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(ERGO) – Maymun Mohamed Abdi and her family had a narrow escape from Baidoa when their home was hit by a missile, causing panic among her young children. Having never been displaced before, they had to flee for their lives and ended up in…
(ERGO) – Somali refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camps are using the Kenyan government’s Social Health Authority (SHA) national health insurance scheme to access treatment they cannot otherwise access or afford. Iglan Abdulle Mohamed, 39, who…
(ERGO) – Feysal Abdi Isaaq, 25, the eldest son in a family displaced from Baidoa, got himself through university whilst supporting his mum and eight siblings on the proceeds of peanut sales in the streets of Mogadishu. After a social media…
(ERGO) – Bank loans repayable over a year have enabled displaced families in Dinsor, southern Somalia’s Bay region, to open small businesses that pay for rent, household necessities, and education for their children. Ahmed Liban Ali opened…
(ERGO) – Pastoralist families whose livestock have died in drought in Somaliland’s Togdher region are moving to Burao town in search of an alternative living. Some have sold their remaining animals to finance the move and avoid…
(ERGO) – Livestock-keeping families in Guriel, central Somalia’s Galgadud region, are losing their goats and sheep that are feeding on plastic waste strewn across the town and all over grazing areas. Fadumo Gelle Abdi said 29 of her goats…
(ERGO) – Families fleeing adversity in different parts of southern Somalia have been arriving in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, where they find themselves with no means of making a living nor aid or support. They include families fleeing…
(ERGO) – Pastoralist families in Warsheikh and Adale districts of southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region have begun repaying debts accumulated during three years of drought, after recent rains improved pasture and water supplies and the…
(ERGO) – More than 1,700 families have fled their homes and farms in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region since early September to escape repeated airstrikes and ground fighting that are still ongoing. Many fled with nothing, leaving…
(ERGO) – Sand encroachment has forced dozens of families to flee their homes in a rural village in the south-eastern part of Galgadud, in central Somalia, leaving them without shelter and short of food. The mostly pastoralist families…
(ERGO) – Displaced families relocated by the authorities to a new camp, about 20 km east of Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa, say their health is being affected by waste dumped near their homes, alongside severe food shortages and a lack of…
(ERGO) – Hundreds of displaced families have been evicted from houses they had been occupying rent-free in El Jalle, on the outskirts of Beledweyne in central Somalia’s Hiran region, by homeowners making their own preparations ahead of…
(ERGO) – A sudden storm that struck the rural village of El-Gal, in Qandala in Somalia’s Bari region last month has left hundreds of families struggling to afford even one meal a day, after an earlier devastating period of drought. The…
(ERGO) – More than 300 pastoralist families from central Somalia and Ethiopia are eking out a desperate living in displacement camps near Abudwak in Galmudug, after losing all their livestock due to prolonged drought. The families came…
(ERGO) – Somali refugee metalworkers producing agricultural tools like hoes, axes and shovels, and household items including knives, cooking utensils and stoves, have lost customers as imported factory-made goods become more popular in the…
(ERGO) – A total of 238 families in Hargeisa and other parts of Somaliland have been left homeless after fires destroyed their homes in the past three month, according to the Fire and Rescue Department. Fosiya Abdi Adan’s family of 10 lost…
(ERGO) – Among the messages shared on Radio Ergo’s nationwide, independent audience call-in platform this week (22-30 September 2026), callers citing rainfall in their areas came mainly from parts of Hirshabelle and Jubaland states, whilst…
(ERGO) – Rural families displaced from Basra, Alifow, and Baqdaad in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region after poor rains spoilt their crops and killed off their livestock are crowding into a small displacement camp near Afgoye, where…
(ERGO) – A mechanic in Adado, Galgadud region, has turned his vehicle and solar repair garage into a free training centre for young men mostly from rural areas, where their traditional livelihoods collapsed due to drought. Ahmed Dable has…
(ERGO) – The families of hundreds of teachers in Garowe and nearby villages in Somalia’s Puntland state have lost their jobs after the closure of some schools and the overall reduction of teaching staff due to financial difficulties. Jama…
(ERGO) – Roda Hassan Aw Ahmed has been struggling to provide enough food for her family of 10 since her small shop selling vegetables and traditional cooked food was closed on 1st September. She made $4 to $6 a day from the business, which…
(ERGO) – Residents of Burhakaba in southern Somalia’s Bay region have been walking eight kilometres every day to collect water, after the shallow wells they relied on dried up. Long queues form daily at a drilled well outside the town,…
(ERGO) – Solar power has transformed irrigation and production for farmers in a village in southern Somalia’s agricultural Lower Shabelle region. Rising fuel prices made regular irrigation increasingly expensive for farmers in Jarran…
(ERGO) – Lack of fencing has stopped 150 farmers in villages in Sheikh, Somaliland’s Togdher region, from cultivating after monkeys, wild pigs and other animals entered their farmland and destroyed their crops. The farmers have faced…