Mogadishu - The Somali Ministry of Justice and Custodial Corps with the support of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have today kick started training for Somali prisons officers in the capital, Mogadi

Garowe - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has congratulated Puntland's President-elect Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas, appointed today by members of the Puntland Parliament.

New York - The members of the Security Council are appalled by yesterday's terrorist attacks in Mogadishu, for which Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility and which have caused numerous deaths and injuries.