Crop production in Laag town 30 km south of Bosasso has been devastated by diseases affecting vegetables and dates. Local farmer Ahmed Muse said the diseases had taken hold over the...

Widespread food shortage in farming areas in the Juba regions has led to high levels of malnutrition among children. Around 200 malnourished children were admitted to Kismayo general hospital for...

Milk cooling boxes given to 24 women milk traders in Mogadishu are already boosting sales of dairy products. The local NGO, Somali Agricultural Technical Group (SATG), provided the locally made...

Livestock prices in Buhodle have declined sharply due to the inability to export animals to conflict-torn Yemen for Ramadan, resulting in a glut of livestock on the local Somali markets....

Lower Shabelle farmers have been celebrating increased production of grain and vegetables as a result of adopting better farming practices. The farmers were trained last year by local NGO, Somali...

Poor rains have badly affected the agro-pastoralist community in a remote part of Somaliland’s Gabiley district. Mohamed Abdisamad Qalinl, talked to Radio Ergo about the conditions faced by himself and...

Escalating prices of rice, flour and sugar and other basic food items are causing hardship to local people, as the effects of an ongoing blockade on the town continue to...

Food trade in the Kenyan town of Mandera has ground to a halt as Somali traders from across the border in Beled-Hawo are no longer accepting Kenyan currency. Yurub Ahmed,...

Somali businesses and communities have been hard hit by the conflict in Yemen, which has led to the disruption of trade. Somalia has a long history of exporting livestock, hides...

Prices of essential food items have risen sharply in Gedo’s besieged district of Burdhubo. The district which Somali government and AMISOM forces captured from Al-Shabaab last year has been under...