Awdal State wasn't declaring independence from Somalia. It was declaring independence from Somaliland, a secessionist movement that'd declared its independence from Somalia two decades prior. And ...

In the neighbouring Garbo Dadar district of Awdal region, for example, a once-reliable water source built after Cyclone Sagar in 2018 has failed, leaving 3,500 households in crisis.

Somalia's Ministry of Energy and Minerals has launched a tender for the construction of off-grid solar-plus-storage plants at 25 health facilities in the Marodi-Jeeh and Awdal regions.. According ...

Somalia ’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals has opened a tender for hybrid, off-grid solar plants with battery energy storage systems to serve 28 education facilities.. The successful bidders ...