Press Releases

Somalia: AMISOM hospital receives laboratory and theater equipment

MOGADISHU, Somalia– The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) has handed over medical equipment to a health facility operated by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Mogadishu.

FESOJ is worried about the deteriorating situation of press freedom in Somalia

Press Statement: Mogadishu, Monday , January 6, 2020: Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) is worried about the deteriorating situation of the press freedom in Somalia and the appalling working conditions of the Somali journalists.

State of the Press Freedom report in Somalia in 2019

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 06 January, 2020 – As 2019 ends, multiple actors continue to target Somalia media and its professionals through continued attacks, arbitrary arrests, death threats, and obstruction of access to information – all representing a vital constitutional right that citizens were meant…

Somalia statement on Manda Bay Airfield Terror Attack in Kenya

MOGADISHU, Jan 5, 2020: The Federal Republic of Somalia joins the rest of the world in condemning the cowardly attack that targeted joint Kenyan and U.S forces based at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya earlier today.

Somalia: AMISOM donates office equipment to HirShabelle Police Force

Jowhar, – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Saturday handed over an assortment of office equipment to enhance the operational efficiency of the HirShabelle State Police Force.

Police officers from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, honoured for contributing to peace in Somalia

Mogadishu – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has honoured 19 police officers from Nigeria and Sierra Leone for contributing to ongoing international efforts to restore peace and security in Somalia.

Somalia: AMISOM donates food items to 100 families in Dhobley

Dhobley,– Kenyan troops serving under the African Union Mission Somalia (AMISOM) have distributed foodstuffs to address the nutritional needs of vulnerable communities living in Dhobley town, southern Somalia.

Somalia: AMISOM conducts an induction training to orientate 37 newly deployed police officers

Mogadishu – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has conducted an induction training to orientate 37 newly deployed police officers.

385 Somali police graduate from General Kahiye Police Training Academy

Mogadishu, Somalia– The South West State of Somalia on Sunday passed out 385 police officers who completed six months of training at the General Kahiye Police Training Academy in Mogadishu.

Somali authorities raid an independent radio station, briefly arrest journalist in Jowhar

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 29 December, 2019 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the unlawful brief closure of Radio Jowhar and the detention of a journalist by Hirshabelle police in Jowhar on Sunday 29 December, 2019 over the radio's coverage about growing insecurity in the city.