26 Oct 2020 - Baidoa, the largest city in South West Somalia, will soon initiate its renewable energy production, reduce the cost for electricity and create jobs for the local population. This follows the UN Support Office in Somalia’s (UNSOS) award of the Baidoa solar...
17 Aug 2020 - Mogadishu, 24 January 2020 – The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) on Thursday handed over a 400-bed facility to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to be used as a Transit Camp for both military and police personnel prior to their deployment into the...
31 Mar 2020 - UNSOS through its Field Technology Services (FTS) Signals Academy, has been conducting interoperability training for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali security forces.
The training aims to foster interoperability between AMISOM and Somali security...
26 Jul 2019 - Mogadishu, 25 July 2019— The United Nations in Somalia today marked the arrival of a new contingent of Ugandan peacekeepers charged with ensuring the safety of the world body’s staff in their compound in the capital city, Mogadishu.
At a handover ceremony, the arrival of...
17 Jul 2019 - Mogadishu, 17 July 2019 - The United Nations envoy to Somalia, James Swan, yesterday awarded medals to officers of a United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU) for distinguished service.
The soldiers, belonging to UN Guard Unit 5, were awarded the United Nations Medal for Special Service...
11 Jun 2019 - 5 June 2019 was marked globally as World Environment Day with the theme of “Air pollution”. As 5 June was a United Nations Official Holiday in Somalia, the celebration of World Environment Day was held in Mogadishu on 11 June 2019, with activities conducted by UNSOM,...
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),...
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,...
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...