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Somalia conflict: Exacting a terrible toll on civilians, Al Shabaab responsible for most civilian casualties – UN report
Geneva / Mogadishu – Armed conflict in Somalia continues to exact a heavy toll on civilians, damaging infrastructure and livelihoods, displacing millions of people, and impeding access to humanitarian relief for communities…
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Protection of civilians: Building the foundation for peace, security and human rights in Somalia
The United Nations Report on “Protection of Civilians: Building the Foundation for Peace, Security and Human Rights in Somalia,” has been launched today. The Report was produced by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and the…
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Protection of Civilians in Somalia 2016-2017 Factsheet
This is the first attempt by UNSOM to quantify casualties and assess the toll of the conflict on civilians covering the period between 1 January 2016 and 14 October 2017. During this period, ground and air attacks inflicted…
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Civilians paying a heavy price for armed conflict in Somalia – UN report
Mogadishu – Al-Shabaab militants continue to pose the biggest threat to civilians in Somalia, according to a new UN report that was launched in the Somali capital today. The report, which was issued to coincide with the…
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Electoral authorities launch five-year strategic plan in lead-up to Somalia’s ‘one-person, one-vote’ elections
Mogadishu – Somalia’s electoral authorities today launched a five-year roadmap – known as the Strategic Plan – to guide the management and administration of the country’s 2020-2021 elections, also known as the ‘one-person…
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UN staff in Somalia observe minute of silence in memory of peacekeepers killed in DRC
United Nations staff in Somalia today observed a moment of silence in memory of the UN peacekeepers killed recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the world body’s flag flown at half-mast in remembrance of…
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Human Rights Day Celebrated in Puntland
UNSOM celebrated the closing ceremony of the 16 Days of Activisms and the International Human Rights Day at the Puntland State University (PSU) in Garowe. The event was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Women…
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SRSG Keating urges women MPs in Somalia to promote peace and reconciliation
Mogadishu - A group of women federal parliamentarians said they will launch public awareness campaigns aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation in Somalia during a working meeting in Mogadishu yesterday. The Special…
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Somali prosecutors seek to strengthen their strategic role in the justice system
Mogadishu - Somali prosecutors from the federal government and federal member states held their first annual conference in Mogadishu this week, and they agreed to establish a Somali Prosecutors Association to strengthen the…
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Somalia launches National Youth Policy at gathering of country’s youth
Mogadishu – Hundreds of youth representatives from around Somalia have gathered in the capital city for talks on the future development of young Somalis, who make up more than two thirds of the east African country’s…
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On first visit to Somalia, UN Envoy on Youth hails role played by young people in country's future
Mogadishu – What’s a 27-year-old Sri Lankan woman doing in the middle of Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, a city rebuilding after many years of chaos and civil war? In the case of Jayathma Wickramanayake, she’s doing her job…
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Devolution moves ahead in Somalia’s South West state with formation of district councils in Baidoa and Barawe
The devolution of authority in Somalia’s federal system took another step forward in the city of Baidoa this week as senior officials of the country’s South West State launched the formation of local councils in the districts…