7th September 2015, Nairobi: A six week trial training for the Triangular Partnership Project commenced in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Monday, under the tutelage of the United Nations Department of Field Support (UN-DFS) and…
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Somalia’s national soccer team has began preparations ahead of their game with Niger in the round one for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Russia. On September 9, the Ocean Stars will shift their training camp to Ethiopian…
A two-day logistics workshop bringing together top officials of the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has ended in Mogadishu. The workshop mapped out ideas on…
The United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) is reiterating the importance of observing staff regulations and rules, upholding the standards of conduct as outlined in several organisational guidelines, to avoid…
A 17-strong team of UN headquarters officials arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday to review the operations of the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) and propose options for ensuring that UNSOA has the capacity to…
In the first week of July, AMANI AFRICA II, which means ‘Peace In Africa’ in the swahili language, went a notch higher in its plans to launch an African Standby Force (ASF). The core planning team of ASF convened a rare three…
Baidoa, 2015.05.27: UNSOA Director Amadu Kamara, while leading a delegation, visited AMISOM Ethiopian troops headquartered in Baidoa (Sector 3) today. The delegation was received at the airport by AMISOM Sector 3 commander…
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Atul Khare concluded a three-day visit to Somalia during which he acknowledged the tremendous progress the country has made. Appointed to the office on 1st March…
A total of 32 Mogadishu aviation firefighters have completed training aimed at boosting their skills and ability to respond to emergency situations in Mogadishu and Somalia in general. The refresher training conducted over a…
The African Union Mission in Somalia on Saturday held a medal parade for the outgoing Ethiopian peacekeepers in Baidoa, Somalia, to honor them for their contribution to the peace process in the country for the past fifteen…