Safiyo, 26, lies in a hospital bed in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, recovering from multiple stab wounds after a brutal attack on 22 June. Safiyo – whose real...

(ERGO) - Jama Ali Nur rushed to find a torch when he heard his youngest daughter scream out in the middle of the night. In the light, they saw that...

(ERGO) - Two people including a four-year old boy were killed and 15 people were injured in sudden heavy downpours and strong winds that wreaked havoc in Salahley and Aw-Barkhadle,...

Pastoralist families with their last remaining livestock have been migrating long distances from drought-stricken parts of northern Somalia to the Al-Madow mountainous coastal area of Sanag. Mohamud Timir paid 11...

A diarrhoea outbreak is affecting remote villages and IDP camps in parts of El-waq district of southern Somalia’s Gedo region, according to medical staff at the only health centre in...

Pastoralist families left destitute by the prolonged drought in southern parts of Somalia’s Mudug region have been given a gift of new livestock by members of the Galmudug diaspora community...

Around 320 young people have migrated from Buhodle and surrounding districts over the past year, according to a survey conducted by university students in the northern Somali town. Fifteen students...

The fortunes of traders depending on their living from the livestock markets of southern Galkayo have crashed in recent weeks, just as the rains have been greeted as a blessing...

Fishermen in Puntland are struggling to turn the riches of the sea into a thriving livelihood because of poor infrastructure and skills and other threats. Jama Mohamud Ali, manager of...

Four schools south of Mudug’s capital, Galkayo, have given free places to displaced children whose pastoralist families have been made destitute by the drought. Around 135 such children, including 45...