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Kismayo based journalists in a group photograph at the end of a training workshop on electoral reporting. UN Photo
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) concluded a two-day training workshop on election reporting for journalists based in Kismaayo today.
PRESS STATEMENT 23/2016
PRESS STATEMENT 22/2016
Omar Mohamed Abdulle, the Chairman of the Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team, speaks during a press conference held in Mogadishu on 25 August 2016. UN Photo
The 2016 electoral process will be held on time, according to the chairperson of the Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) Omar Mohamed Abdulle who addressed a press conference in the Somali capital today.
A two-day training workshop for Somali journalists on election reporting ended today and participants said they felt better prepared to cover the country’s upcoming electoral process.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Michael Keating, receives the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Helen Clark, upon her arrival at Aden Abdulle Airport in Mogadishu on 24 August 2016. UN Photo
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark today described the country as being “at a good turning point” during her visit to the Somali capital.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) has embarked on a countrywide series of training workshops for local journalists on the forthcoming electoral process in Somalia.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia(SRSG),Michael Keating discusses development issues with members of the Jubbaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 22 August 2016 in Kismayo. UN Photo
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, held discussions with the top leadership of Jubbaland administration on security and socioeconomic development issues and the forthcoming electoral process during a two-day visit to Kismaayo.
PRESS STATEMENT 21/2016
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, strongly condemned the twin explosions in the city of Gaalkacyo this morning that killed at least 12 people and injured over 25.
Author of The Mayor of Mogadishu, Andrew Harding, speaks at the British Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, for an event to launch his book, The Mayor of Mogadishu, on 20 August 2016. UN Photo
A veteran British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent launched a new book about Somalia at a ceremony held at the British Embassy in Mogadishu on Saturday as the Somali capital’s second annual book fair came to a close.