Press Release

IGAD Calls for Immediate De-escalation to Protect Somalia's Stability and Future

June 4, 2026 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) expresses deep concern over reports of violence in Mogadishu amid heightened political tensions in Somalia.

Somalia: AUSSOM and SPF train 30 officers as trainers on Human Rights in policing

Mogadishu, Somalia – The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) and Somali Police Force (SPF) concluded a 10-day Training of Trainers course on Human Rights in policing for 30 officers at General Kahiye Police Academy in Mogadishu.

Somalia: Escalating attacks against journalists in May raise alarm

IPI calls on the international community to intensify pressure on the Somali government to ensure accountability for attacks against journalists

IRC Watchlist Flash Alert: Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC spreading faster than response

Rapidly escalating outbreak could become the deadliest on record without urgent international action - The outbreak is spreading faster than the response, with over 900 suspected cases and at least 223 deaths already reported across DRC and Uganda, including in major transport hubs like Goma and Kampala.…

Somalia: AUSSOM Police lead training programme for Somali Police instructors to strengthen security sector capacity

Mogadishu, Somalia – Somalia's Minister of Internal Security, Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, today launched a training programme for instructors of the Somali Police Force (SPF) in Mogadishu, aimed at strengthening institutional capacity and supporting ongoing stabilisation efforts within Somalia's…

Ongoing killing and displacement of women and girls in Lebanon under a fragile ceasefire

Remarks by Moez Doraid, UN Women Regional Director for Arab States – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

NUSOJ Raises Alarm Over Arrests and Harassment of Journalists Amid Rising Political Tensions in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) expresses deep concern over a troubling pattern of arrests, intimidation and attacks against journalists operating in Mogadishu during a period marked by heightened political tensions. The incidents, all involving officers of the Somali Police Force,…

U.S-trained Somalia counter-terrorism police, NISA physically attack journalists, kidnap them in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia 9 May 2026 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is appalled and strongly condemns the abduction, beatings, causing physical injury and death threats against three journalists — Mohamed Ibrahim Osman (Bulbul), SJS Secretary of Information and Human Rights; Abdihafid Nor Barre,…

PRESS RELEASE: Somalia's Federal Government Reaffirms Right to Peaceful Assembly and Warns Against Violent Political Mobilization

The Federal Government of Somalia reaffirms its full respect for the constitutional rights of citizens to peaceful assembly, expression, and political participation. Peaceful demonstration is a legitimate democratic right, and the Government has no objection to citizens expressing their views in a lawful,…

South Sudan: The country's humanitarian needs continue to rise - Joint SSRC-IFRC-ICRC News Release

The humanitarian needs in South Sudan continue to rise at an alarming rate, as armed conflict and violence, diseases, as well as natural disasters wreck the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across the country. __________