IGAD Joint Committee on Grand Stabilization Plan for SC Somalia adopts MOU
Addis Ababa, 06 December 2012 – The IGAD Joint Committee on Grand Stabilization Plan for South Central Somalia adopted a Memorandum of Understanding. [Statement & MOU]
International Day to End Impunity
Nairobi, 23 November 2012 – Today we condemn the targeted assassination of journalists in Somalia. We remember those journalists who lost their lives while exercising their right to freedom of expression and whose cases…
Human Rights Due Diligence Policy and the UN support to security forces
Mogadishu, 13 November 2012 – A three-day Round Table organized by UNPOS on how to streamline human rights due diligence policy to the support that the United Nations is offering to security entities was concluded in Somalia.
USG for Field Support, Ameerah Haq vistis Mogadishu
Ameerah Haq, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support made her first visit to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Tuesday 13 November 2012, where she called on the newly elected President Sheikh Mohamud to congratulate…
SRSG Mahiga's Statement on the Endorsement of the Council of Ministers
Mogadishu, 13 November 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the overwhelming endorsement by the Somali Federal Parliament of the Council of…
SRSG Mahiga's Statement on Presentation of Proposed Cabinet to Parliament
Muqdisho, 09 Nofember 2012 – Ergraygga Gaarka ah ee Xoghaya Guud ee Qaramadda Midoobay u Qaabilsan Arrimaha Soomaaliya, Dr. Agostine P. Mahiga ayaa si aad ah u soo dhoweeyay gudbinta Golaha Wasiiradda Soomaaliyeed loogu…
UNPOS Interviews the Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)
Today, in his role as Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), Mohammed Ibrahim continues to push for press freedom in Somalia, despite constant threats against his life.
SRSG Mahiga statement on killing of Warsame Shire Awale
Mogadishu, 30 October 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga condemns in the strongest terms the latest killing of another media worker in Mogadishu. The latest…
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: Somalia's treasure lies in Radio Mogadishu
Somalis who return to Mogadishu for the first time since the conflict began 20 years ago often lament that there is little left of the beautiful, cultured city they once knew. However, hidden in a backroom of the Information…
UN Special Representative for Somalia statement on attacks against journalists
Mogadishu, 24 October 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga deplores the recent targeted attacks against Somali journalists. On Tuesday Ahmed Saakin Farah Ilyas, a…
Somali Police Force enters a new era
In 1979, newly recruited policewoman, Asha Hassan Hussein, was the first female to ride a police motorcycle to patrol the streets of Mogadishu.
Groundbreaking Start to Cooperation on Military Justice and Human Rights
Judges from Mogadishu's military court came together with representatives from the international community in a milestone roundtable meeting held in Nairobi to open dialogue for better understanding of military justice.