Nairobi/Mogadishu – United Nations agencies and their partners are carrying out an intensive vaccination campaign to contain a polio outbreak in the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab complex in north-eastern Kenya. [Full…

United Nations agencies and their partners are carrying out an intensive vaccination campaign to contain a polio outbreak in the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab complex in north-eastern Kenya. [Full Story]

Tokyo – To open the way for progress, African countries must adopt proactive policies, and their partners must help forge an enabling international environment, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told a panel in Tokyo on…

At today’s United Nations-backed Somalia Conference in London, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson urged representatives from more than 50 countries and organizations to support the Government’s state-building agenda and…

From the Horn of Africa in the east and across the Sahel to the west, terrorism continues to pose a threat to the continent’s peace, security and development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he warned that Africa…

New York, – The findings and observations of the Somalia technical assessment mission, as requested by the Security Council in its resolution 2093 (2013). [S/2013/239]

Tokyo, – To open the way for progress, African countries must adopt proactive policies, and their partners must help forge an enabling international environment, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told a panel in Tokyo on…

On 2 May 2013, the UN Security Council passed a unanimous resolution 2102 (2013) establishing a new political mission led by the UN Department of Political Affairs, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)…

Mogadishu, – The new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, arrived in Somalia today to assume his duties as head of the new UN political mission, the United Nations Assistance…

Elections for the Lower House in South West State are expected to be finalized next week as only 16 out of the 69 seats remain to be filled. The State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) Deputy Chairman, Sid Ali…