Twelve Somali journalists have won awards in the UN-sponsored 2013 Somali Media Awards for their coverage on developmental and humanitarian issues in the country. The awards, which recognize professionalism in...

Galkayo’s clinic for women suffering from mental health problems has run out of money and medicines after the contributions from residents, the local business community and diaspora dried up. The...

Doctors from Somalia’s first mental health hospital visiting the central regions to offer treatment say the numbers of people suffering from mental health problems are overwhelming. A doctor and two...

More than 150 displaced farmers with their families are asking for help to go back to their homes and farmlands after more than two decades spent living in the port...

Around 70 families from Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya have returned to their home areas in Elwak during January 2014, according to the Elwak local administration. Aden Derow, Elwak's officer...

Somaliland’s Ministry of Livestock has launched a new vaccination campaign to fight contagious bacterial diseases that threaten livestock in Somaliland. The Minister of Livestock Dr Abdi Aw Dahir said more...

Three people have died from a disease apparently related to poor sanitation in a remote village of Dabley in Gedo region in recent days.  Two girls under the age of...

The price of fish and other seafood has more than doubled recently because of the high seas that do not allow local fishermen to fish easily off the Mogadishu coast....

Farmers in Somalia's southern Bay region are expressing deep concern over the lack of domestic markets and their inability to export to markets elsewhere, despite the recent good harvest. A...

Thousands of children enrolled in free public schools under the 'Go to School' campaign are idling at home as a teachers’ strike continues into the sixth day. The strike, which...