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Somalia: Ali Abdirahman Abdulle: Bringing school closer to internally displaced children in Bosaso

Bosaso – Somalia has around 2.9 million internally displaced people (IDPs). Their opportunities for a normal life have been disrupted by being forced to move due to conflict and climate change.

UN experts tell Human Rights Council that violence against civilians persists in South Sudan, fuelled by pervasive impunity

GENEVA – Impunity is a major driver of the human rights and humanitarian crises in South Sudan, which continue to cause immense trauma and suffering for civilians in the country, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has found in its latest report. Commission members Andrew Clapham and…

Somalia: ATMIS Acting Force Commander visits troops in Beletweyne

Beletweyne- The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) Deputy Force Commander in charge of Operations and Plans, Maj. Gen. Marius Ngendabanka on Wednesday visited Mission troops in Beletweyne to assess their welfare.

Somalia government must entrench public participation to promote democracy and better governance

The Founding Principles of the Provisional Constitution envisage a 'participatory consultative and inclusive government' in order to 'ensure accountability, efficiency and responsiveness to the interests of the people.' Furthermore, enacted legislation such as the Public Finance Management…

Somalia: ATMIS and UNSOS commission a new Parking facility at the Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, 7th March 2023 – As part of efforts to reduce congestion and enhance security at the Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), and the United Nations Support office in Somalia (UNSOS), on Monday commissioned a new parking facility…

US court convicts 2 men of 2012 kidnapping of journalist Michael Scott Moore in Somalia

Nairobi, March 7, 2023—In response to a U.S. federal court's conviction of two men, Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed and Abdi Yusu Hassan, in the 2012 hostage-taking of German American journalist Michael Scott Moore, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement welcoming the conviction:

The film 'Cuba in Africa' wins Thomas Sankara Prize at Burkina Faso Festival

By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh From late February to early March, in Ouagadougou the capital of Burkina Faso, there was the week-long Africa's largest film festival FESPACO. In fact, FESPACO was launched in 1969. This festival provided some kind of entertainment, but the most important aspect was the…

New batch of personnel from Uganda's Formed Police Unit arrive in Somalia

Mogadishu – Uganda has deployed a new contingent of police personnel to serve under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). 144 officers arrived in Mogadishu on Wednesday and were received by senior ATMIS police officers. They joined an advance team of 16 other officers who arrived…

Somalia and Somaliland: Indiscriminate fighting affects medical care in Las Anod

March 1, 2023—Djoen Besselink, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) country representative for Somalia and Somaliland, gave the following statement today regarding fighting in and around Las Anod:

Somalia calls for help as 1.8 million Somali children under 5 experience acute malnutrition and health complications

Mogadishu, 1 March 2023 – A rapidly evolving drought and famine-like situation in Somalia continue to affect 7.8 million people and has already resulted in displacing 1.4 million,while putting the lives of more than 1.8 million under 5 children at risk of severe malnutrition and related health complications.

Somalia: Mogadishu police chief attacks SJS Secretary General Abdalle Ahmed Mumin while in prison

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Somali Mechanism of Safety Journalists (SMSJ) are concerned by reports of police, aiming to take SJS Secretary General Abdalle Ahmed Mumin out of the prison, stormed the Mogadishu central prison on Saturday…

ATMIS honours Uganda Police personnel for service in Somalia

Mogadishu– The Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, has commended the Uganda Police Force for their contribution to security and stability in Somalia.

ATMIS UPDF Troops clear Buufow-Janaale main supply route in Somalia

Mogadishu, 26 February 2023 – The Uganda troops serving under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), have completed road expansion works for the nine-kilometer stretch connecting Buufow and Janaale towns in the Lower Shabelle region.

FAO and EU launch livestock scholarships for young people in Somalia

Mogadishu – Over 100 young people have received scholarships to study livestock programs to bolster technical capacity within key productive sector

SJS Secretary General Abdalle Ahmed Mumin re-arrested and faces government persecution

MOGADISHU, Somalia – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists, (SMSJ), the Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) condemn in the strongest terms possible the arbitrary and the unlawful arrest against the Secretary…

Somalia elects new Football Federation President Abdi Mohamed

The Somali Football Federation (SFF) General Assembly held at Elite Hotel in Mogadishu has on Wednesday February 22, elected Ali Abdi Mohamed as the new President.

Somalia: New ATMIS Deputy Force Commander formally assumes office

Mogadishu – The new Deputy Force Commander (DFC), in charge of Support and Logistics for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Major General Peter Kimani Muteti, has assumed duty.

Understanding African solutions to African problems

By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh During the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) held in Addis Ababa, African leaders have indeed prioritized the most significant questions especially those including peace and security necessary for sustainable development, halting the frequency of military's…

Authorities in Ethiopia's Somali region suspend 15 media outlets, revoke media association's license

Mogaidishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) Authorities in Ethiopia should reverse the recent suspensions of more than a dozen news outlets and let members of the press and journalist advocacy groups work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.

ICRC urges quick and unimpeded humanitarian access to victims of violence in Laascaanod

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling on all those involved in the violence in Las Anod to guarantee safe and unimpeded access to people affected by armed clashes.