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...

Burdubo has been cut off for two days after damage to the main bridge over the river Juba during heavy rains and flooding. People, trucks and livestock have been unable...

Pastoralists in drought-stricken Laq-lajis village, 50 km south of Garowe, say they are facing an acute water shortage. In an interview with Radio Ergo’s local reporter in Garowe, the provincial...

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...