NATURAL DISASTERS
Drought-hit farmers in Ruqi unable to repay debts causing shop closures in Awdal
(ERGO) - More than 40 shops have closed in Ruqi in Somaliland’s drought-hit Awdal region in the past two months,...
Drought in Bari region forces pastoralists to migrate or stay as livestock die in their village
(ERGO) - Prolonged severe drought has left the dwindling population of the rural village of Laqaanley, in northern Somalia’s Bari...
Shifting sand dunes bury homes leaving Kismayo families vulnerable
(ERGO) - Shifting sand dunes have forced 150 families from their homes, destroying their livelihoods in Midnimo settlement north of...
Livestock deaths cause hunger in Mudug
One thousand five hundred families in Ali-Waal area of Mudug region, central Somalia, are facing dire living conditions due to...
No jobs for farm workers in Baidoa as drought bites harder
(ERGO) - Zeynab Abdullahi Hussein was turned away from her labouring work on a small farm on the outskirts of...
Shops close in Awdal as drought-ruined farmers amass debts
(ERGO) - Jama Mohamed Hassan’s family of 17 is facing a severe food crisis after his grocery store in Ruqi,...
Mudug farmers rue the loss of lifeline harvests due to drought
(ERGO) - Hassan Mahmoud cannot afford to feed his family of eight even once a day, since losing his vegetable...
Farmers in Lower Shabelle return to abandoned fields after water supply system is restored
(ERGO) - Abdi Ali Haroun’s profit from the crops he harvested on his three-hectare farm in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle...
Stormy winds leave IDPs homeless in a camp near Kismayo
Around 2,000 families living in New Luglow camp, a displacement settlement 25 kilometres from Kismayo, are homeless after strong seasonal...
Families flee Eejiye village in Middle Shabelle as farms and property are burned down in clan conflict
More than 400 families living from farming, livestock rearing and small trade are facing extreme hardships of displacement, after fleeing...
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