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Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, meets with the Federal Prime Minister of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, during a working visit to Somalia on 17 July 2016
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui has concluded a six-day visit to Somalia, where she made a plea for better protection of children caught up in armed conflict.
A proposed maritime code for Somalia has received backing from the country’s key maritime stakeholders and development partners.
PRESS STATEMENT 17/2016
A multi-partner project aimed at improving the coordination of international support to the Somali Police Force (SPF) was unveiled Thursday in the capital Mogadishu.
A reinforced battalion of UN soldiers serving in Somalia have been feted for their distinguished service. The soldiers received medals and certificates at an awards ceremony presided by the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Mr. Michael Keating.
The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) speaks during the National Leadership Forum (NLF) in Baidoa on June 23, 2016.
The Somali National Leadership Forum (NLF) opened in the southwestern town of Baidoa, to fine tune processes that will lay the groundwork for the country’s electoral process in August.
UNSOM Deputy, Peter de Clercq, UNHCR Representative Caroline Van Buren and Somalia Foreign Affairs Minister Abdisalam Hadliye Omar during World Refugee Day
On Monday, Somalia celebrated the World Refugee Day as the country awaits the repatriation of over 300,000 refugees from neighbouring Kenya. The Horn of Africa nation has an estimated one million refugees in neighbouring countries who have fled the country’s decades-long civil conflict.
Khadijo Maadey tells her story and now advocates for the end of rape in Somalia
Khadijo Maadey (not her real name), 28, has suffered physically and psychologically after being brutally raped at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, 13 kilometers from Mogadishu.