TUNIS, 28 January 2016 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing food in eastern Libya for the first time since last June to provide one-month's assistance over the coming four weeks to nearly 80,000…
Calls for his Immediate and Unconditional Release 28 January 2016 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, strongly condemns…
A three-day training in media relations for security institutions in Somalia has opened in Mogadishu. The training focuses on protection of journalists and cooperation with the media. Officially opening the training today…
I will speak in English but we do have also a very good lady who will be doing some interpretation in Arabic when and if there is a need for it. Thank you Good evening, as you know I have just have had a meeting with the…
Somalia’s international partners welcome the decision taken by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) on an electoral model for the electoral process to be conducted later this year. The United Nations, the African Union…
Somalia’s international partners welcome the decision taken by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) on an electoral model for the electoral process to be conducted later this year. The United Nations, the African Union…
A new Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Centre for former Al Shabaab militants will be built in Kismaayo to disengage them while also serve as a platform from where they can launch their reintegration back into…
Addis Ababa – Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefs the Security Council.
KABUL - Afghan senior editors and media professionals are critically concerned about the future of freedom of expression in Afghanistan due to heightened intimidation and attacks directed at media workers. At a consultative…
Addis Ababa, 28 January 2016 - Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Representatives of signatory states of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Region met in Addis…
Click here to listen to the message. As salamu aleykom, My message today is meant to reach every single man, woman, child of Syria, inside Syria and outside, in the refugee camps or wherever you are. You know in the next few…
Addis Ababa, 27 January 2016 – For the fourth year in a row, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region met with civil society actors during a consultative dialogue organized by OXFAM International on…