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   Radio Ergo (blog)    
   February 15, 2018    
   Dr Muse Abukar Suudi, coordinator of Somaliland's ministry of health in northern Sool region (now called Saraar region), told Radio Ergo they sent a team of medical staff to Yadagta, after the local administration reported an outbreak of measles to the ministry. The team found that 34 of the sick are children,à...     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   February 15, 2018    
   Togdheer, Sool , Nugal and Mudug regions will be worst affected owing to the prevailing drought conditions. Gedo, Bakool, Hiraan and parts of Bay will also be affected adversely by the below normal rains. This outlook is a consensus forecast designed for a regional audience that addresses the rainfallà...     
    
    
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   AllAfrica.com    
   February 13, 2018    
   An estimated 160 soldiers have defected from the northern breakaway republic of Somaliland amid tension in Tukaraq town in Sool region. Sources said the forces have surrendered themselves to the rival Puntland authorities in Boohoodle town in Togdher region. The reason behind their defectionà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   February 13, 2018    
   For instance, one child died and 17 people were injured when a grenade went off at an IDP camp in Somalia's Sool region last July. Children have been killed, blinded or otherwise maimed while playing with unexploded ordnance or munitions left behind on battlefields. Abdullahi Hassan, a former Somalià...     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   February 8, 2018    
   The findings show that across Somaliland, Puntland and central and southern Somalia, the concentration of fixed nutrition sites varies within regions and districts. In Somaliland, many sites are in the capital, Hargeysa, while the eastern regions remain vastly underserved. In particular, Sool emerges as theà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   February 1, 2018    
   GAROWE, Puntland - The Escalating tension in Tukaraq town in northern Sool region has heightened fears that armed conflict between Puntland and Somaliland is fast approaching, Garowe Online reports. The territorial dispute between the two neighboring states renewed following the capture of Tukaraq,à...     
    
    
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   January 25, 2018    
   On 8th January, Somaliland forces launched an unexpected offensive against Puntland forces and captured the Tukaraq, a small town in Sool region, about 60Km north of Garowe, the state capital. For the time being, no question has been asked why Puntland Intelligence did not aware of the incursionà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   January 25, 2018    
   Somaliland cabinet swearing-in comes weeks after the State troops invaded Tukaraq, a strategic town in Sool region and took its control from Puntland Defence forces following a fierce battle on 8th January. The capture of the town, about 90Km from Garowe, the administrative capital of Puntland came asà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   UN News Centre    
   January 25, 2018    
   Michael Keating, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefs the Security .... A serious danger exists that long-standing disputes between Puntland and Somaliland, and in particular an armed stand-off in Sool, could erupt intoà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Voice of America    
   January 25, 2018    
   The top U.N. official for Somalia said Wednesday that while al-Shabab remains a serious threat, the terror group is on the decline, and the continued ... "There is a serious danger that long-standing disputes between Puntland and Somaliland, and in particular an armed standoff in Sool, could erupt intoà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Mareeg Media    
   January 24, 2018    
   The purpose of this brief response is to illuminate Sanaag Region, Somalia's second largest region. Important to mention, however, is the root causes of the occupied Sool region. The militarization of Sool and Buhotle district in Togdheer Region, the principal homeland of the Dolbahante, did not happenà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Coastweek    
   January 14, 2018    
   MOGADISHU Somalia (Xinhua) -- The Somali government on Wednesday called on Somaliland and Puntland regional states to stop escalating tension in the northern Sool region. The government said in a statement that it is committed to continuing reconciliation among the fighting sides in the region andà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   SomalilandPress    
   January 11, 2018    
   Asked what he thought of Somalia claiming takeover of Somalia/Somaliland airspace, Mr. Keating said, “airspace management is the interest of ... army made a preemptive, tactical move forward recapturing a major, strategic town, Tukaraq of Sool region, from the occupying Puntland troops on Monday.     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   January 10, 2018    
   GAROWE, Puntland - Former Puntland President and current Somali Senator Abdirahman Mohamed Farole held a press conference in Garowe on Wednesday in which he talked about the rising conflict in Tukaraq in Sool region, Garowe Online reports. Farole blamed Puntland President Abdiwelià...     
    
    
  
  
   
   AllAfrica.com    
   January 10, 2018    
   The Federal Government of Somalia has released a statement on Wednesday over the escalating tension between Puntland and Somaliland in Sool region. The government has called on both sides to swiftly and unconditionally bring an end to the brewing conflict and solve their difference throughà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   January 9, 2018    
   GAROWE, Puntland - Somalia's northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland has started building up its Defence forces near Tukaraq town in Sool region, a day after the city was captured by Somaliland troops, Garowe Online reports. Tension has been rising in the disputed region since Monday asà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Xinhua    
   January 8, 2018    
   MOGADISHU, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Military forces from Somalia's Somaliland Monday took control of a town under the region of Puntland following a fierce fight. Residents of Tukaraq town in Sool region said Somaliland and Puntland forces clashed Monday as Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahià...     
    
    
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   January 4, 2018    
   DHAHAR - Wasiirka Qorsheynta iyo Xiriirka Calaamiga ah ee Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Jamaal Maxamed Xasan, ayaa ka warbixiyay oo todobaadkan safar shaqo ku tagey qeybo kamid ah Sool iyo Sanaag. Isagoo ay la socdeen xubno katirsan labada Golle ee dowladda Puntland ayaaà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   December 31, 1999    
   This comes amid escalating Military tension between Somaliland and Puntland in Tukaraq village in the northern Sool region that could blow up into all-out conflict at any time due to lack of mediation efforts. Tukaraq which lies about 90Km north of Garowe was captured by Somaliland troops on 8th Januaryà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   December 31, 1999    
   PUNSAA said in a statement it is deeply saddened by the plight of the people fleeing violence in the disputed Sool region in northern Somalia who are now facing extreme difficulties and in dire need for urgent humanitarian aid. The State Non-State Actors Association has warned a looming drought inà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   December 8, 2017    
   In the Northwest, no rainfall was reported in all livelihood zones of Awdal, Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sool, and Sanaag between November 21 and 30. The exception to this was Guban Pastoral livelihood zone of Sanaag, in which isolated areas received light to moderate rainfall in late November.     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   November 15, 2017    
   Wararka ayaa sheegaya in qorshaha xaalad abuurka goboladaan oo socotey tan iyo intii maamulka Somaliland qabsadey Lascaano ay mas'uuliyadeeda leeyihiin siyaasiyiinta gobolada ( Sool, Sanaag iyo Cayn) ugaga jira golayaasha dowlada Puntland madaama ay ku guuldareysteen iney la yimaadaanà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Reliefweb    
   November 15, 2017    
   The exceptions to this were localized areas of Hawd and West Golis Pastoral livelihood zones of Togdheer Region, and Hawd and Northern Inland Pastoral livelihood zones of Sool Region. In these areas, light to moderate rainfall was received. In Northern Inland Pastoral livelihood zone, rainfall was poorlyà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   November 15, 2017    
   In Somalia, Deyr rains have now been received in Sool and Toghdeer regions, but not in Sanaag region. This is providing some relief to drought conditions in two of Oxfam's regions of intervention, and rains are still likely in Sanaag in the coming month. However, due to the significant livestock loss duringà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   November 13, 2017    
   Gudoomiyaha Barlamanka Puntland Axmed Cali Xaashi oo Sanaag Bari ka soo jeeda ayaan xilkaan inta uu hayey booqashooyin rasmiya ku tagin dhulka uu ka dayrinayo sidoo kale Xaaji Maxamed Yaasiin oo ah Gudoomiye ku xigeenka Barlamanka ayaa sidoo kale Sool iyo Cayn marna aan kuà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   November 12, 2017    
   Arrintan ayaa timid xilli gobolka Sool laga dareemayo dhaq-dhaqaaqyo ciidan iyado hadal shalay kasoo yeeray Murashaxa xibiga KULMIYE uu fariin hanjabaad ah u diray Puntland. Gobollada Sanaag, Sool iyo Cayn waxaa muddo dheer ku muransanaa labada maamul ee Somaliland iyo Puntland.     
    
    
  
  
   
   AllAfrica.com    
   November 12, 2017    
   We want free, fair and peaceful election. The announcement made in Puntland's parliament is an external interference. We shall report this to the international community" Abdirahman of Wadani party told media. Puntland and Somaliland has been in conflict over the Sool, Ayn and Sanaag region since theà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Mareeg Media    
   November 11, 2017    
   It is here that Siilaanyo, the leader of the one-clan secessionist enclave calling itself Somaliland, and Ali Khalif Galaydh, the deposed former head of Khatumo, held a meeting on 19 October 2017 and signed a dastardly deal pronouncing the Khatumo regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) as part andà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   October 15, 2017    
   Somalia is prone to a cycle of natural disasters such as drought, ... in the Sool region areas in the Toogdheer and Awdal regions respectively.     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   October 11, 2017    
   Over the past two decades, Somalia has endured conflicts, ... top five affected regions are: Banadir, Toghdeer, Lower Shabelle, Sool and Sahil.     
    
    
  
  
   
   Horseed Media    
   October 8, 2017    
   Xafiiskii u danbeeyey ee xirma ayaa noqdey Villa Somalia, halka ... socdey dadka deggan gobolada Bari, Nugaal, Sanaag bari, Sool iyo weliba ...     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   October 5, 2017    
   The ongoing drought has contributed to a rapid deterioration of the humanitarian context in Somalia, with a predicted high risk of famine in ...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   August 20, 2017    
   Somalia: Puntland VP calls for end to clan fighting in Buuhoodle ... Puntland and Somaliland had been fighting over the control of Sool, ...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Radio Ergo (blog)    
   July 26, 2017    
   After losing 490 goats in the past three months, his mother decided to leave Mohamed behind in Jibdale village in northern Somalia's Sool ...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Radio Ergo (blog)    
   July 26, 2017    
   (ERGO) - Amina Abdulahi Hassan and her husband have just returned with their eight children to Dhumay village, 40 km from Lasanod, which ...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Voice of America    
   July 22, 2017    
   A child died and 17 people were injured Saturday when a grenade went off among a group of people at an IDP camp in Somalia's Sool region, ...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Horseed Media    
   April 25, 2017    
   The security situation in Sool is getting worse. People in the region seem to be resigned to the perception that feuding in South Sool and its ...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Mareeg Media    
   April 3, 2017    
   Since 2007 the security situation in Sool has been dealt with through ... and a blow to its cause to secede from the Federal Republic of Somalia.     
    
    
  
  
   
   AllAfrica.com    
   December 31, 1999    
   The Republic of Somaliland is recognised as an autonomous region in Somalia's northwestern region. Since it broke away from Somalia in 1991, it has held five successful elections. Such an electoral record, ... And for the first time elections were held in parts of Sool and Togdheer. These are the insecureà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Reliefweb    
   August 31, 2017    
   Sool, Sanaag, Nugaal and Bari regions continue to experience critical water shortage caused by drying up of berkeds and increased demandà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Radio Ergo (blog)    
   August 30, 2017    
   Markets in Hiran, Galgadud, Mudug, Nugal, Bari, Sool, Togdheer and ... said 98 per cent of the Somali shillings in circulation are counterfeità...     
    
    
  
  
   
   SomalilandPress    
   August 30, 2017    
   Somaliland National Election Commission (NEC) is performing voter registration process in eastern regions, Sool and Sanaag, where citizensà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Radio Ergo (blog)    
   August 29, 2017    
   Precious camels surviving on garbage in northern Somali town of ... outskirts of Lasanod - the main town in the northern Sool region of Somalia.     
    
    
  
  
   
   Garowe Online    
   August 20, 2017    
   Puntland and Somaliland had been fighting over the control of Sool, Sanaag and Ayn regions in northern Somalia for more than 20 years afterà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   AllAfrica.com    
   August 17, 2017    
   Somalia: UNHCR Increased Its Drought Response Assistance in Somalia ... 23,910 in Togdheer, 2,400 in Sanaag and 890 in Sool regions).     
    
    
  
  
   
   Reliefweb    
   August 16, 2017    
   Somalia: UNHCR Drought Response at 30 June 2017 ... in Togdheer, 16,800 in Lower Juba, 2,400 in Sanaag and 890 in Sool regions)*.     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   August 11, 2017    
   The humanitarian situation in Somalia continues to deteriorate due to the ... in the livelihood zones of Bay, Bakool, Sool, Sanaag, Bari, Nugaal,à...     
    
    
  
  
   
   ReliefWeb    
   August 6, 2017    
   A total of 864 AWD/cholera cases and 4 deaths (CFR-0.5%) were reported during week 29 from 38 districts in 13 regions. Of these, 137 casesà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   East Africa Monitor    
   August 4, 2017    
   A number of children are among those injured from the blast, which happened at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Somalia's Soolà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Xinhua    
   August 1, 2017    
   Severe drought displaces over 766,000 in Somalia ... Mudug (100,000 people) and Sool (60,000 people) regions, that are worst affected by theà...     
    
   
  
   
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