19 Jul 2018 - A group of UK 70 soldiers were awarded medals this week by the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, DSRSG Raisedon Zenenga, and the Director of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), Mr. Amadu Kamara, in recognition of...
16 Jul 2018 - Somali politics, security and the economy will all be on the agenda next week at an international meeting in Brussels where the Somali Government and its partners will be looking for ways to enhance peace and development across the Horn of Africa country.
Ahead of the Somalia...
01 Jun 2018 - On May 29th, 1948, the United Nations Security Council authorized the first United Nations peacekeeping operation – the UN Truce Supervision Organization in the Middle East.
On this 70th anniversary, we express our gratitude to the more than one million men and women who have...
29 May 2018 - Ongoing groundwater exploration in Baidoa, south-central Somalia. UNSOS carries out the borehole drilling using specialized geospatial technology in combination with geophysical surveys to locate areas with high potential for groundwater. UNSOS plays a critical support...
13 May 2018 - Mogadishu - United Nations (UN) agencies have this week held a one-day seminar for Somali entrepreneurs in Mogadishu, to inform them how to do business with the UN in Somalia. Participating UN agencies included the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United...
10 May 2018 - Mogadishu - African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) have lauded the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) for support offered in establishing community radio stations in the country.
The commendations were made on...
26 Mar 2018 - Baidoa - A medical team comprising of personnel from the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the international cleft lip charity ‘Smile Train’, and Bancroft Global Development, have carried out a week-long free cleft lip and palate surgeries, at the Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa...
08 Mar 2018 - New York - We are at a pivotal moment for women’s rights. The historical and structural inequalities that have allowed oppression and discrimination to flourish are being exposed like never before. From Latin America to Europe to Asia, on social media, on film sets, on the...
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,...
08 Feb 2018 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Lisa Filipetto of Australia as Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS). Ms. Filipetto will succeed Hubert Hudson Price II of the United States to whom the Secretary-...
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