NOTICE

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, 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 the transition of UNSOM’s functions to the United Nations Country Team by October 2026.

While the new UNTMIS website and social media platforms are being finalized, relevant UNTMIS communications will be available here:

UNTMIS’s Facebook account – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567390156860

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International community urges Parliament to approve 2016 electoral model swiftly

The United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, the United States of America, Sweden and Italy express their deep concern over the protracted process to approve the 2016 electoral model, s

14 May 2016

UN announces innovative competition for Somali youth in internally displaced camps

A devastating famine forced Halima Abdulkadir Ahmed to abandon her home in Qoryole in 2011. Since then, she and her seven children have been living in a settlement called Rajo, one of the 486 camps and settlements for internally displaced persons (IDPs) located in and around Mogadishu.

08 May 2016

Former Al-Shabaab combatant calls on other women to renounce terrorism

She endured six years of brutality, combat and child-rearing as a wife of an Al-Shabaab leader, but Batula, (name changed), 23, has put the living nightmare behind her with the help of a rehabilitation programme in t

04 May 2016

Somali journalists speak out on press freedom

Somali journalists spoke candidly about the state of media freedoms in the country and the recently passed media law yesterday during a discussion hosted by the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) to commemorate World Press Freedom Day.

03 May 2016

SRSG Keating briefs the Security Council

New York – Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefs the Security Council.

19 Apr 2016

Somali famine is everyone’s problem, Op-Ed by Michael Keating

Severe drought five years ago triggered a famine that resulted in the deaths of about 260,000 people in Somalia. Drought is once again casting a long shadow over the people of Somalia.

14 Apr 2016

SRSG Keating condemns suicide car bombing of local government headquarters in Mogadishu

PRESS STATEMENT 11/2016

12 Apr 2016

SRSG Keating condemns suicide car bombing of local government headquarters in Mogadishu

PRESS STATEMENT 11/2016

12 Apr 2016

International community welcomes agreement on detailed modalities

The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), the United States, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Italy and Sweden commend the country’s federal and regional leaders for agreeing today the detailed modalities of the 2016 elect

12 Apr 2016

International community welcomes agreement on detailed modalities

12 Apr 2016

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