Mogadishu, 5 May 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga strongly condemns today’s suicide car bomb attack at Kilometer 4 junction in Mogadishu, in which...
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Mine Action in Mogadishu
By Hodan Osman, Liaison Officer for UNMAS It may have been the excitement of seeing Mogadishu for the first time or apprehension about starting a new job in what is reputed to be one of the most...
Open for Business - after decades of civil war, business in Mogadishu is reviving
The following interviews are excerpts from the Open for Business video series, filmed in Mogadishu. Ahmed Jama Mohamed – Village Restaurant Owner & Businessman “I left Mogadishu in 1983 and went to...
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict visits Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 03 April 2013 – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, arrived in Mogadishu to raise awareness and...
SRSG Mahiga's statement on killing of media worker
Mogadishu, 25 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga is shocked and saddened by the killing of Rahma Abdulkadir, a media worker with...
SRSG Mahiga's Statement on the Bomb Attack in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 18 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, is shocked and saddened by today’s car bombing which occurred near Villa Somalia...
SRSG Mahiga Statement on International Women’s Day 2013
Mogadishu, 8 March, 2013 - International Women's Day (IWD), also known as the United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace, is a global day held on 8 March every year to celebrate...
Statement Condemning Recent Terror Attacks
Mogadishu, 18 February 2013 - The UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) condemns the terror attacks that have occurred in Somalia during the first half of February 2013, including the killing of...
Statement on Opening of Trial in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 01 February 2013 – The UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) notes that charges have been filed against five individuals in the case opened by the Somali National Police investigating...
Year End Letter
from Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Augustine P. Mahiga We have come to the end of an historic year for Somalia, for the region and for the rest of the international...
UN Special Representative’s statement on the IGAD Grand Stabilization Plan for South Central Somalia
Mogadishu, 8 December 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga welcomes the statement issued by the Joint Committee of the Inter-Governmental...
What Next for the United Nations in Somalia?
By Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Peter de Clercq Following the euphoria surrounding the end of the Roadmap process and the creation of a new and credible...
UNPOS Quarterly - Issue 5, November 2012
Open letter to Somali Parliamentarians Special Representative to the Secretary-General Augustine P. Mahiga SRSG Augustine P Mahiga issued this letter to Somali Parliamentarians several days prior to...
Ending impunity in Somalia is a human rights priority, says Mahiga
The ending of impunity in Somalia particularly that related to the killing of journalist is a human rights priority, the UN special representative for Somalia Augustine Mahiga has told Bar-kulan as...
International Day to End Impunity
Nairobi, 23 November 2012 – Today we condemn the targeted assassination of journalists in Somalia. We remember those journalists who lost their lives while exercising their right to freedom of...
UN Special Representative Statement on the Endorsement of the Council of Ministers
Mogadishu, 13 November 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the overwhelming endorsement by the Somali Federal...
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Statement on Presentation of Proposed Cabinet to Parliament
Mogadishu, 09 November 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, warmly welcomes the anticipated presentation of the proposed Somali...
People witness a profound transformation in Kismayo
by Peter de Clercq, DSRSG 22 October 2012 Over the past few weeks the people of Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo have witnessed the story of profound transformation, following the capture of...
UN Special Representative for Somalia statement on attacks against journalists
Mogadishu, 24 October 2012 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga deplores the recent targeted attacks against Somali journalists. On Tuesday Ahmed...
Somali Police Force enters a new era
In 1979, newly recruited policewoman, Asha Hassan Hussein, was the first female to ride a police motorcycle to patrol the streets of Mogadishu. Three decades later in a nation devastated by conflict,...