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Mogadishu - Mr. President, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Salaam Alaikum and Subax Wanaagsan. Welcome to Mogadishu, to all our new visitors. It’s good to see so many here, as the President says, on this historic occasion…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council are appalled by today’s terrorist attack in Somalia, for which Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility. The attack was targeted against the office of the President of the Federal…

Mogadishu – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, today condemned an attack on the headquarters of the Somali government in Mogadishu. “This is another desperate and criminal act…

New York - The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the attack today on Villa Somalia, the seat of the Somali government in Mogadishu. He expresses his condolences to the families of those killed and wishes a…

New York - The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms yesterday’s attack on a hotel in Bula Burde, Somalia, for which Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility and has caused numerous deaths and injuries…

Mogadishu – The joint UN and AMISOM working group on the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP) held its inaugural meeting in Mogadishu on 15 February, discussing a range of ways to build national institutions with a…

Attack in Mogadishu, Somalia The Secretary-General condemns the attack on a convoy of UN vehicles that occurred today near the international airport in Mogadishu. The Secretary-General expresses his deep condolences to the…

The members of the Security Council are outraged by today’s terrorist attack which targeted a UN convoy in Mogadishu, for which Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility and which has caused numerous deaths and injuries. The…

Mogadishu - A vehicle exploded close to a convoy of UN vehicles about 12.30 today near the international airport in Mogadishu. The UN in Somalia strongly condemns the attack and expresses deep sorrow at the reported deaths…

Mogadishu – At the Jazeera camp, the biggest military training facility in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, things get started very early in the morning. The new recruits of the Somali National Army (SNA) start their hard…