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Garowe – A delegation of senior United Nations representatives today visited the Federal Member State (FMS) of Puntland, in Somalia’s north-east, to meet with its leadership on the provision of support. “We’ve come to discuss with the President and his ministers the work the United Nations is…

SPEAKERS James Swan, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Adam Abdelmoula, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia / Humanitarian Coordinator / Resident Coordinator Lisa Filipetto, UN Assistant…

Mogadishu – As Somalia crosses its 30 th anniversary since the outbreak its civil war, senior United Nations officials today paid tribute to the courage and resilience of Somali citizens who have persevered through some of the “toughest conditions in any country on the planet over the past three…

SPEAKERS James Swan, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Adam Abdelmoula, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia / Humanitarian Coordinator / Resident Coordinator Lisa Filipetto, UN Assistant…

Garowe – The process of registering, tracking and recording gender-based violence (GBV) cases in Somalia’s northern Federal Member State of Puntland is expected to improve following the launch today of a United Nations-backed, specialized online database. “This will help the Attorney General’s…

Good Afternoon, Mr. President. I would like to thank you and your team for the warm welcome that you have extended to us today. Mr. President, you and I have seen each other of many video screens and we have met before in Mogadishu, but it’s a great pleasure for me to call on you here in Hirshabelle…

Jowhar – In Hirshabelle, the United Nations envoy to Somalia today welcomed recent developments related to the impasse currently being experienced with the country’s national elections. “I was pleased to see the statement this morning from Jubaland and Puntland, as well as the announcement of their…

Mogadishu – International partners* welcome the nomination of State-level Electoral Implementation Teams for Jubaland and Puntland, presented on 27 January. While overdue, this positive step can help to create conditions for the rapid implementation of the 17 September electoral model in an…

Mogadishu – International partners* welcome the nomination of State-level Electoral Implementation Teams for Jubaland and Puntland, presented on 27 January. While overdue, this positive step can help to create conditions for the rapid implementation of the 17 September electoral model in an…

Farming | FAO radio training benefits farmers, pastoralists and fisherfolk A radio training initiative which FAO launched five months ago is going strong, reaching thousands of Somalis with specialized programming to assist them with good farming practices. Broadcast across eight Somali radio…

Good afternoon, Mr. President. I would like to begin by thanking you – President Ahmed Mohamed Islam ‘Madobe’ – and your team, for the warm welcome that we’ve received here in Kismayo today. I’m here with colleagues from different parts of the UN family in Somalia – the Country Director of the World…

Baidoa – With her ten children, Fatuma Isaq Mohamed’s life is a daily struggle. “This is not our land and we don’t know how long we will be here,” she says, while sitting outside a makeshift house of orange plastic and sticks, flanked by some of her children, at the Haatafo camp for internally…