Somalia is in the process of electing its new upper house new members and the new members of the lower house (parliament) where women are entitled to receive 30% of the whole seats in both houses. Women’s political participation in Somalia is set to 30 % quota and a committee is established to oversee and …
Somalia: Women Candidates for the New Parliament Complain. Read More »
Kismayo is the temporary capital of Juba + Land region of Somalia. Juba is run by the veteran warlord and the Amir of Raskamboni Alshabab Brigade aka Sheihk Ahmed Islaam Ahmed Madoobe. The took control of Kismayo in 2011 with the support of the kenyan defense force KDF and rules the region till today with …
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The secret child soldier recruitment by alshabab operatives in the west is exposed in press conference held today by a father to one of alshabab recruited child soldiers from Zurich, Switzerland. Moalim Abdullahi Adaan is a father to Ayub Moalim Abdullahi, an alshabab child solider who was killed on 27 April 2011 in a battle …
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Background The first constitution was the independence constitution, drafted in 1960 and was approved in a referendum in 1961 that established a parliamentary system of government. Following a coup d’état led by Major General Mohamed Siad Barre in 1969, this constitution and its institutions were suspended until 1979 when a new constitution was drafted and approved via …
13 July, 2021 – Somalia: The Ministry of Women & Human Rights Development launches the national disability agency in an official ceremony attended by different signatories, politicians, diplomats, and invited Human Rights Defenders HRDs from the coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders CSHRDs. The minister of women & human rights development (Hanifa) was also there …
Somalia: Launching Ceremony of the National Disability Agency. Read More »
Jubaland, Somalia is formed from the lower juba region, middle juba region and Gedo region in the most south of Somalia and borders with Ethiopia, NFD kenya, and indian ocean. Jubaland is run by the former spiritual leader of alshabab; the Raaskambooni alshabab terrorist brigade (Sheikh Ahmed Madobe aka Ahmed Islam) who is the last …
Somalia: (27 April, 2021) – Jubaland Police Brutality v. HRDs/WHRDs Read More »
Since 2020 many WHRDs were evacuated or relocated from kismayo and Fartun & her daughter were relocated from kismayo by the coalition of somali human rights defenders CSHRDS with the full support of urgent Action Fund Africa in April 11, 2021, due to the fact that insecurity and threats against WHRDs increased as a result …
Rarely women human rights defenders get attention for their advocacy for women human rights in Somalia which is considered to be one of the most hostile environments to a human rights defender and women. The country is emerging from three decades long of armed conflicts and now is facing extremist insurgency challenge who believe should …
Ramaas radio FM is the only independent radio based in Kismayo, Somalia operating under the most complicated contexts in Somalia where attacks against independent media outlets are prevailing and looming. Radio Ramaas is committed to serve the community with awareness raising around important issues from covid19 to other threatful diseases and from extremism to security …
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21 APRIL 2021 Botswana doubles the number of yearly executionsChina pursued the death penalty to crack down on offences related to Covid-19 prevention effortsFormer US administration executed staggering 10 people in less than six months in 2020Lowest number of executions recorded in a decade for third consecutive yearThe unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic were …