United Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS

🇸🇴🇺🇳 Today, Acting ASG and Head of United Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS_, Qurat-ul-Ain Sadozai, together with UN Headquarters Field Operations Finance Division Director Kelvin Ong, met with Somalia’s National Security Adviser, H.E. Ambassador Awes Hagi Yusuf Ahmed at The Villa Somalia.

The discussions focused on support to the Somali Security Forces ( ) and continued coordination between the United Nations and the Federal Government of Somalia in advancing security priorities.

Acting ASG and Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS , Qurat-ul-Ain Sadozai, and UNHQ Field Operations Finance Division, Director Kelvin Ong met with the British Ambassador in Somalia, Ambassador Charles King in Mogadishu.

They discussed UN-UK partnership, UNSOS operational support and continuity planning to support the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia-AUSSOM and Somali Security Forces and advance Somalia’s peace and priorities.

🇸🇴🇺🇳 Acting ASG and Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia , Ms. Qurat-ul-Ain Sadozai, today received Omar Ali Afra, Director General of Somalia’s Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, for a courtesy call to strengthen cooperation.

The discussions focused on capacity building to support Somalia’s aviation sector and enhance safety. Ms. Sadozai reaffirmed UNSOS’ commitment to advancing Somali-led aviation capabilities through training, aviation safety, and close coordination with national authorities.

United Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS , thanks the UK in Somalia for its continued support to Somalia’s security efforts through the UNSOS-administered Somali Security Forces Trust Fund. This continued partnership provides essential non-lethal assistance to the Somali Security Forces.

🛡️ Building self-reliance on the frontlines in Somalia.

🎓 UNMAS/ Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS recently delivered an intensive Training of Trainers (T o T) course on Explosive Hazard Awareness Training & Improvised Explosive Device Disposal in Hirshabelle State to African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia-AUSSOM officers.

These certified trainers have already deployed to Forward Operating Bases to train their own units on the ground. To ensure long-term impact, UNMAS continues to monitor, mentor, and conduct targeted scenario-based refresher training for these instructors in the field.

This creates a vital force multiplier—strengthening force protection and operational readiness for AUSSOM troops where access is most constrained, while optimizing resources for maximum efficiency.

"Our primary goal was to equip these officers not just with technical counter-IED skills, but with the confidence to teach. Seeing them pass this life-saving knowledge to their comrades in high-risk areas—backed by ongoing mentorship and scenario training—is where real sustainability happens." — AUSSOM ToT Instructor.

Similar training is also provided to the Somali Police Force and National Army, with certified AUSSOM instructors stepping in to train local forces in high-risk sectors UNMAS cannot reach.

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✈️🥫Get inside United Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS delivery of food rations across .

Over 240 tonnes of are distributed monthly to personnel across the sectors & Forward Operating Bases, sustaining operations in the field.

From MovCon cargo operations in Mogadishu to frontline locations, & personnel work together through a lifeline that delivers the supplies needed to keep troops mission-ready.

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African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia-AUSSOM

Sustaining Operations: UNSOS Delivers Food Rations to support AUSSOM and Somali Security Forces | United Nations Peace Operations The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) delivers essential food supplies to sustain the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) and the Somali Security Forces

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United Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS has concluded a three-week Information Technology training programme for 43 officers from the Ghana Formed Police Unit (FPU) in Baidoa, reinforcing its commitment to strengthening the digital capacity of mission personnel in support of peace operations.

Organised by United Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS
Field Technology Services (FTS), the training equipped participants with practical IT skills to enhance operational effectiveness during deployment.

The programme covered computer fundamentals, operating systems, information security best practices, and radio communication, while also supporting participants' professional development.

Ghana FPU Contingent Commander, CSP Samuel Entsuah-Annan, thanked United Nations Support Office in Somalia - UNSOS for delivering the training and encouraged participants to apply their newly acquired skills in support of the
African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia-AUSSOM mandate.