SOMALIA / SMALL BUSINESS
Grants from UNHCR provide a lifeline to help displaced Somalia families start small businesses. UNHCR
Grants from UNHCR provide a lifeline to help displaced Somalia families start small businesses. UNHCR
After succeeding in pushing al Shabaab insurgents out of Mogadishu Ugandan soldiers from Battle Group 9+, a contingent serving under the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are retuning home. AU-UN/IST
While hosting a meeting with members of the “New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States” group in Mogadishu, Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon said that assisting the country with adequate financing "will provide the window of opportunity to build confidence in the political process and strengthen core national priorities." AU-UN/IST
Somalia’s first wild poliovirus (WPV) case since 2007 has triggered a surveillance alert and mass vaccination plans, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Since the departure of extremist group al Shabaab in 2011, Somalia's National Security Forces and their African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) partners, have been collecting and destroying unexploded ordnance (UXOs) from all over the Somali capital. AU / UN IST
The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson briefs journalists on the Somalia Conference in London, as well as his trips to South-East Asia, Thailandand Singapore. UNTV
Somalia has seen major changes in recent years as large parts of the country, including the capital Mogadishu, and other major cities were liberated from the once-feared al-Shabaab extremist group by Somalia's security forces, who are supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). AU-UN/IST
The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution this morning establishing the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) for an initial period of twelve months. The Mission will be start deploying on 3 June. UNTV
UNICEF, along with its partners GAVI Alliance and the World Health Organization, launched a vaccination campaign in Somalia with the goal of saving children’s lives in a country that has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. UNICEF
The United Nations (UN) head of Political Affairs today (25 April) welcomed an agreement between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Somaliland administration to continue dialogue and increase co-operation, and said that "a lot more work is needed to tackle the inevitable challenges that will arise in the development of a federal system in [...]