Press Releases

AU Special Representative reaffirms ATMIS commitment to Somalia's state-building process

Kismayo, 2 August 2023 – The Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, on Monday visited Kismayo where he met with ATMIS and United Nations personnel to discuss ways of bolstering support to Somalia's state-building process.

Somalia's Institutions get a Boost to Help Bring the Country Closer to Debt Relief

NAIROBI, July 31, 2023 — Somalia's efforts toward building strong institutions received a boost with a new $75 million grant, the second in a series of two grants that is helping the country make progress on its path to qualify for full and irrevocable debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor…

WHO Ethiopia rapidly scales up response to contain cholera outbreak in SNNP Region

Upon arrival at the site, you will notice a sizable Cholera treatment center. The World Health Organization (WHO) has swiftly responded to the Cholera outbreak in the Konso Zone and Alle Special Woreda of the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia by establishing Cholera…

Somalia: Record numbers of people flee deadly combination of climate change and conflict as collapse of Black Sea grain deal heightens tensions

Somalia is seeing the highest number of people fleeing their homes in a decade, as entire communities try to escape a deadly combination of conflict, extreme weather events and poverty, Islamic Relief says. Already vast and overcrowded displacement camps are growing rapidly as people try to find food…

Somalia: SJS formally joins IPI

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 28 July 2023 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) takes immense pride in announcing its official membership to the esteemed International Press Institute (IPI), a global network comprising editors, media executives, and distinguished journalists. This momentous occasion further…

Somalia: Extreme violence in Las Anod forces MSF to close activities 

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reached the difficult decision to withdraw our services from Las Anod General Hospital, Sool region, located within the internationally-recognised borders of Somalia, due to increased volatility and repeated security incidents which have impacted the safe delivery…

Somalia: Graduation ceremony for the first bachelor cohort on social work degree program

On 16th July 2023, UNICEF had a joint graduation ceremony with 64 students who completed their 4yrs degree program at Somali National University, among 285 (55% girls) who graduated from 6 Universities across Somalia and Somaliland for the year 2022/2023. UNICEF collaborated with international professors…

Staff beatings, death threats jeopardise MSF's presence in Khartoum hospital - MSF

KHARTOUM/PARIS -- The latest incidence of violence involving staff from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Khartoum, Sudan, has jeopardised MSF's continuing presence in one of the city's hospitals.

NCA Somalia and Somali Bureau of Standards Warn Against Importing Unauthorized Telecom Equipment

July 22, 2023 Mogadishu, Somalia – The National Communications Authority (NCA) Somalia notified all communications and technology stakeholders of the regulatory provisions prohibiting importing and investing in telecom equipment without obtaining prior approval from the NCA and Somalia Bureau of Standards…

U.S. Forces provide assistance to Somalia National Army

At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense airstrike in a remote area near Hareeri Kalle, approximately 15 kilometers south of Galcad, Somalia against al-Shabaab terrorists.