The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has started an induction course for 34 police officers who are expected to start training and mentoring members of the Somali Police Force.The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi officially opened the course on Friday, 19 February [...]

One of the casualties of the decades-old conflict in Somalia is the country’s health infrastructure. In most parts of Somalia, modern health facilities are non-existent.Mogadishu, the capital city, has a clinic initially set up to take care of the health needs of a mandated peacekeeping force of 8,000, though only about 5,000 are currently deployed. [...]

In general, women who develop fistulas are often abandoned by their husbands, rejected by their communities and forced to live in isolation because of the condition’s telltale symptom, a persistent odor of urine and excrement. Mothers who have endured long labors are particularly prone to fistula, which causes incontinence owing to torn tissue around the [...]

Student enrollment is rapidly outpacing expectations at an AMISOM pilot school project meant to encourage parents of Jazeera village in southern Mogadishu to bring their children for free primary education. Initially just nine students signed up for the program. Within 30 days the school roster had 97 names, and now 210 students are enrolled. The [...]