere road in Gedo, after their plight was highlighted...

Hundreds of pastoralist families and their livestock in rural parts of Galgadud are facing an extreme water shortage as the dry season of jilal intensifies. Radio Ergo's local reporter, who...

The pastoralist communities in Himan and Heb administration in central Somalia are complaining over the increasing urbanization of rural areas which is destroying the pasture for livestock.  “The urbanization is...