News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Mogadishu – Efforts to advance Somalia’s progress on the security front were the key topic at a high-level meeting of Somali authorities and international partners in the country’s capital today – with all involved…

PRESS STATEMENT 02/2018 The United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) condemns today's suicide bombing in the city of Gaalkacyo, which reportedly killed government security officers and civilians. "This attack occurred…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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’…

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…