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Humanitarian | OCHA releases Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022 OCHA released the consolidated Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022, which estimates that a total of 7.7 million Somalis will need humanitarian assistance in…

Mogadishu – With the peaceful completion of polling and announcement of preliminary results from ‘one person, one vote’ electoral process in three districts of Puntland, international partners* congratulate the people of…

Mogadishu – International partners* are alarmed by the continued fighting in the town of Guriel in the Federal Member State of Galmudug. Not only is the conflict causing severe humanitarian suffering to the people of the area…

SPEAKERS James Swan, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Anita Kiki Gbeho, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia Lisa…

Mogadishu, 26 October 2021 – Marking this year’s United Nations Day, the world body’s top officials in Somalia today flagged some of the support being provided to and challenges faced in assisting Somalis on their path to…

Hargeisa– Issues ranging from women’s participation in politics to the relationship between peace and development were among the topics covered by a senior United Nations official during a two-day introductory visit to…

Qardho, 25 October 2021 – Representatives from the United Nations today visited Qardho in a show of solidarity with the people of Puntland as citizens participated in a ‘one person, one vote’ electoral process in three…

Kismayo — On a visit to the southern Somali city of Kismayo, a senior United Nations official today hailed Jubaland’s announcement that elections for the remaining four seats for its Upper House representation would be held…

Mogadishu – Like so many young Somalis, Dr. Samia Mohamed Elmi is a passionate user of social media, especially Twitter. She has become a well-known social media influencer with close to 40,000 followers on Twitter, and with…

Mogadishu — As Somalia continued with electoral preparations, the month of September saw a round of United Nations-backed training completed for Somali journalists on reporting on elections and the importance of women taking…

Kismayo — A delegation made up of some of Somalia’s partners was in Jubaland today with the aim of reaffirming the international community’s collective support for the country’s elections and to discuss the next steps in the…

Good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking President Ahmed Mohamed Islam ‘Madobe’ and his team for the warm welcome they’ve given to us today. I am joined here by the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African…