News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The 2016 electoral process will be held on time, according to the chairperson of the Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) Omar Mohamed Abdulle who addressed a press conference in the Somali capital today. Mr. Abdulle said the current deadlines for selecting members of parliament…

PRESS STATEMENT 22/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia Michael Keating welcomed the progress Somalia has achieved in promoting respect for human rights as the country observes National Human Rights Day. Three years ago today, the Council of Ministers of the…

PRESS STATEMENT 23/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia Michael Keating strongly condemned this morning’s truck bombing of the SYL Hotel in Mogadishu that killed at least 13 people and injured over 20. Several senior government officials and members of the…

The contents of this fact sheet are drawn from decisions that were reached about the electoral process during last year’s series of nationwide consultations about electoral model options and subsequent meetings of the National Leadership Forum. These decisions are contained in the Mogadishu…

The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-governmental Authority on Development, United Kingdom, the United States of America, Sweden and Italy welcome the preparations underway for the implementation of Somalia’s 2016 electoral process. Somalia’s international partners reiterate…

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) concluded a two-day training workshop on election reporting for journalists based in Kismaayo today. The training workshop was the latest in a series of UNSOM-sponsored workshops for local journalists on the forthcoming electoral process…

Mogadishu/Geneva, 4 September 2016 – A UN report on freedom of expression in Somalia released Sunday describes progress in state-building in Somalia, but also shows the very challenging environment that continues to confront journalists, human rights defenders and political leaders, including…

A UN report on freedom of expression in Somalia has welcomed the country’s recent progress in making government more accountable and widening political space for Somali citizens to air their views. But the report also draws attention to the continuing restrictions on freedom of expression posed by…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating has vowed to press for the full participation of Somali women in the 2016 electoral process during a meeting today with prominent women leaders headed by Federal Minister of Women and Human Rights…

Twenty journalists from Hiiraan region in Somalia yesterday concluded a training workshop designed to improve their reporting skills and understanding of this year’s electoral process. The two-day workshop was supported by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and was held in…

The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America welcome the progress made in clarifying the electoral model, takes note of the details set out in the…

Twenty-five officers from the Somali Police Force drawn from various parts of the country began a five-day training course on the prevention of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Mogadishu. The UN-sponsored training opened today and will acquaint the officers with different ways of handling…