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Mogadishu – The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the United States of America, and the United Kingdom welcome the progress…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has expressed deep concern over the recent events in Galgadud Region. On 7 June, Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a (ASWJ) militia…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, has welcomed the opening of the second phase of the process to form a new interim administration in Somalia’s central…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemned an attack on two Somali MPs and their driver in Mogadishu yesterday and reiterated the United Nations continuing…

Addis Ababa - Madam President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council. I am glad to be doing so with my friend and colleague, Ambassador Maman Sidikou. Yesterday we briefed the AU Peace and Security Council…

Addis Ababa - Excellency, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Peace and Security Council on Somalia. I am glad to be doing so with my friend and colleague, Ambassador Maman Sidikou. Tomorrow we will be briefing the UN…

Kismayo - The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, Raisedon Zenenga visited Kismayo on 14 May 2015, where he met with the Leader of the Interim Jubba Administration (IJA), Mr. Ahmed…

Baidoa/Kismayo/Mogadishu - Youth across Somalia turned up in large numbers to mark Somali Youth Day, an annual commemoration of the Somali Youth League (SYL), the country’s first political party. Founded in 1943, SYL was…

Kismayo - The Interim Jubba Administration (IJA) Regional Assembly was inaugurated on Thursday, marking an important step in Somalia’s state formation process.The inauguration ceremony, held in the port city of Kismayo, was…

Mogadishu – The Federal Government of Somalia and Somali human rights defenders have endorsed, with some amendments, an Action Plan for the country’s Human Rights Roadmap at a validation meeting held in Mogadishu on Saturday…