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BBC Focus on Africa, 10 May 2017. This Thursday is going to see a host of people gathering in London all with one solid aim, how to improve peace and security and promote growth and development in Somalia. It's the latest in…

The speakers discuss how the international and regional community can best support the Somali government in implementing its plans, including outcomes from the London Somalia Conference. Overview Somalia’s recovery remains on…

Mogadishu, 11 May 2017 - Somali police chiefs from federal and federal member state governments have approved a new police recruit curriculum. The standardised curriculum will be used in training courses throughout the…

The London Conference on Somalia took place at Lancaster House on 11 May 2017, co-chaired by the UK, the Federal Republic of Somalia, the United Nations and the African Union, and attended by 42 friends and partners of…

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We are here to support Somalia at a moment which is both tragic and hopeful. And I do believe that Somalia can be in the near future the kind of good news that we badly need in the…

Ladies and Gentlemen, Just over two months ago, I travelled to Mogadishu and Baidoa to spotlight the humanitarian crisis in Somalia. I chose this for my first visit as Secretary-General to the field because I remember too…

Secretary-General’s joint press conference at the London Somalia Conference with Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed…

Mogadishu - The United Nations, the Federal Government of Somalia and the British embassy held a conference today in Mogadishu to collect views from key Somali stakeholders on issues ranging from security and politics to…

Journalists in Somalia today joined their counterparts around the world to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. Four hundred journalists gathered in Mogadishu, Adado, Jowhar, Garowe, Kismaayo and Baidoa to mark the day with…

Mogadishu – Germany has donated 70 million euros ($76 million) to Somalia and plans to at least double that amount of assistance to help scale up humanitarian response to the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa country. The…