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The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) closed its operations on 31 October 2024, and was succeeded by the UN Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) as of Friday, 1 November 2024, in line with the UN Security Council’s resolution 2753.

The change reflects the progress in the country and is also in line with the request of the Federal Government of Somalia for a two-year transition of UNSOM’s functions to the United Nations Country Team by October 2026.

Relevant UNTMIS communications are available here:

Website – https://untmis.unmissions.org/

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Feature Stories

Ifrah Nur Hassan: Breaking stereotypes in Puntland’s farming sector

Garowe – Pastoralism is a way of life for many Somalis and Puntland, in Somalia’s north, with its semi-arid landscape and warm climate, is a key location for this form of livelihood.

But, over the past two decades, there has been some change.

12 Dec 2020

Somalia partnership forum takes stock of country’s progress, identifies priorities

Mogadishu - The Federal Government of Somalia and its international partners today gathered in the capital for a one-day, high-level meeting dedicated to taking stock of the progress made by the country in various areas, as well as agree on priorities ahead of it.

07 Dec 2020

UN Peacebuilding Commission holds first meeting on Somalia since 2015

Mogadishu – For the first time since 2015, the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission met today to discuss Somalia and explore how the international community can support its peacebuilding priorities and jointly find solutions to some of the challenges to peace it faces.

02 Dec 2020

As poll preparations begin, Somali journalists undertake training on elections reporting

Mogadishu – Ahead of Somalia’s elections, the importance of the media’s role in the upcoming electoral process was centre-stage as a group of journalists gathered for an intensive, United Nations-backed training on strengthening their reporting on elections and voter education.

09 Nov 2020

Rallying to vaccinate every child against polio - Community mobilizers inform and prepare communities for vaccinators

Fahima Ahmed Hassan is a 25-year-old community mobilizer who goes the extra mile to ensure parents of children under the age of five are well informed of the polio vaccination campaign and ready to vaccinate their children.

02 Nov 2020

Mohamed Muse Hassan: Scaling up women’s entrepreneurship education in Somalia

Mogadishu – Despite its progress over recent years, Somalia remains a far from easy place for business and commerce, especially for women.

Mohamed Muse Hassan is spearheading efforts to change this.

02 Nov 2020

Amina Abdi Ali: Improving literacy among Somali women

Kismayo – Amina Abdi Ali started an adult literacy programme for women in the southern Somali city of Kismayo in 2016 with high hopes of making a difference in the lives of her fellow Jubalanders. 

15 Oct 2020

Starting in Somalia’s Benadir region, hundreds of thousands of children are immunized against measles and polio

Mogadishu - In Somalia, one in seven children dies before their fifth birthday and, in many cases, these deaths are preventable by use of vaccines.

07 Oct 2020

Shaping peace together: Somali youth as change-makers

Mogadishu – Somalia’s youth need to be change-makers and actively take part in politics, reconciliation, peace-building, elections and ongoing efforts to help develop their countr

23 Sep 2020

Reconciliation in Marka: Foes turned friends recall road to peace

Mogadishu – In early 2012, heavy fighting broke out in the historic coastal city of Marka, in the Lower Shabelle region, located about 90 kilometres south of Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu.

21 Sep 2020

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