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Baidoa – A delegation of United Nations officials visited Somalia’s South West State today to discuss ways in which the world body can assist the Federal Member State in a range of areas in 2021. “It’s the first of our visits…

Baidoa –Good Afternoon, Mr. President. I would like to thank you, President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Laftagareen,’ and your team for the usual warm welcome that you have extended to us with today. I am pleased to be here with…

Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* are deeply concerned about the continuing impasse in implementing the electoral model agreed on 17 September by President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo and Federal Member State…

Hargeisa - Even before a visitor sits down in the office of Nafisa Yusuf Mohamed, they are fully aware of her views. There is a hard-to-miss, large poster on a wall in her office, which reads: "Being a woman is more than…

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Food Security | FAO provides aid to farmers in central Somalia coping with floods and locusts With the financial support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, FAO was able to provide agricultural inputs (cowpea, sorghum…

New York – United Nations Secretary- General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Anita Kiki Gbeho of Ghana as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)…

Baidoa -- Becoming a doctor had been Yusuf Barre Mohamed’s dream throughout his school years in the 2000s and early 2010s. Since then, the 31-year-old’s dream to help his fellow residents of Somalia’s South West State (SWS)…

Kismayo – The reasons behind Halima Farah Godane’s decision to start the Somali Women Solidarity Organization (SWSO) in 2006 stem from her own direct experience of Somalia’s past decades of conflict and instability. “I…

Mogadishu – The United Nations in Somalia condemns in the strongest terms the attack today at Galkaayo's stadium, which reportedly killed and injured many people who had gathered ahead of a visit by the country’s prime…

Mogadishu – The recent Somalia Partnership Forum enabled all involved to openly exchange views on current developments in the country and to agree on the 2021 Mutual Accountability Framework, which sets out key priorities on…

Garowe – Pastoralism is a way of life for many Somalis and Puntland, in Somalia’s north, with its semi-arid landscape and warm climate, is a key location for this form of livelihood. But, over the past two decades, there has…