Closure of UNPOS
The United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) completed its Security Council mandate on 3 June 2013. The United Nations continues to provide support to the Somalia Federal Government's peace and reconciliation efforts through the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), established by Security Council resolution 2101 (2013).
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26 Aug
2010
An explosion in Mogadishu's Bar Ubax locality claims the lives of 10 foreign combatants as they were preparing a vehicle packed with explosives meant to target AMISOM. Six of the fatalities were from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Algeria, while the other four were senior al-Shabab officials.