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Aisha Mohamed Warsame’s education was no bed of roses. Much of the 23-year-old’s schooling coincided with Somalia’s descent into armed strife and conflict in the nineties.
Mustaf Yusuf Ibrahim’s experiences as a migrant seeking a better life abroad differ little from those of so many others – hunger, fear, mistreatment and abuse.
At the age of 17, he and two friends left Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, where they saw no future for themselves.
PRESS STATEMENT 10/2018
The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, congratulates the people and government of Somalia on the 58th anniversary of their country’s independence.
Mogadishu – PRESS STATEMENT 10/2018
In a city plagued with emergencies, it takes a unique combination of courage, determination and compassion to respond to a crisis call in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
“He crept into our house, held me down and forced himself on me repeatedly.”
So Amina Ibrahim* recalls the terrifying night when an intruder entered her house in south-central Somalia as she slept with her children, among them a four-day-old newborn, and violently raped her.
PRESS STATEMENT 09/2018
Mogadishu – PRESS STATEMENT 09/2018
A poignant childhood experience inspired Abdinasir Nur’s passion for defending human rights.
PRESS STATEMENT 08/2018
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, congratulates all Somalis on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr.