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  • Somalia secures millions in financial aid

    news Al Jazeera, 27 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    Somalia has secured around $130m in financial aid from world leaders at the UN General Assembly. The decision came despite corruption allegations against Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his ministers. Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports from New York City.
  • As risks multiply, NGOs reassess security in Middle East

    news Reuters - Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:05 GMT, 24 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    Killings highlight dangers for aid workers * UN estimates 200-300 Syrian aid workers abducted in August * Insurance premiums for the region on the rise * Some agencies use locals to provide help via "remote control" By Isabel Coles ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Aid agencies are tig...
  • Press Statement on High-Level Meeting on Somalia

    news UNSOM, 24 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    New York, 24 September 2014 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon co-chaired a High-Level Meeting on Somalia today, with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Chair of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, on the ma...
  • Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level Meeting on Somalia

    news UNSOM, 24 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    New York, 24 September 2014 - Thank you for your commitment to Somalia, and thank you for your participation discussing the situation in Somalia. I am glad to see so many partners, including the leaders from Ethiopia, Italy and the United Kingdom who jointly suggested this meeting. I am delight...
  • UN: Facing unprecedented challenges?

    news Aljazeera, 24 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    The United Nations is facing unprecedented demand for humanitarian assistance, and says it has less than half the money required to meet its needs. Crises from Syria, Iraq and Libya to Ukraine, Somalia and Central African Republic are stretching the UN to breaking point. They have also generat...
  • Somali pirates free abducted journalist

    news AFP: Aljazeera, 24 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    Somali pirates have freed a German-American journalist two and a half years after he was kidnapped in the semi-autonomous Puntland, officials have said. Ahmed Muse Nur, a governor in the region, said Michael Scott Moore was handed to authorities on Tuesday. The AFP news agency quoted an unnamed S...
  • Somalia cracks down on illegal fishing

    news Al Jazeera, 24 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    Bosaso, Somalia - A region in Somalia is cracking down on an upsurge in illegal fishing off its coast as fleets flock to waters where foreign naval forces have been taking on the pirates that make fishing a risky business. Describing illegal fishing as "a national disaster", President Abdiweli Al...
  • Refugees and displacement

    news Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    Refugees are often in the headlines yet the reality of their lives is frequently misunderstood. Tens of millions of people have been uprooted from their homes because of violence, persecution or natural disasters. Media reports frequently use the word "refugee" incorrectly to describe economi...
  • Secretary-General's Message on the International Day of Peace

    news UNSOM, 21 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    New York, 21 September 2014 - Today is the International Day of Peace. Each year, on this day, the United Nations calls for a global ceasefire. We ask combatants to put down their arms so all can breathe the air of peace. Armed conflict causes untold grief to families, communities and entire countri...
  • Deputy UN Special Representative for Somalia welcomes Kismayo Reconciliation Conference

    news UNSOM, 17 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    Kismayo, 17 September 2014 – The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, Fatiha Serour, welcomed the start of a reconciliation conference in Kismayo as a positive step towards consolidating peace in the region and furthering Somalia's state-building process. ...