Somalia

Road Built On Hope

Humanitarian emergencies affect women, girls, boys, men, in all their diversity and intersecting iden-tities, differently due to their societal roles and responsibilities. Pre-existing gender inequalities tend to be exacerbated during humanitarian crises and may result in increased burden of care;...

DRA PILOT JOINT RESPONSE 2021: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, Nexus Somalia

This Implementation Plan explains how Nexus operationalized aspects of the Perspective on Change into a specific project: the 2021 DRA pilot Joint Response. This project builds on Nexus’ governance and fund management structure, as explained in the separate Nexus Governance and Structure paper. Key...

GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE, NEXUS Somalia

NEXUS is a platform for civil society leadership to advance a new community-driven model of a partnership promoting peaceful, thriving, and empowered communities in Somalia and Somaliland. This unique consortium, led by eight pioneering Somali non-governmental organizations (NGOs), aspires to lead...

ENOUGH THEORY! A Somali consortium putting nexus programming into action

NEXUS is a platform for civil society leadership to advance a new community-driven model of a partnership promoting peaceful, thriving, and empowered communities in Somalia and Somaliland. This unique consortium, led by eight pioneering Somali non-governmental organizations (NGOs), aspires to lead...

Local Somalia NGOs raise the alarm about COVID-19

Local organizations have often been the first to raise alarms about, and respond to, most emergencies due to their proximity to and close relationships with affected populations, often risking their lives. Now, at a time when most internationals are themselves affected by the ongoing pandemic and...

Somalia debt relief crucial to COVID-19 response

Today, we celebrate Somalia for reaching the HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) Decision Point for debt relief that will enable the country to access new financial resources to invest in healthcare and other basic services, even more, urgent now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Oxfam Urban Programming

In July 2018, the Oxfam Regional Platform in the Horn, East and Central Africa (HECA) region commissioned a political and economic analysis on the overall development situation in the region, titled “Oxfam in HECA Region Political Review: Issues and Implications”. The review found that urbanisation...

Young poets lead social change

Surrounded by beautiful mountains and eye-catching scenery, Borama, a town on the Ethiopian border, is a center of learning and the home of Amoud University, the first opened in Somaliland. Presidents, politicians, business-people, and poets have graduated from this famous university – it’s the...

Women walk carrying a water jerry can in the Eilmidgan Village, eastern Somaliland. Pablo Tosco/Oxfam

Lives on the edge as drought bites in Somalia

Failing and intermittent rains are wreaking havoc in Somalia and Somaliland, but we are increasingly asking, is anyone listening? 2.2 million people are facing extreme hunger and 5.4 million need humanitarian assistance as of May’s end. It’s a staggering 15% increase from 4.6 million in December...

Fadumo in her shop in Hargeisa. AbdiAziz Adani/Oxfam

Striving for access to justice in Somaliland

By AbdiAziz Adani "It was the first time I submitted a case to the court. I didn't know where to start and what to do. It was very frustrating," said Fadumo a mother of four living in Hargeisa, who recently had to seek legal redress in one of Somaliland’s courts. "I wasn't able to hire a lawyer...

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