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The newly elected president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo (centre) makes an acceptance speech as the outgoing president Hasan Sheikh Mohamud listens at the Mogadishu Airport on 8 February 2017. UN Photo.
Former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was today elected federal president of Somalia after defeating incumbent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a hotly contested presidential election.
Raisedon Zenenga, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, pins a service medal on a United Nations military advisor during a medal award ceremony for UN uniformed personnel in Mogadishu on 1 February 2017. UN Photo
Eight police and military officers today received medals and certificates in recognition of their distinguished service as advisors with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
A woman walks in drought-hit Salaxley village, 15 kilometers south of Garowe in Puntland, on 1 February 2017. Puntland is one of the regions hit by a severe drought. UN Photo
The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, yesterday completed a three-day fact-finding mission to Somaliland and Puntland in Somalia to highlight the devastating impact of the current drought.
Briefing by Mr. Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), at the 7873rd meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Somalia.
The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States congratulate members of Somalia’s tenth parliament for completing the elections of their respective chambers’ speakers and deputy speak
Senators belonging to the Upper House cast their votes to determine the Speaker of the Upper House, as well as the two Deputy Speakers, during an election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 22 January 2017. UN Photo
Members of Somalia’s Upper House today elected Abdi Hashi Abdullahi as their new speaker during a voting exercise held in the Somali capital.
The veteran politician defeated his rival Mustaf Mohamed Qodah by receiving 43 of the 52 ballots cast in the first round of voting.
The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, Peter de Clercq, speaks at an event in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 17 January 2017, to mark the launch of a humanitarian response plan by the United Nations and international donors in the face of a prolonged drought, which is leading to food insecurity in the country and even a possible famine. UN Photo
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has launched a US$864 million humanitarian response plan for 2017 that will target an estimated 3.9 million Somalis in need of emergency food assistance.
Peter de Clercq, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia and the UN's Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, speaks to a woman affected by the drought in Baidoa, on 16 January 2017. UN Photo
The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia Peter de Clercq heard first-hand accounts of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in South West state today during an assessment tour of the administrative capital of Baidoa.
The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States are concerned about the unfolding dispute within the Galmudug regional assembly and between members of the assembly and President Abdi