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ISWA Multi-purpose Conference Hall and offices funded by UNDP, Baidoa, Somalia on September 27, 2016. UN Photo Badri Moalim
A new, multi-purpose building for use by the Interim South West Administration’s (ISWA) ministry of planning and international cooperation has been inaugurated in Baidoa.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating strongly condemns the murder of the Radio Shabelle journalist Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali in the Somali capital yesterday by two unknown gunmen.
Radio Shabelle journalist Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali
SRSG Michael Keating briefs the Security Council on Somalia in New York.
Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team chairperson Omar Mohamed Abdulle ‘Dhagey’ addressing the media at press conference held in Mogadishu on 26 September 2016
The Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) has announced new dates for Somalia’s electoral process.The presidential election will now take place on 30 November 2016, while parliamentary elections will be held from October 23 to November 10 for both the lower and upper houses.
Somali women have launched an ‘All Women’s Campaign’ in a national effort to achieve a 30 per cent quota of seats in both houses of the country’s next federal parliament.
Supporters hold a campaign poster for Maxamed Salaad Nuunow, an aspirant for the Federal Lower House of Parliament, on 21 September2016, in Kismaayo. UN Photo
As a visitor enters the port city of Kismaayo, he is greeted by an imposing monument bearing the words ‘Kismaayo waa nabad’, which means ‘Kismaayo is peaceful’ in Somali.
A supporter holds a campaign poster for Subeyda Maxamed Malak Mukhtar, an aspirant for the Federal Lower House of Parliament, on 21 September 2016, in Baidoa. UN Photo
Preparations for the 2016 electoral process are picking up as Somalia prepares to choose parliamentary representatives, in an exercise that will culminate in a presidential poll in late October.
The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, Peter de Clercq (middle), the UNOCHA Head of Office for Somalia, Justin Brady (right), and the FAO Head of Programmes, Rudi Van Aaken (left), attend a media briefing to launch the latest Food Security and Nutrition Situation Update for Somalia, on 20 September 2016 in Mogadishu. UN Photo
The United Nations is appealing for humanitarian assistance for five million people in Somalia facing hunger caused by acute food shortages.