The United Nations, the African Union (AU), the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States welcome the decree issued by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on the modalities of the 2016 electoral proce
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Members of the United Nations Security Council pose for a group photograph during a visit to Mogadishu, Somalia, on 19 May, 2016.
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Participants attend a ceremony to mark Somali Youth Day in Baidoa on May 15, 2016. The day commemorates the founding of Somali Youth League, which was the country’s first political party founded in 1943. SYL was instrumental in the country’s struggle for independence.
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Peter de Clercq, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator speaks during the High-Level round table on Durable Solutions for Somali IDPs held in Mogadishu on May 8, 2016.