Press Releases

Somalia: UN-contracted plane carrying humanitarian supplies crashes in South West State

Mogadishu – A United Nations-contracted cargo plane today crashed while landing on an air-strip in El-Barde in Somalia's South West State.

Somalia: ATMIS trains police officers on child protection in peace support operations

Mogadishu, Somalia –Thirty police officers serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) on Friday completed a weeklong training on how to protect and promote the welfare of children in armed conflict.

Somalia: ATMIS donates relief food to IDPs in Hirshabelle state

Jowhar – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), working with Hirshabelle State authorities, has given emergency relief food and other essentials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Federal Member State.

Sudan: WFP condemns theft of life-saving food from warehouse in Gezira State

PORT SUDAN/NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemns the looting of food supplies from its premises in Gezira State last weekend after elements of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces broke into the warehouse and office, following their takeover of Wad Medani.

Somalia: ATMIS sets degrading of Al Shabaab and improving SSF as top priorities for New Year

Mogadishu – Degrading Al Shabaab and improving the capability of the Somali Security Forces (SSF) are top priorities for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in 2024.

With new details emerging, SJS demands independent probe into TV director's killing in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia 31 December 2023 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) expresses profound concern over the apparent lack of progress in the investigation into the 'assassination-style' suicide bombing that claimed the life of our colleague, Abdifatah Moalim Nur (Qeys), the director of…

ATMIS KDF medics support capacity-building at Dhobley General Hospital

Dhobley – Dhobley General Hospital in Jubaland State received a major boost in its quest to provide quality healthcare, as eight nurses affiliated with the facility successfully completed a rigorous seven-month medical training programme.

IMF and World Bank Announce US$4.5 billion in Debt Relief for Somalia

WASHINGTON, DC: The Executive Boards of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) have approved[1] the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative Completion Point for Somalia, which provides total debt service savings for the country…

SJS marks Human Rights Day with Panel Discussion addressing pressing issues in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 December 2023 – On the occasion of Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) hosted an engaging panel discussion in Mogadishu, addressing critical challenges faced by human rights in Somalia.

AU Special Representative for Somalia visits soldiers in Nairobi hospitals

Nairobi, 9 December 2023 –African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) officials led by Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, visited ATMIS personnel admitted to various hospitals in Nairobi on Saturday.