Around 11:00 o’clock this morning, local time, the United Nations House in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, was struck by a car bomb. These buildings house 26 humanitarian and development agencies of the United Nations family…
New York, 26 August 2011- Around 11:00 o’clock this morning, local time, the United Nations House in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, was struck by a car bomb. These buildings house 26 humanitarian and development agencies of the…
Nairobi, 26 August 2011 – Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Christian Manahl, today chaired a meeting with some 40 representatives from a number of emerging regional administrations…
New York, 25 August 2011 - The Secretary-General welcomes the holding of the presidential election in Cape Verde on 21 August, which was widely acclaimed by international observers as peaceful and credible. He congratulates…
In July 2011, Sierra Leone's Parliament passed into law The Local Court Act which repealed the 1963 legislation. This is a significant development in the legal annals of Sierra Leone as it transfers oversight function over…
Mogadishu, 22 August 2011 – The 9th session of the Joint Security Committee was convened in Mogadishu on 22 August 2011. The Committee was hosted by His Excellency, Prime Minister Abdiweli Ali who co-chaired with the SRSG, Dr…
Addis Ababa, 16 August 2011 – SRSG Mahiga thanked the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) and expressed his gratitude to the AUPSC for its pivotal support to the peace process in Somalia. He paid tribute to the…
Purpose of Meeting: UNIPSIL is in the process of institutionalising meeting/engagement between the ERSG and CSOs. The purpose is to create space for engagement and meetings between the ERSG and CSOs for information sharing on…
Owing in part to a $10 million package provided by the Government of Japan, UNPOS in partnership with UNDP and AMISOM, succeeded in implementing a payment exercise to disperse monthly stipends to the Somali Police Force.