MOGADISHU, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The UN top envoy in Somalia said Saturday that unemployment among the youth was alarming and urged the authorities to provide vocational training and technical skills to young people in the Horn of Africa nation. The UN Special Representative of the UN Secretary-...
He called on all Somalia leaders, whether in the public or private sectors, to work with the government to deliver results for people to help create jobs for the youth.
Such initiatives enable Somali Youth to focus on local solutions, helping them to create jobs and to support economic development.
"This includes jobs and economic opportunity, infrastructure and services, security and functional state institutions," he said. He also urged actions to resolve the conflict in Galkayo, which requires continued action by local actors to manage the situation on the ground, as well as political lea...
"The London Conference is a major opportunity to strengthen the partnership between the international community and Somalia, and set out shared priorities for the coming years to help give the Somali people the future they deserve," Keating said in a statement issued in Mogadishu. ...
The objective should be to reduce human vulnerability by creating jobs, investing in urbanization, water management, access to clean power and adding value to the country's enormous economic potential whether in livestock, fisheries, agriculture or information technology, said Keating. ...
said this moment of national solidarity can be used to advance the agenda that all Somalis so badly need and deserve to counter and defeat violent extremists, to strengthen national institutions that can provide basic services to people including justice, health and education, and to create jobs...
"The visit took place as deliberations on the drawdown of AU troops from key towns in south central Somalia continue, between the government, the Somali security forces and AMISOM," the AU mission said in a statement issued in Mogadishu. ...