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On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women and girls everywhere. We celebrate their contributions to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Their ideas, innovations and activism that are changing our world for the better. And…
By António Guterres As the world moves ahead to mark International Women’s Day, the clock on women’s rights is moving backwards. All of us are paying the price. The cascading crises of recent years have highlighted how women…
What is the role of the Troop Contributing Countries (TCC’s) and Police Contributing PCC’s when it comes to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Somalia? Dr. Omar Abdulle Alasow: The TCC’s and PCC’s have an obligation to…
The Young Professionals Programme (YPP) provides an opportunity for young professionals to join the United Nations. YPP is open to nationals of participating countries and Somalia has joined the list of eligible Member states…
Freetown, Sierra Leone - The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping mission have successfully concluded a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) exercise to…
Mogadishu - On arrival in Mogadishu to serve, 28 personnel of the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU) underwent a five-day induction training, which was held with the support of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia…
Mogadishu - The UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and AMISOM medical sections provided training to military and police medics in handling combat emergencies. The training was conducted by facilitators from UNSOS, the UK…
UN staff in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Friday, 3 December 2021 turned out in droves, to take part in a fun run, to mark the International Volunteers Day (IVD). This was in solidarity with the volunteerism campaign and in line…
What do you do as a UN Volunteer in a peacekeeping mission? My name is Lucas Gregor Buxbaum, and I am from Austria. Since 2019, I have been working in Mogadishu as a UN Volunteer (UNV), specifically working as a firefighter…
Time to support and empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time to #OrangeTheWorld to end violence against women, now! Join the #16Days of Activism. Since the outbreak of #COVID19, there has been a spike in…
The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) facilitated a two-week long training for soldiers from the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on operating Micro Unmanned Aerial Systems (MUAS), aimed at enhancing…
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…