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Mustaf Yusuf Ibrahim: Vocational training changed my life

Mustaf Yusuf Ibrahim’s experiences as a migrant seeking a better life abroad differ little from those of so many others – hunger, fear, mistreatment and abuse.

At the age of 17, he and two friends left Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, where they saw no future for themselves.

15 Jul 2018

Gathering of Somali and international community representatives ends in Brussels with renewed commitments for support

Brussels - A high-level gathering of representatives from the Somali government and the international community, including the United Nations, ended in Brussels today with renewed commitment to support the Horn of Africa country’s progress in a range of areas, such as state-build

17 Jul 2018

UN envoy highlights importance of Somali media’s rights as well as responsibilities

Addressing an audience of senior journalists and civil society representatives in Mogadishu, the United Nations envoy to Somalia today highlighted the important role played by its media and reaffirmed the world body’s support for its rights and development into a responsible and vital part of the

23 Jul 2018

Solutions for Somalia require women to be front and centre - UN envoy

Garowe – The top United Nations official for Somalia today called for greater involvement of women in dealing with the country’s challenges on various fronts, including its efforts to bring about peace and stability.

25 Jul 2018

Vincent Lelei: “Somalia is a nation that is coming together”

When Vincent Lelei flew into Mogadishu in January 2017 to assume his duties as a senior United Nations humanitarian official in Somalia, he found a country in the grips of a severe food insecurity crisis after four consecutive below-average rainy seasons.

31 Jul 2018

On visit to Somalia, UN Women chief hails political empowerment of women in South West State

Baidoa, 19 August 2018 – Speaking in regional Somalia today, the top United Nations official for gender equality and women’s empowerment highlighted efforts made at the national and local levels towards greater representation of women in political structures and processes, and encouraged further

19 Aug 2018

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As Somalia marks World Humanitarian Day, UN calls for more protection of aid workers

Mogadishu – As the international community marked the World Humanitarian Day today, a senior United Nations official warned of the grave threats faced by aid workers in Somalia, where they continue to be targets of armed groups which often abduct and detain them and steal despera

19 Aug 2018

On visit to Somalia, UN Women chief hails political empowerment of women in South West State

Baidoa, 19 August 2018 – Speaking in regional Somalia today, the top United Nations official for gender equality and women’s empowerment highlighted efforts made at the national and local levels towards greater representation of women in political structures and processes, and encouraged further

19 Aug 2018

Aweys Abdullahi Abdirahman: A humanitarian profile in courage

In the course of his work in Somalia, Aweys Abdullahi Abdirahman has ducked bullets several times and survived death by a whisker, with his experiences delivering desperately needed humanitarian aid reading like a script from a Hollywood action movie.

19 Aug 2018

Muna Haji Yussuf Ali: A humanitarian commitment to her fellow Somalis

Muna Haji Yussuf Ali had her first direct encounter with Al-Shabaab militants in 2012.

The Bay region of south-central Somalia was in the grip of the country’s worst famine in 60 years, and Muna was delivering aid supplies to drought victims in the town of Buurhakaba.

19 Aug 2018

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