News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

PRESS STATEMENT 01/2016 The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Michael Keating pledged to help the Somali people in…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemns, in the strongest terms, yesterday’s car bomb attack on a busy road in Mogadishu that resulted in the death and injury of many…

The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy welcomed the Mogadishu Declaration issued yesterday at the…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, strongly condemns the outbreak of fighting between clan militiamen in Beletweyne, the capital of Somalia’s Hiiraan region, that began on…

H.E. The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, H.E. The Speaker of the Federal Parliament, Mohammed Osman Jawari, H.E. The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemned yesterday’s assassination of the Somali journalist Hinda Haji Mohamed, who worked for the government-run Radio Mogadishu and…

The United Nations, the European Union (EU), the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) welcome the signing of an agreement between Puntland and Galmudug yesterday…

Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Federal Government of Somalia: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud; and all the other excellencies gathered here. I am delighted to be co-chairing this event, and welcoming you back to Mogadishu. In…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemns in the strongest terms the renewed outbreak of hostilities in the Somali city of Gaalkacyo this morning and calls on…

Mogadishu – The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy are deeply concerned about reports of rising tensions in the Somali city…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemns the hijacking of a fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia on 22 November, 2015. “I condemn in the strongest terms…

Mogadishu – Violence against women and girls is pervasive in Somalia, making Somalia one of the worst places to be a woman. The continuation of rape and harmful practices, such as polygamy, early and forced marriages, female…