UNSOM

Latest news

Germany pledges to donate another 70 million euros to Somalia

Mogadishu, 1 May 2017 – Germany has donated 70 million euros ($76 million) to Somalia and plans to at least double that amount of assistance to help scale up humanitarian response to the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa country.

02 May 2017

Journalists in Somalia appeal for protection against violent crimes

The umbrella organization for Somali journalists today urged the government to protect its members from violent crimes to enable them to work without fear or favour.

02 May 2017

Somali journalists mark World Press Freedom Day

Journalists in Somalia today joined their counterparts around the world to commemorate World Press Freedom Day.

03 May 2017

Standardised Somali police recruit curriculum is endorsed by police chiefs

Mogadishu, 11 May 2017 - Somali police chiefs from federal and federal member state governments have approved a new police recruit curriculum.

12 May 2017

Somalia’s federal president leads celebrations to commemorate Somali Youth Day

Mogadishu – Young Somalis across the country turned out in large numbers today to mark Somali Youth Day, an annual event that signifies the beginning of the struggle for independence by a group of young Somalis, who agitated for self-rule under the banner of the Somali Youth Leag

15 May 2017

Latest Events

BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL BY RAISEDON ZENENGA, DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR SOMALIA

Mr. President,

When SRSG Keating addressed this Council two months ago, Somalia’s new cabinet had just been announced and the Secretary-General had just visited the country at a time he aptly described as a moment of both tragedy and hope.

17 May 2017

Young government administrator driving the youth political agenda in Kismaayo

Kismaayo - “The reason behind my political campaigns is to create change,” says Ayaanle Sheikh Hussein. “I believe that Somalia will reap the benefits of positive change, if young people are empowered and hold decision-making positions.”

16 May 2017

Iqra’s triumph in the face of adversity gives hope to Somali youth

After the collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991, the role of the Ministry of Education was taken over by private institutions, which enrolled and provided education to children of school going age at a cost.

15 May 2017

Somalia’s federal president leads celebrations to commemorate Somali Youth Day

Mogadishu – Young Somalis across the country turned out in large numbers today to mark Somali Youth Day, an annual event that signifies the beginning of the struggle for independence by a group of young Somalis, who agitated for self-rule under the banner of the Somali Youth Leag

15 May 2017

More