Mission News

  • Joint AU-UN team examines the implementation of the Somalia Transition Plan
    15 Mar 2019 - Mogadishu  – A visiting African Union and United Nations (AU-UN) delegation winds up its weeklong assessment tour of Somalia this weekend, after evaluating progress made by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),...
  • AU Peace Support Operations Division delegation visits Somalia
    13 Feb 2018 - Mogadishu - A delegation from the African Union Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) is in Somalia to assess peacekeeping activities as the transfer of responsibilities from AMISOM to Somali national security forces begin to take shape. During its four-day stay in Somalia,...
  • UN Department of Field Support launches new phase of training for African peacekeeping troops
    16 Jan 2018 - Nairobi - The UN Department of Field Support (DFS) has launched a new phase of training for African peacekeeping troops focusing on heavy engineering operations. Twelve troops drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia and Ethiopia, are among trainees undergoing a three...
  • UN Honors British Soldiers Serving in Somalia
    09 Jan 2018 - Mogadishu – A group of 31 British soldiers who are concluding their tour of duty with the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) were today awarded medals for their distinguished service in Mogadishu. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG),...
  • Somalia holds high-level security conference to deliberate on a security transition plan
    04 Dec 2017 - Mogadishu – A high-level security conference on Somalia has agreed to an “urgent development of realistic, conditions-based transition plan”, to transfer the national security responsibility from the AU Mission in Somalia...
  • UN staff members in Somalia mark UN Day
    24 Oct 2017 - Mogadishu - United Nations staff members today gathered in Mogadishu to commemorate UN Day with a promise to continue their support for the people of Somalia in their quest for lasting peace and security. The event was attended by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-...
  • AMISOM and UN join Somalia in mourning victims of Mogadishu terrorist attack
    21 Oct 2017 - Mogadishu - Top African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and United Nations officials yesterday joined the Federal Government of Somalia in mourning the victims of last weekend’s bomb attack. The event, organized by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Civil...
  • UN Guard Unit members complete one-year tour of duty in Somalia
    19 Jul 2017 - Mogadishu -  UN Guard Unit (UNGU) members were congratulated for their year of service in Somalia at a ceremony in Mogadishu today that was hosted by the Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating and the Head of the United Nations...
  • AMISOM Public Information Officers complete communication training
    09 Oct 2016 - Mogadishu, 9 October, 2016 - AMISOM Public Information Officers yesterday concluded a four-day training workshop aimed at improving communication skills. The workshop, which closed Saturday, was organized by the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and facilitated...
  • Engineering conference relooks at capabilities to boost delivery in Somalia
    12 Sep 2016 - Mogadishu – A conference for military engineers opened in Mogadishu today to seek ways of effectively delivering engineering support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Engineers drawn from the AU Mission, United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and the...

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