YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – World Menstrual Health Day on May 28 is being observed in Cameroon with NGOs and girls asking the government to either subsidize sanitary pads or provide them for free, as they already do with condoms. At least 300 school children a…
GENEVA – U.N. aid agencies say residents of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fleeing the city in fear of further volcanic eruptions from Mount Nyiragongo.Barely one week has passed since thousands of people in eastern Congo fled to …
The United Nations issued an appeal Friday for the protection of civilians in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, amid reports of soldiers taking hundreds of people away from displacement camps in the region. “We reiterate our call on all parties to en…
The United States welcomes the May 27 agreement between Somalia’s national and Federal Member State leaders to proceed with parliamentary and presidential elections on the basis of the September 17, 2020, framework. We commend Prime Minister Roble’s e…
(DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): IGAD welcomes the agreement reached by Somali leaders on the arrangements for holding national elections through a genuinely Somali-led and Somali-owned dialogue.This swift breakthrough, reached after only 5 days of dialogue, unde…
Mogadishu:-Somalia’s international partners* welcome the successful conclusion of the Federal Government of Somalia – Federal Member States (FGS-FMS) summit in Mogadishu.We commend Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble for his leadership of this process…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-National Consultative talks between the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal member states on Wednesday ended successfully, SONNA reported.FGS, BRA and FMS leaders signed agreement bases on 17 September 2020 and recommendations ma…
Mogadishu–The African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, today joined the rest of the world to celebrate Africa Day, which brings together African countries and other parts of the world in a reflection of the continent’s milestones, aspirations and chal…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-Troops from the Kenya Defence Forces, KDF, serving under African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, have donated medical supplies to a hospital in Hoosingo, Lower Juba region.The commanding officer of the AMISOM KDF Hoosingo Forward Ope…
Maslah – The Government of Burundi has delivered equipment and accessories to support the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 among the Burundian soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM.The Gene Xpert Polymerase Chain React…
A summit involving leaders of Somalia’s political factions is underway in Mogadishu, a welcome relief after months of escalating tension, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, expressing hope that a consensus on el…
UNITED NATIONS:–The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) announced Monday that they have entered into a two-year agreement to support the harmonization of remittance policies across IGAD countrie…