News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Mogadishu - The top United Nations official in Somalia today highlighted the challenges and potential of the country's energy sector, while appealing to investors to support its development of renewable energy sources. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating…

PRESS STATEMENT 03/2018 The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, congratulates Mohamed Sheikh Abdirahman Mursal on his election today as the new Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia. Mr. Keating commends the members of the…

Belet Weyne - On a visit to assess the impact of flooding in Somalia's central state of HirShabelle, the country's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmaajo" today appealed to the international community and Somali diaspora communities to support efforts to help those affected by the floods…

PRESS STATEMENT 04/2018 Marking World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, today commended the courage and dedication of the country’s journalists who operate in one of the world’s most dangerous environments for media workers. “I salute…

Mogadishu – When he was pursuing his undergraduate studies at the University of Somalia, Mohamed Abdirizak Farah had no facility where he could research and prepare his assignments outside of the university’s own premises. No public library had existed in the Somali capital for years since the…

Mogadishu - A two-day international conference seeking to build partnerships to curb the unsustainable trade, production and use of charcoal in Somalia opened in Mogadishu today. The conference is being held in the wake of a recent resurgence in charcoal trade, which had dropped in 2015 and 2016…

Mogadishu – Hundreds of representatives from Somali society are gathered today in the capital, Mogadishu, for the second day of a national constitutional convention, with the event marking the start of a review of Somalia’s federal constitution that will produce a new political charter for the Horn…

Some of Nasro Ismail Abdi’s earliest memories are of violence and suffering. She was born in 1994, in the Luq district of Gedo region in south-western Somalia – in the third year of her country’s civil war. Rival militias vied for control of the region, which sits along the international border with…

Hassan Mohamed Elmi is passionate about youth empowerment and what it can do for Somalia. He believes peace and stability in his country can only be achieved if young Somalis are part of the federal and state governments’ development plans and programmes. “We cannot achieve much without youth…

PRESS STATEMENT 06/2018 The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, sends his warm greetings to all Somalis as the holy month of Ramadan begins. “On behalf of the entire United Nations family in Somalia, I extend best wishes for a peaceful holy month of Ramadan to…

Madam President, At the outset, let me to express my best wishes to members of the Council and to Somalis around the world at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, a time of peace, forgiveness and compassion. Events in the last 48 hours in Somalia highlight the complexity of the situation…

PRESS STATEMENT 05/2018 The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, joins the country’s President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo” in calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities between ‘Somaliland’ and Puntland forces following recent fighting in…