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The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, visited Somalia on Sunday, to express her solidarity with Somali women’s calls for full and equal participation in political life, and the support of the…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the Security Council briefing by SRSG Lyons Read the Secretary…

New York - On Monday, 30 August, the UN Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 May 2022, and requested it to strengthen its presence across the country “as…

UNOWAS in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR-WARO) organized a regional exchange session on the theme: ‘Enhancing the…

UNOWAS in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR-WARO) organized a regional exchange session on the theme: ‘Enhancing the…

How can prisons in the Central African Republic (CAR) be improved to promote reintegration? This was the theme of a capacity-building workshop organized by MINUSCA for key actors in the national penal reform sector. On the…

652 new police officers – among them 183 women – were welcomed into the ranks of the Internal Security Forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) during a ceremony held at the National Police Academy in Bangui on 25 August…

Kismayo – Displaced and marginalized women in the Somali federal states of Jubaland and South West State will soon receive a boost in efforts to build their resilience, self-reliance and leadership skills thanks to a new…

Life after prison may seem like a daunting prospect. But 22-year-old former inmate and mother-of-two, Judith Ngouvela, quickly found her feet after incarceration – thanks to vocational training she received while behind bars…

Mogadishu – A three-day public outreach meeting to drum up support for the adoption of a new, permanent Constitution of Somalia has concluded in Mogadishu, with a call to ensure that the views of youth, women, elders and…