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International partners alarmed by situation in Guriel, call for halt to fighting and pursuit of dialogue
Mogadishu – International partners* are alarmed by the continued fighting in the town of Guriel in the Federal Member State of Galmudug. Not only is the conflict causing severe humanitarian suffering to the people of the area…

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International partners welcome local elections in Puntland
Mogadishu – With the peaceful completion of polling and announcement of preliminary results from ‘one person, one vote’ electoral process in three districts of Puntland, international partners* congratulate the people of…

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International partners welcome local elections in Puntland
Mogadishu – With the peaceful completion of polling and announcement of preliminary results from ‘one person, one vote’ electoral process in three districts of Puntland, international partners* congratulate the people of…

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A round-up of activities of the UN system in Somalia in October 2021
Humanitarian | OCHA releases Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022 OCHA released the consolidated Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022, which estimates that a total of 7.7 million Somalis will need humanitarian assistance in…

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Interview – Abdalle Ahmed Mumin: “Crimes against Somali journalists and media workers must end”
Mogadishu – Today is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists – a key occasion to highlight the difficult conditions some journalists work under and the need to provide justice for the journalists…

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International partners urge faster progress on elections
Mogadishu – International partners* are deeply concerned by continuing delays in the Somali electoral process. While the recent start to the House of the People voting process is a positive development, the electoral…

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International partners urge faster progress on elections
Mogadishu – International partners* are deeply concerned by continuing delays in the Somali electoral process. While the recent start to the House of the People voting process is a positive development, the electoral…

Hassan Mowlid Yasin: Raising awareness on the need to protect Somalia’s environment
Mogadishu – Decades of war and civil unrest have taken their toll on Somalia’s environment, with attention firmly focused on the country’s humanitarian needs for a long time. That focus has spread somewhat over recent years…

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On visit to Somalia, Senior UN official encourages acceleration of the electoral process
Mogadishu – Wrapping up a five-day visit to Somalia, a senior United Nations official today called on the Somali leadership to accelerate efforts towards the completion of the country’s electoral process. “It is important…

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Samsam Said Mohamed: Raising awareness of rights among Puntland’s women and girls
Garowe – As Samsam Said Mohamed was growing up, she started to notice that something was not quite right when it came to the situation that her fellow Somali women found themselves in. She came to realize that many women were…

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International partners welcome conclusion of Somalia’s Upper House Elections
Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* welcome the conclusion of the Upper House elections following the 11 November National Consultative Council meeting and leaders’ commitment to conclude the House of the People…

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Statement by Special Representative of the Secretary-General James Swan to the Security Council on the situation in Somalia
(As delivered, New York, 17 November 2021) Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on the situation in Somalia. I am pleased to do so again together with the…