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Jubbaland authorities, the United Nations and other key international partners have agreed to form a joint committee to address the humanitarian needs of returnees from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia Peter de Clercq led a…

The United Nations is appealing for humanitarian assistance for five million people in Somalia facing hunger caused by acute food shortages. The latest Food Security and Nutrition Outlook for August to December 2016 released in Mogadishu today contains grim statistics on the state of hunger in…

Preparations for the 2016 electoral process are picking up as Somalia prepares to choose parliamentary representatives, in an exercise that will culminate in a presidential poll in late October. Candidates for seats in the lower house of the country’s next federal parliament have already hit the…

As a visitor enters the port city of Kismaayo, he is greeted by an imposing monument bearing the words ‘ Kismaayo waa nabad’, which means ‘Kismaayo is peaceful’ in Somali. These reassuring words are especially significant now as Somalia prepares for the formal start of the 2016 electoral process…

Somali women have launched an ‘All Women’s Campaign’ in a national effort to achieve a 30 per cent quota of seats in both houses of the country’s next federal parliament. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud presided over the launch of the campaign on Thursday during a national conference for…

The Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) has announced new dates for Somalia’s electoral process.The presidential election will now take place on 30 November 2016, while parliamentary elections will be held from October 23 to November 10 for both the lower and upper houses. The…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating strongly condemns the murder of the Radio Shabelle journalist Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali in the Somali capital yesterday by two unknown gunmen. The perpetrators have not yet been identified. A highly regarded…

PRESS STATEMENT 24/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating strongly condemns the murder of the Radio Shabelle journalist Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali in the Somali capital yesterday by two unknown gunmen. The perpetrators have not yet been identified. A…

A new, multi-purpose building for use by the Interim South West Administration’s (ISWA) ministry of planning and international cooperation has been inaugurated in Baidoa. The facility, which comprises a conference center and administrative offices, will also be used as a major hub for activities…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating has welcomed the progress made by the Interim South West State Administration (ISWA) in preparing for the electoral process, during a visit to Baidoa. Mr Keating was accompanied by the Special…

In meetings over the past several days, the United Nations, African Union, Ethiopia, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States have received reassurances from the leaders of the existing and emerging federal member states that the…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira paid a one-day visit to Garoowe to discuss electoral process preparations with…