Somali President to Address UNGA Prioritizing Security, Gaza Conflict
Somalia’s president heads to UN with security gains and a moral case on Gaza
Mogadishu’s message to New York
MOGADISHU — As world leaders converge on the United Nations General Assembly this week, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud departs for New York carrying two intertwined narratives: a plea for continued international backing for Somalia’s fragile state-building and a sharp moral rebuke over the war in Gaza that echoes across the Global South.
For Mogadishu, the UNGA trip is part diplomacy, part scoreboard.…