UN Somalia envoy demands perpetrators face justice after killing

Image

MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 15, 2015 (Garowe Online)-United Nations envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Nicholas Kay has said that he was shocked by the killing of two staffers working for top Refugee Agency, urging justice on Tuesday, Garowe Online reports.

“[I am] deeply shocked at killing today of Amina Mohamed Nur & Abdirisak Adan Adawe. May they rest in peace. Perpetrators must face justice. So sad,” he wrote on his twitter.

EU Ambassador Michele Cervone d’Urso reacted to the incident in similar manner, calling the heinous act ‘despicable murder’.

Unidentified assailants shot and killed the UNHCR workers on Mogadishu’s Maka Al Mukarama road on Monday.

Security officials are insisting that search operations are ongoing over the killing of two humanitarian workers.

GAROWE ONLINE 

Related Articles

Somalia's President fails to unite federal leaders as key states boycott national talks  

The talks, first scheduled for May 2, 2025, and later May 5th, 2025, failed to kick off due to disagreements amongst the proponents.

  • Somalia

    07-05-2025

  • 11:16AM

Somalia: Much-Delayed NCC Opens with No Attendance from Puntland, Jubaland

The formation of the new party is seen as an attempt to address these challenges and secure political backing for the next election cycle.

  • Somalia

    06-05-2025

  • 01:59PM