Mogadishu - Somali women parliamentarians attended the opening of the first annual consultative conference since the conclusion of the 2016 electoral process to discuss their roles in legislative assemblies.
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Binti Ibrahim Ali, Deputy Minister of Human Rights and Family Affairs in the Interim South West Administration.
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A Somali Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal team member puts on protective clothing assisted by colleagues before the start of a training excercise to manually disarm a mock explosive device in Mogadishu, Somalia, on April 13, 2017. UN Photo / Tobin Jones
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The Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs of the OIC, H.E. Ambassador Hesham Yussef, giving an opening address at the Humanitarian Coordination Meeting for the Renewed Commitment to Prevent Famine in Somalia in the capital of Mogadishu on April 11, 2017. UN Photo