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  • UN says Yemen 'on verge of total collapse'

    news Aljazeera: Agencies, 01 Apr 2015 (9 years ago )
    An earlier version of this article mentioned that MSF had received more than 550 patients in Aden since March 19 "as a result of the Saudi-led bombing". This mention was removed, as this line was not in the original MSF statement. UN rights chief has said that Yemen is "on the verge of total coll...
  • UN expert calls for accountability “in the midst of a very serious crisis” of attacks on journalists

    news UNSOM website, 02 Nov 2014 (9 years ago )
    Geneva, 2 November 2014 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, calls upon all governments to take steps to prevent attacks on journalists and to hold accountable those who commit them.
  • UN envoy applauds successes as country ‘comes together’

    news UN News Centre, 08 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )
    8 June 2015 – The top United Nations official in Somalia today lauded the progress made in the Horn of Africa country amid military and political gains on the ground and a successful partnership between international and national stakeholders. Briefing the UN press corps at the Organization’s Hea...
  • UN chief Ban Ki-moon lauds Somali refugees in Dadaab camp

    news Source: UNHCR - Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:57 GMT, 30 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. NAIROBI, Kenya, October 30 (UNHCR) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday visited the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex and praised the resilience of more than 350,000 Somali refugees there w...
  • UN alleges 'plot' to steal Somali assets

    news Al Jazeera, 08 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    Nairobi, Kenya - A confidential UN report alleges that Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, his former foreign minister and an American law firm conspired to steal public funds by engaging in secret contracts that gave them hefty percentages from the country's recovered overseas assets.
  • UN agency warns of Somalia hunger deaths

    news Al Jazeera Reuters, 28 May 2014 (10 years ago )
    About 200,000 children under the age of five could die from severe malnutrition in Somalia by the end of the year, unless the United Nations receives emergency funds to stave off mass hunger, UN officials have said. Only $15m has been received against the appeal by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
  • UN Special Representative for Somalia on the occasion of Ramadan

    news UNSOM, 28 Jun 2014 (10 years ago )
    Mogadishu, 28 June 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, today extended his best wishes to all Somali people as they prepare for the holy month of Ramadan. “Ramadan is a time for families and communities to share the happiness of gathering t...
  • UN Special Representative for Somalia condemns terrorist attacks in Somalia

    news UNSOM, 09 Sep 2014 (10 years ago )
    Mogadishu, 9 September 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemned terrorist attacks in several locations in Somalia yesterday that resulted in the death and injury of many innocent civilians. “I am appalled to learn of the murder of man...
  • UN Special Representative for Somalia condemns attack in Baidoa

    news UNSOM, 12 Mar 2015 (9 years ago )
    Mogadishu, 12 March 2015 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemns, in the strongest terms, today’s attack in Baidoa town in Somalia’s Interim South West Administration, which resulted in the death and injury of security personnel and civilia...
  • UN Special Representative for Somalia condemns assassination of female parliamentarian

    news UNSOM, 23 Jul 2014 (10 years ago )
    Mogadishu, 23 July 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemned the assassination of Saado Ali Warsame, a female Member of the Somali Federal Parliament, and expressed his deep concern about the continued attacks targeting parliamentarians...