MOGADISHU (SONNA) — In a highly strategic maneuver to completely digitize and streamline public administration, the Council of Ministers of the Federal Republic of Somalia officially approved the establishment of the “Halmeel” Unified Service Center during its weekly session today. Operating directly under the Office of the Prime Minister, this new centralized authority is mandated to consolidate, standardize, and aggressively modernize the delivery of all federal public services.
The Halmeel Center is engineered to dismantle bureaucratic inefficiencies across the state apparatus. By integrating inter-agency data sharing, the center explicitly eliminates redundant bureaucratic layers, ensuring that Somali citizens are no longer required to submit identical information to multiple government offices. This transition to a unified, “one-stop-shop” architecture guarantees that the public receives rapid, highly efficient, and transparent administrative services from the Federal Government.
Beyond the administrative overhaul, the Cabinet session, chaired by Prime Minister H.E. Hamza Abdi Barre, ratified critical international maritime legislation. The executive council officially approved the UN-backed treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement). This ratification firmly aligns Mogadishu’s expanding blue economy strategy with strict global conservation protocols.
Concluding the session, the Prime Minister formally commended the Somali National Armed Forces. Following a comprehensive national security briefing, the executive council confirmed a massive reduction in domestic security incidents, definitively verifying that the state’s multi-front stabilization operations are successfully holding terrain and securing the republic.
