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Mogadishu — The Government of Somalia and its international partners seek $1.09 billion to provide life-saving assistance to four million vulnerable people affected by a worsening humanitarian situation around the country.…

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For nearly a month, the MINUSCA Conduct and Discipline (CDT) team has crisscrossed several neighborhoods of Bangui – meeting with university and high schools students, a musicians’ group , human rights, civil society, youth…

Hargeisa – UN Women is partnering with the Somaliland Women Lawyers Association (SWLA) to improve women’s access to the local justice system and enhance their legal empowerment. “UN Women is pleased that the partnership with…

Hargeisa – The long-running and wide-ranging relationship between the United Nations and Somaliland came to the fore during a recent visit of senior officials from the world body to its capital, Hargeisa. “We arrived…

Good Afternoon. I would like to begin by thanking President Muse Bihi Abdi and his team for the warm welcome we received here today. I’m here in Hargeisa with colleagues from different parts of the UN family – the Country…

Kismayo – The United Nations’ support to Jubaland in areas ranging from primary health and wellbeing to economic empowerment and protection of the most vulnerable were among the topics covered today by a high-level delegation…

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…

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…

Barely a week since holding a memorial ceremony for two of its peacekeepers, MINUSCA personnel gathered at the Mission’s headquarters in Bangui on 26 January 2021 to, once again, mourn the passing of two more blue helmets…