Reports

(ERGO) – An unidentified disease has been spreading in Rako-Raho, Puntland’s Bari region, since early March, causing the local authorities and residents to be concerned. The district administration told Radio Ergo that the disease had infected 387…

Hacemos un llamamiento urgente a los donantes y a las organizaciones humanitarias para que actúen de inmediato Somalia se enfrenta a una grave crisis de desnutrición agravada por las prolongadas sequías, el conflicto, la inestabilidad económica y…

Project Update13 March 2025 Somalia is facing a dire malnutrition crisis that has been worsened by prolonged droughts, ongoing conflict, economic instability, and a fragile healthcare system. The Baidoa and Mudug regions, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…

Rome/Mogadishu – Ugbaad – the Somali name for a new project that aims to boost climate resilient agriculture – translates as “fresh sprouting pasture”, symbolizing hope. The Climate Resilient Agriculture project bearing its name will tackle…

Since fleeing conflict in their home area in Erigabo in December 2024, Hibaq Ahmed Mohamed and her seven children all squeeze at night into the tiny two-metre square room lent to them by a family they…

(ERGO) – Fighting between government forces and Al-Shabaab in southeastern Mudug, central Somalia, has caused havoc for civilian populations over the past two months, causing hundreds to flee to camps lacking basic services. More than 230 families…

(ERGO) – Jama Mohamed Hassan’s family of 17 is facing a severe food crisis after his grocery store in Ruqi, in Somaliland’s Awdal region, closed down due to unpaid debts by his customers. Jama is owed a…

Brief Analysis The drought and the toll it is taking on people’s lives and livelihoods continued to dominate the calls to Radio Ergo’s nationwide audience feedback platform this week (5-11 March 2025). Many callers spoke of desperation,…

BACKGROUND In Middle Shabelle, ongoing conflict between Al-Shabaab and the Somali National Army (SNA), supported by local militias, continues to escalate. The fighting has intensified across multiple fronts, with Al-Shabaab attempting to recapture areas previously liberated by…

(ERGO) – Conflict between Puntland forces and the terrorist group Islamic State, or Daesh, is preventing local farmers in Bari region from accessing their frankincense trees, whose harvests they depend on for a living. Around 2,500 rural…