Unrestricted revenue critical in assisting the vulnerable during crises NEW YORK and GENEVA, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — UNICEF appealed today for $1.28 billion to fund its 2012 humanitarian operations in more than 25 countries globally. While the crisis in Somalia and across the Horn of Africa accounts for nearly one-third of the total amount, [...]

  26 January 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today on business leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to increase their investment in women’s education and health to ensure their well-being and encourage their participation in the world economy. “Investing in the health of women and girls is the right thing to [...]

  26 January 2012 – The re-establishment of the United Nations political presence in Mogadishu will allow the world body to work more closely with Somalia during a crucial period in its peace process, the UN envoy to the country said today. On Tuesday Augustine P. Mahiga, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, moved to the capital [...]

USA / Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate Regarding the War Powers Act for Somalia WASHINGTON, January 26, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of [...]

  24 January 2012 – The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its concern over reports of two suspected polio cases this week among Somali refugees living in camps in Ethiopia and three cases in the surrounding community. “The immediate priority is to confirm the outbreak, and samples have been collected and sent to Addis [...]

MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is extremely troubled by continued attacks against journalists by Somaliland police following the further arrest of two journalists in the town of Boorama on Wednesday 11, 2011 and Universal TV Reporter held without charges for the fourth day in [...]

MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 10, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) expresses deep concern over perpetual attacks against journalists by Somaliland police who continue to arrest and detain reporters. Some of the journalists have also been barred from traveling around Somaliland to cover stories. On Monday, 9 January 2012, Somaliland [...]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 20, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Jean Ping, received in his office at the AU Headquarters, on Saturday, 17 December 2011, the credentials of H.E. Mr Miguel Angel Fernandez-Palacios, the new Permanent Observer of the Kingdom of Spain to the African Union. [...]

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