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UNSOM Deputy, Peter de Clercq, UNHCR Representative Caroline Van Buren and Somalia Foreign Affairs Minister Abdisalam Hadliye Omar during World Refugee Day
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On Monday, Somalia celebrated the World Refugee Day as the country awaits the repatriation of over 300,000 refugees from neighbouring Kenya. The Horn of Africa nation has an estimated one million refugees in neighbouring…
Khadijo Maadey tells her story and now advocates for the end of rape in Somalia
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Khadijo Maadey (not her real name), 28, has suffered physically and psychologically after being brutally raped at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, 13 kilometers from Mogadishu. Brutal gang rape and physical assault…
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PRESS STATEMENT 15/2016 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) today commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Sexual violence is a widespread and ugly reality…
Participants at the ceremony on the International Day of Elimination of Sexual violence in Conflict held in Mogadishu
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Somalia today joined the world in marking the first International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, with a plea to the public to speak out against the crime in the country. HINNA, a local non…
Mr Malik Abdalla, the Director of Disengaged Combatants in the Ministry of Internal Security of the Federal Government and Mr Abdirashid Goni, the Governor of Lower Jubba region during the ceremony for the construction of the reintegration centre in Kismayo
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The construction of a rehabilitation center for disengaged combatants in Jubbaland state administration was officially launched on Monday, in Kismaayo. This is the fourth center to be established in Somalia as part of the…
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PRESS STATEMENT 15/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating sent a message of peace and goodwill to all Somalis as the holy month of Ramadan begins. “On behalf of the…
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PRESS STATEMENT 14/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, today condemned the assassination of the Somali journalist Sagal Salad Osman yesterday afternoon in Mogadishu…
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The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States welcome the important progress achieved by the…
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PRESS STATEMENT 13/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, condemned in the strongest possible terms yesterday’s attack on the Ambassador Hotel in Mogadishu that…
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[From the June/July 2016 issue of Chatham House's The World Today magazine] My day starts with some exercise, breakfast in my room, then an 8am planning session. The schedule typically includes meetings in town with…
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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…
Fouzia Abass, an employee of UNSOS, gives a presentation to Somali businessmen in the country's capital, Mogadishu, on how to become a vendor for the organization
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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…