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UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’

UN News

Humanitarian Aid

Guterres delivers message of ‘hope and renewal’ for Somalia

UN News

Guests attend the opening of Somalia international investment conference in Mogadishu, Somalia

Economic Development

Somalia: Africa’s new investment frontier

The country’s first-ever international investment conference held in Mogadishu in November 2022 showcased various opportunities

By Douglas Okwatch

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo of Somalia addresses the general debate of the UN Genera

UN Affairs

Somali President underscores need for COVID-19 vaccines for all

UN News

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo (on screen) of Somalia addresses the general debate...

General Assembly

Somalia committed to promoting democracy, accountability despite COVID-19 challenge

UN News

A stark hunger outlook means finding new ways to reach Somalis in need

coronavirus

Using innovation to deliver in Somalia despite COVID-19

By FAO

The UN Development Programme is running a COVID-19 awareness campaign with the Somali National Army in the capital Mogadishu

coronavirus

Somalia looks to first full elections in 51 years, despite COVID-19 crisis

UN News

Two young boys carry water next to an camp for displaced people near the town of Jowhar, Somalia.

coronavirus

UN appeals to all Somalis to ‘come together’ in fight against COVID-19 pandemic

UN News

The 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan for Somalia will support health-care projects for children and other vulnerable groups.

Locusts can devastate crops and pastures.

Climate Change

East Africa locusts threaten food security across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency

UN News

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-fourth session.

General Assembly

At UN, Somalia’s President spotlights country’s progress, but cautions eradicating terrorism ‘will not be easy’

UN News

UN Photo/Ilyas Ahmed Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan (center), the President of South West State of Somalia addresses journalists during a joint press conference in Baidoa. He is flanked by Nicholas Haysom (left), the UN Secretary-General's Special Representati

News

‘Stand-off’ between Somalia’s federal, state authorities could ‘paralyze’ progress – UN envoy

UN News

Nur Ismail, 3, is treated for acute watery diarrhoea at the cholera treatment centre in Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa, Bay region. His father, Hassan Ismail, is by his side. UNICEF/UN057221/Makundi

News

As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia

William Ruto, Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Loey Felipe

News

At UN debate, Kenyan Vice-President implores Security Council to take Somalia situation ‘seriously’

UN News

Ethiopian soldiers with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), after a battle with Al-Shabaab militants on 9 June 2016 in Halgan village, Hiran region, Somalia. Photo: AMISOM/Ilyas Ahmed

News

Security Council extends African Union mission in Somalia

UN News

Somali refugee children prepare to return to Mogadishu from the Dadaab camp in Kenya (October 2015). UNHCR is supporting voluntary repatriations of Somali refugees from Kenya. Photo: UNHCR/Assadullah Nasrullah

News

Closure of refugee camp in Kenya: Kenya assures UN that rights of Somalian refugees will be protected

UN News

A street scene in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. Photo: AU-UN IST/Stuart Price

News

Security Council condemns Al-Shabaab attack on hotel in Mogadishu

UN News

Nicholas Kay, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).

Also

Somalia charts a new path

— Nicholas Kay

Franck Kuwonu

By Franck Kuwonu

Somalis prepare coffee for customers in a Mogadishu restaurant. Photo: AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh

Also

Somalia rising from the ashes

“Incredible progress” noted by the IMF

Sulaiman Momodu

By Sulaiman Momodu

Burcao - Somaliland's largest livestock market. Photo: ISTVS/Apollo Habtamu/Flickr

News

Drought spells disaster for Somali herders

Students at the Hamar Jajab School in Mogadishu, Somalia on 20 January 2015. UN Photo/Ilyas Ahmed

News

Hailing Somalia’s ratification, UN renews call for universalization of child rights treaty

UN News

Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), walk across a bridge near the town of Janaale, Somalia.

News

Somalia: UN envoy condemns attack on African Union base

UN News

Girls herdng goats in Somalia where in certain areas drought has contributed to severe water shortages and livestock deaths. Photo: FAO/Simon Maina

News

In Somalia some 855,000 people face acute food insecurity

By FAO

President Hassan Sheik Mohamud of Somalia.

News

UN and partners urge resolution to crisis after Somali legislators approve motion to impeach President

UN News

World Health Organization (WHO) official, Dr. Ahmed El Ganainy, checks the eyes of a little girl during a joint humanitarian assessment mission to Marka, Somalia, on 9 July 2014. UN Photo/David Mutua

News

As health needs rise in Somalia, funding hits new low, cutting off 1.5 million from care – UN

UN News

News

UN Deputy chief urges "temporary boost" to African forces in Somalia

UN News

Also

Somali diaspora’s remittances cast a lifeline

Interview with a money transfer chief executive

Africa Renewal

By Africa Renewal

Web Feature

Somali diaspora’s remittances cast a lifeline

Interview with money transfer chief executive

Africa Renewal

By Africa Renewal

Also

Stabilizing Somalia: a new chapter begins

A “make or break” point for the country’s new leaders

Jocelyne Sambira

By Jocelyne Sambira

Children of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development, Somalia

Audio

Future of Somalia depends on empowering youth

UNDP releases 2012 Somalia Human Development Report

Suspected Somali pirates are apprehended by a patrol of the EUNAVFOR

Web Feature

Somali piracy: in search of remedies for a global malady

By Wanjohi Kabukuru

With 12.4 million people in the Horn of Africa in desperate need of food

Web Feature

Horn of Africa: tackling the evils of famine

Kingsley Ighobor

By Kingsley Ighobor

Cover Story

Tackling piracy off African shores

More regional cooperation needed for peace and security

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