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Kismaayo - “The reason behind my political campaigns is to create change,” says Ayaanle Sheikh Hussein. “I believe that Somalia will reap the benefits of positive change, if young people are empowered and hold decision-making positions.”
After the collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991, the role of the Ministry of Education was taken over by private institutions, which enrolled and provided education to children of school going age at a cost.
Young Somalis across the country turned out in large numbers today to mark Somali Youth Day, an annual event that signifies the beginning of the struggle for independence by a group of young Somalis, who agitated for self-rule under the banner of the Somali Youth League (SYL).
BBC Focus on Africa, 10 May 2017. This Thursday is going to see a host of people gathering in London all with one solid aim, how to improve peace and security and promote growth and development in Somalia. It's the latest in the annual conference which was first held in 2013.
The speakers discuss how the international and regional community can best support the Somali government in implementing its plans, including outcomes from the London Somalia Conference.
Mogadishu, 11 May 2017 - Somali police chiefs from federal and federal member state governments have approved a new police recruit curriculum.
The London Conference on Somalia took place at Lancaster House on 11 May 2017, co-chaired by the UK, the Federal Republic of Somalia, the United Nations and the African Union, and attended by 42 friends and partners of Somalia.
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are here to support Somalia at a moment which is both tragic and hopeful. And I do believe that Somalia can be in the near future the kind of good news that we badly need in the international community and in our troubled world.
Just over two months ago, I travelled to Mogadishu and Baidoa to spotlight the humanitarian crisis in Somalia.
Secretary-General’s joint press conference at the London Somalia Conference with Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia