Newsletters and Round-up of UN Activities
The United Nations, the African Union (AU), the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States welcome the decree issued by…
The United Nations has unveiled a training programme on business acumen for Somali business owners. The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) in-conjunction with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia…
United Nations Security Council members on Thursday concluded a one-day visit to Somalia with a plea to the Federal Government to secure parliamentary approval of the country’s 2016 electoral model as soon as possible…
Muna Hassan Mohamed, is a youth leader representing the new face of Somali youth who have become part and parcel of mainstream conversations about rebuilding their country. At 28 years of age, Muna is the Chairperson of the…
Khadar Ibrahim Keyow started singing at the tender age of 13 and became a household name in Somalia over the ensuing six years. His passion for music started in his childhood. Now 19, Khadar says he derived his inspiration…
Somalia marked its National Youth Day on Sunday with renewed calls to youth to reject extremism. In Baidoa, the Interim South West Administration (ISWA) President Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan cautioned youths against religious…
The United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, the United States of America, Sweden and Italy express their deep…
The United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, the United States of America, Sweden and Italy express their deep…
A devastating famine forced Halima Abdulkadir Ahmed to abandon her home in Qoryole in 2011. Since then, she and her seven children have been living in a settlement called Rajo, one of the 486 camps and settlements for…
She endured six years of brutality, combat and child-rearing as a wife of an Al-Shabaab leader, but Batula, (name changed), 23, has put the living nightmare behind her with the help of a rehabilitation programme in the Somali…
Somali journalists spoke candidly about the state of media freedoms in the country and the recently passed media law yesterday during a discussion hosted by the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) to commemorate World…
New York – Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefs the Security Council.