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Idris Ahmed Yaqub is not afraid to advocate for peace in Somalia, a country that is still reeling from the effects of civil war. The 31-year-old native of Mogadishu vividly recalls the turbulent times of his boyhood and…
Michael Keating, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia briefs the UN Security Council through video link from Mogadishu, on 13 September 2017.  UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Mr. President, The long term as well as immediate challenges facing Somalia remain formidable, whether humanitarian, economic, security or political. The unity of the Council and the solidarity of the international community…

Mogadishu - Hundreds thronged the venue of the third annual Mogadishu Book Fair to attend the opening day of Somalia’s biggest exhibition of literary works. Intellectuals, authors, scholars, playwrights, poets, musicians and…

Sahro Abdikadir Arte shuffles through a mound of papers as she prepares for a morning meeting with her team of instructors ahead of another teaching session for street children. For the past 17 months, Sahro and her team of…

Abdirizak Mohamed Aden knows all too well the effects of a prolonged civil war on a population. Abdirizak was of the many Somalis forced to flee at the height of a bloody civil war in 1991 that brought to an end the long…