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Kampala – For a person with a disability in Somalia, going about daily life is no walk in the park.
Two young Somali men can attest to that – Abdirahman Mohamud Kulane and Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdullahi. The pair are two of some 360,000 Somalis estimated to have some form of vision impairment.
Given their own experiences and those of the 2.5 million Somalis believed to be living with a disability, Mr. Kulane and Mr. Abdullahi have been determined to speak up and take action. The two men share a long-term commitment to raise awareness in Somalia about the rights of persons with disabilities.
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Baidoa – Aden Sheikh Issack has a small allotment on an eight-acre communal farm in Barwaqo, a small settlement of internally displaced people (IDPs) on the outskirts of Baidoa in Somalia’s Bay region.
He fled there when the conflict and hunger in his former residential area became too much to bear
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Mogadishu – The close and productive partnership between Somalia and the United Nations came under the spotlight at the recent launch of the UN Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS).
UNTMIS was established on 1 November, following the unanimous adoption by the UN Security Council of
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[As delivered]
Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia,
Excellency Mr. Hoosh,
Excellency Mr. Daud,
SRCC,
Senior Advisor Yusuf Garcaad,
Excellencies, Ministers and Somali Government Officials,
Members of the Legislature,
Members of the diplomatic corps,
Honorable
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New York – Underlining the importance of consolidating peace and security gains in Somalia, the Security Council today decided that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) shall be called the United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia and that the latter Mission shall