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Nairobi – Somalia’s electoral body – the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) - has described as “very fruitful and beneficial” a three-day capacity building workshop which closed yesterday in the Kenyan capital…

Mogadishu - Somalia’s premier institution of higher learning - the Somali National University - was handed back yesterday to the federal government by the African Union (AU) Mission in Somalia after ten years of being used…

Nairobi – Enhancing the institutional capacity to register and manage Somalia’s political parties through the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) was the focus of a three-day meeting, which opened yesterday in…

PRESS STATEMENT 13/2017 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, welcomed the opening of the Somali Parliament and congratulated the Speaker and the Parliamentarians. The…

Mogadishu - The UN Migration Agency (IOM) held a project launch ceremony today to mark the start of operations of a project focusing on meeting emergency needs for shelter and non-food items (NFIs) in Somalia. The project…

Mogadishu - A two-day workshop aimed at reviewing standard operating procedures and building the capacity of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) for screening ex Al-Shabaab combatants ended today. The…

PRESS STATEMENT 12/2017 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating congratulated the people and government of Somalia on the anniversary of the country’s independence. “Hambalyo…

PRESS STATEMENT 11/2017 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, congratulates all Somalis on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr. “On behalf of the entire United Nations family in…

Mogadishu - Maryan Ali (not her real name) reveals a stab wound scar on her right arm as she remembers the fateful day she was gang raped. Maryan eked out a living working as a receptionist in one of the markets in the Somali…