{"id":438289,"date":"2025-03-22T05:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=438289"},"modified":"2025-03-22T05:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:26:05","slug":"ministry-of-foreign-affairs-hosts-annual-diaspora-night-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-hosts-annual-diaspora-night-in-mogadishu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hosts Annual Diaspora Night in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Mogadishu, March 21, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 The Diaspora Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosted the annual &#8220;Diaspora Night&#8221; on Friday in Mogadishu, bringing together senior government officials and diaspora returnees for a Ramadan Iftar aimed at strengthening engagement and fostering discussions on national development.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The event, sponsored by Dahabshiil Group, focused on the diaspora\u2019s role in national development and state-building, highlighting their contributions to the country\u2019s progress.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking at the event, Acting Permanent Secretary and Director of the Protocol Department, Mr. Hussein Sheikh Abdisalam, emphasized the significance of the gathering, noting that it is the second of its kind and has become an important annual tradition. He praised Dahabshiil Bank for its sponsorship and reaffirmed the government\u2019s recognition of the diaspora\u2019s role in the nation\u2019s economic and social development.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Director of the Diaspora Affairs Department, Dr. Mohamed Hussein Gaas, emphasized the Ministry\u2019s dedication to engaging with Somali communities abroad, focusing on resolving their challenges and strengthening collaboration with host countries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-438291\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485694498_1040564204763025_4471468309252523236_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485694498_1040564204763025_4471468309252523236_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485694498_1040564204763025_4471468309252523236_n-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485694498_1040564204763025_4471468309252523236_n-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485694498_1040564204763025_4471468309252523236_n.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-438292\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485986407_1040563751429737_3834147100218189852_n-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485986407_1040563751429737_3834147100218189852_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485986407_1040563751429737_3834147100218189852_n-1-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485986407_1040563751429737_3834147100218189852_n-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485986407_1040563751429737_3834147100218189852_n-1.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-438293\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-1-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-1.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-438294\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/485731032_1040563498096429_9175335631553242919_n.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, March 21, 2025 \u2013 The Diaspora Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosted the annual &#8220;Diaspora Night&#8221; on Friday in Mogadishu, bringing together senior government officials and diaspora returnees for a Ramadan Iftar aimed at strengthening engagement and fostering discussions on national development. The event, sponsored by Dahabshiil Group, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":438290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438295,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438289\/revisions\/438295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}