SOCIAL
Women-run centre in Mogadishu working extra hours producing local cleaning products
(ERGO) - The women-run Mudan centre in Mogadishu has been turning out extra quantities of its home-made household and hygiene...
Innovative Somali technician makes hand-washing station to help keep Corona virus at bay
(ERGO) - Shuriye Mohamed Mire, a technician living in Lasanod town in Somaliland’s Sool region, has used his ingenuity to...
Blind Somali journalist uses radio show to inspire others with disability
(ERGO) - The lively voice of Abdisalam Mohamud Shire is famous among disability communities all over southern Somalia’s Lower Juba...
Getting justice for child rape in Somaliland
(ERGO) - When 18-year-old Asma (not her real name) was raped by a teacher in a Koranic school last June...
Diarrhoea outbreak in flood-hit southern Somalia’s Beletweyne district
(ERGO) - Efforts are underway to contain an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea that has been spreading in the southern...
Sand quarrying causes water crisis for Lasanod farmers and herders
Hundreds of farmers and pastoralists have been displaced in Odagoye, south of Lasanod in east Somaliland, after a severe water...
Somali fishermen in Hobyo down tools as power companies pull out
(ERGO) - Nearly 100 fishermen in the Somali coastal town of Hobyo, Mudug region, have stopped going out to sea...
Businesses in southern Somali town of Dinsor get loans to survive blockade
(ERGO) - The International Bank of Somalia (IBS) and SOS Somalia have partnered to provide collateral-free loans to 87 small...
Hargeisa job fair helps youth find jobs
(ERGO) - A two-day job fair held in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has helped 50 young people, including 20 women, find gainful...
Women doing well in central Somalia livestock trade
(ERGO) - Somali women are making inroads into the traditionally male domain of livestock marketing in the central Somalia town...
