FOOD SECURITY
Dispossessed pastoralists in Galgadud make their first farm harvests
(ERGO) - Former central Somali pastoralist, Abdirisak Jama Ali, has been selling his first harvests of maize, beans and vegetables...
Breadwinners in Baidoa IDP camps decry lack of accessible jobs
(ERGO) - Fadumo Yusuf Ibrahim, 40, a displaced mother of eight, struggles to raise enough money to pay for just...
Displaced families in Baidoa battle with rising food prices
Destitute families and those living in internal displacement camps in Baidoa have been struggling to find meals following steep rise...
Baidoa IDP families evicted at last minute lose their livelihoods
(ERGO) - Around 114 families evicted at short notice from Moora-Hagar camp in the southern Somali city of Baidoa have...
Herders in Somaliland’s Hawd turn to farming with good results
(ERGO) - Around 1,250 pastoralists in Somaliland’s Hawd region have reaped farm produce for the first time, after struggling to...
Mudug farming families hit by last year’s flash flooding run out of food
(ERGO) - Farming families in Dhardhar village in central Somalia’s Mudug region have run out of food following the loss...
Sudden flooding sets back the hopes of returnee farmers in Marka, Lower Shabelle
(ERGO) - Mohamed Ali Mohamed, a farmer in southern Somalia’s Marka district, has been faced with uncertainty after his coveted...
Market traders in Hargeisa put out of business by lack of supplies and high prices
(ERGO) - Saynab Mohamed Ahmed, 50, had been a businesswoman for 30 years in Hargeisa selling fresh vegetables and produce...
Donated fishing gear helps poor Sanag families to make a new living
(ERGO) - Grants of fishing equipment to impoverished local families in Somaliland’s Sanag region have given destitute former pastoralists a new...
Puntland fishing communities in crisis due to lawlessness at sea
(ERGO) - Lifelong Somali fishermen have been forced into unemployment by violent attacks taking place off the Puntland coast that...
