Press Releases

Mogadishu, 05 September 2011 – At today's Consultative Meeting for Ending the Transition in Mogadishu, Mohamed Ahmed Alin, President of the Galmudug State of Somalia and Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud ("Farole"), President of the…

KABUL - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today visited the southern city of Kandahar with Abdullah Ahmadzai, Chief Electoral Officer of Afghanistan…

Nairobi, 29 August 2011 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the visit by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to Puntland saying "it marks a new chapter in the relations between…

Nairobi, 26 August 2011 – The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Christian Manahl, chaired a meeting with representatives of emerging administrations from Southern Somalia. [Press Release]

30 August 2011 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative and Joint Chief Mediator ad interim Ibrahim Gambari wishes to congratulate the people of Darfur on the auspicious occasion of Eid El Fitr, which marks the end of the Holy…

New York, 30 August 2011 – The Secretary-General's report (S/2011/549) provides an update on major developments in Somalia, and assesses the political, security, human rights and humanitarian situation as well as progress…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched intensified efforts to wipe out polio from the…

Nairobi, 29 August 2011 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the visit by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to Puntland saying "it marks a new chapter in the relations between…

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…