SRSG Mahiga meets with Mogadishu Mayor Tarzin
25 April 2012 - SRSG Mahiga met earlier today with the Benadir Region Governor and Mayor of Mogadishu, Mahamoud Ahmed Nur "Tarzin" in Mogadishu. The discussions focused on the security and logistical arrangements for hosting…
SRSG Mahiga meets with Turkish Ambassador
25 April 2012 - The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga met today with the Turkish Ambassador to Somalia, Dr. Kani Torun at the Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu. SRSG Mahiga expressed…
SRSG Augustine Mahiga visits Villa Somalia
Mogadishu, 18 April 2012 – Today SRSG Augustine Mahiga went to Villa Somalia, the seat of the Somali Transitional Federal Government, and met with both President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed…
SRSG Outraged Over Suicide Attack in National Theatre
Mogadishu, 4 April 2012 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga expressed his outrage at the suicide attack at Mogadishu's National Theatre during a celebratory ceremony today, which…
Consultative Meeting of the Somali Signatories of the Process for Ending the Transition
Galka'yo, 26 March 2012 – The Somali signatories of the process for ending the transition held a consultative meeting. The meeting was hosted by Puntland State of Somalia and facilitated by the Office of the UN Special…
Somali Civil Society Conference concludes with a communiqué
Entebbe, 26 March 2012 – Somali civil society reconfirmed its commitment to the Roadmap and the end of the transition process and furthermore acknowledged the invitation from the Signatories to participate in the process and…
SRSG Mahiga expresses his condolences
Mogadishu, 23 March 2012 – UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, expressed today his profound sadness over the death of Mr. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former President of Somalia.…
SRSG Mahiga condemns suicide attack in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 15 March 2012 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine Mahiga has condemned in the strongest possible terms the cowardly suicide attack at the entrance of Villa Somalia, the seat of…
London Conference on Somalia
The London Conference on Somalia took place at Lancaster House on 23 February 2012, attended by fifty-five delegations from Somalia and the international community.
Letter to the Somali People
As-Salaamu Alaikum. It has been nearly six weeks since I last wrote, having newly relocated to Mogadishu. I have settled in the capital where being our close proximity to and daily engagement with our Somali interlocutors is…
Secretary-General's Remarks on International Women's Day
I am pleased to be with you again for International Women's Day. What an impressive gathering. I am very much encouraged and impressed by such a huge gathering of world women leaders. Empowering women and girls has been a…
SRSG Augustine P. Mahiga on the Commemoration of the International Women’s Day
The United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) expresses its solidarity and admiration for the struggles of women for a just peace and stability in Somalia.