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His Excellency Federal President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo” convened a high-level roundtable meeting in the Somali capital today to address the severe drought currently afflicting over six million people and agree on the necessary steps to avert another devastating famine in the country. A…

President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo described the drought facing more than six million Somalis today as a “national disaster” and appealed to the international community to help raise $825 million to prevent the crisis from deteriorating into a famine during the first half of this year. Addressing…

A rehabilitation centre for former Al-Shabaab combatants was officially opened today in Kismaayo, the interim administrative capital of Jubbaland state. The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) centre is the fourth facility to be established in Somalia as part of the federal…

Ridwan Abdi Iman was born in the village of Farjana Kismayo, twenty five years ago when the first wave of Somalis began fleeing across the border into neighbouring countries to escape the chaos caused by the collapse of the Siad Barre government in 1991. “I was a toddler but my mother told me that…

Luul Issack Adan brightens up when speaking about her role as a champion for peace and women’s empowerment in Somalia’s Interim South West State. The 33-year-old activist is the role model of many, because of her outstanding record of support to communities in need. A mother of eight children, Luul…

As a severe drought deepens in Somalia, the risk of famine is looming in the long-troubled country, with about half the population in need of some form of assistance, according to an assessment by United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners. The situation has become “significantly worse in the…

The Secretary-General Written message on International Women’s Day New York, 8 March 2017 Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and reversed. Empowering women and…

Hearing the heart-wrenching stories of desperate families displaced in Somalia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged a massive scale up in international support to avert a famine in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa nation and curb the spread of cholera. “It is exactly…

International Women’s Day was observed in Somalia’s regional capitals today as the world paid tribute to women and the role they play in society. In Jubbaland state, festivities were held in the port city of Kismaayo and attended by hundreds of people. Residents of Kismaayo marched through the city…

Somalia today joined the rest of the world in taking stock of women’s achievements during celebrations to commemorate International Women’s Day. The celebrations were held in the capital Mogadishu and across the federal states, where Somalia’s international partners lauded the country for the…

SG: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the media, thank you very much for your presence. I decided that I would make in Baidoa my first field visit of my tenure as Secretary-General of the United Nations. And the reason why I came to Mogadishu and Baidoa is very simple: to express my deep…

Forty-seven children have died from hunger-related ailments in Banaadir Hospital in the Somali capital over the last two months, according to the head of the hospital’s pediatric unit, Dr. Luul Mohamud Mohamed. At least 1,200 children were treated for severe malnutrition at the medical facility in…