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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 the communities. The construction of the centre will be funded by the German…

The construction of a rehabilitation center for disengaged combatants in Jubbaland state administration was officially launched on Monday, in Kismaayo. This is the fourth center to be established in Somalia as part of the government’s National Programme for the Treatment and Handling of Disengaged…

Somali journalists spoke candidly about the state of media freedoms in the country and the recently passed media law yesterday during a discussion hosted by the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. The journalists who represented both independent and state…

Somalia joined the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day. The day was commemorated across the country, with Mogadishu, Baidoa, Kismayo and Puntland registering a huge turnout. In his address to a well-attended event in Mogadishu, jointly organized by the European Union and the United…

Thirty-seven journalists from the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions of Somalia completed a two-day training this week on promoting peace and reconciliation in Somalia. The workshop organized by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) also covered other topics such as journalists’…

Women leaders in Somalia are intensifying their push for better representation in politics. The women leaders in an Open Day event met with the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia Mr. Michael Keating in Mogadishu today as part of celebrations of International Women’s Day…

A devastating famine forced Halima Abdulkadir Ahmed to abandon her home in Qoryole in 2011. Since then, she and her seven children have been living in a settlement called Rajo, one of the 486 camps and settlements for internally displaced persons (IDPs) located in and around Mogadishu. On 8 May, the…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-­General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating arrived in Mogadishu today to formally take up his duties following his appointment on 23 November 2015. Mr. Keating succeeds Nicholas Kay, whose two­ and ­a ­half year tenure ended on 29 December 2015. The…

Today the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited Somalia and held meetings with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the speaker of the Federal Parliament, Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari. The Under-Secretary came to Mogadishu to deliver a message from the…

PRESS STATEMENT 15/2016 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) today commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Sexual violence is a widespread and ugly reality facing millions of women and their families, including in Somalia. “Conflict…

The Special Advisor to the Deputy Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Käelin, has called for a new approach to humanitarian support to address the problem of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia. Mr. Käelin concluded a two-week-long…