The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and unity of Somalia", said the statement.Members also "paid tribute to the contribution of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), UNSOM, the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), and all Somali and international actors working to bring peace and stability'.The UN Secretary-General said on Friday he “deeply regrets” the Somali Government’s decision to expel his Somali Government efforts to build a lasting peace through political reform and transformation have progressed along a “positive trajectory” but everyone involved in the process needs to “pull in the same direction”, the UN Special Representative in the country told the Security Council on Thursday.Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia meets Somali officials in November 2018.
16 December 2019 Follow @PetroleumEcon Share ... And that is just what we were able to map out,” says Rodriguez. The Map is showing Somalia, a country in northeastern Africa, on the peninsula known as the Horn of Africa. As any other country, the Federal Parliament of Somalia is the most important institution of the government for making laws, preparing motions and exercising check and balance power over the two other branches of government (executive and judiciary). Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, and more countries still being added! The cases of two girls who were gang raped by civilians andThe Somali penal code, currently being revised, classifies sexual violence as an “offence against modesty and sexual honor” rather than as a violation of bodily integrity; it also punishes same-sex intercourse. Includes timeline of events since Nov. 2018.
Inter-clan and intra-security force violence, often over control of land and revenge killings, led to civilian deaths, injuries, and displacement, as did sporadic military operations, including Federal and regional authorities, particularly in Somaliland, continued to restrict free expression and media freedoms, including by harassing and Relations between the federal government and the federal member states deteriorated, diverting attention from needed reforms and on occasion resulting in abuses.In January, when Somalia became a member of the UN Human Rights Council, the federal government expelled the UN head in Somalia, Nicholas Haysom, pointing to In December 2018, during the run-up to regional presidential elections in Baidoa, Dozens of government and security officials as well as former electoral delegates and clan elders who had been involved in the 2016 electoral process, were assassinated; Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for Al-Shabab executed after unfair trials individuals it accused of working or Al-Shabab conducted targeted and indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure using improvised explosive devices (IEDs), All Somali parties to the conflict commited serious abuses against children, including Somali federal and regional authorities unlawfully detained children simply for alleged ties to Al-Shabab and at times prosecuted in military courts, children for terrorism-related offenses. There are an estimated The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) recorded a total of 1,154 civilian casualties by mid-November. The most accurate online map of territory in Somalia's civil war, updated to Aug. 2019. Strained relations between central and regional government, and the legislature, together with the complex web of inter-communal politics, have caused tensions across the country, as further elections on Somalia's road to full democratic government beckon next year. In the wake of the Somali Government's decision last week to expel the head of the UN's assistance mission, "The members of the Security Council underscored the strong and continued commitment of the international community to support peace, stability and development in Somalia, and reiterated in this regard their expectation of full cooperation between Somalia and the United Nations. Ongoing armed conflict, insecurity, lack of state protection, and recurring humanitarian crises exposed Somali civilians to serious abuse.
Ongoing armed conflict, insecurity, lack of state protection, and recurring humanitarian crises exposed Somali civilians to serious abuse.
2016-2019 represents a crucial period for Somalia’s transition from decades of state failure. The federal Sexual Offences Bill has been submitted before parliament, but had yet to be debated at time of writing. ... Our maps (and maps based on ours) have appeared in reporting by The Guardian, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Stratfor, and other media outlets, as well as numerous books and academic papers.
The federal government, regional authorities, notably in Puntland and Jubaland, and Al-Shabab continued to intimidate, harass and attack journalists. In protests against the jailing of the candidate in South West state days before the vote, at least 15 died and many were detained, according to news reports. After two decades of conflict, state collapse, warlordism, and weak transitional governments, the Federal Government of Somalia was established in 2012, with a “road map… Mr. Guterres said on Friday that in the interests of putting the Somali people, and the work of UNSOM first, he would be appointing a new Special Representative and head of mission, "in due course". "The members of the Security Council underlined that 2019 would be a critical year for Somalia, and called on its leaders to work together to advance political and security reforms. While Somali authorities seldom investigate cases of killings or attacks on journalists, a In September and October, authorities in Puntland repeatedly harassed journalists at Daljir Radio after the station reported on alleged arbitrary arrests and mistreatment of detainees, including the alleged death in custody of one detainee as a result of mistreatment, by Puntland security forces.