{"id":458974,"date":"2026-04-15T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=458974"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:55:07","slug":"al-makhzoumi-submits-somalias-child-rights-charter-ratification-to-african-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/al-makhzoumi-submits-somalias-child-rights-charter-ratification-to-african-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Makhzoumi Submits Somalia\u2019s Child Rights Charter Ratification to African Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa(SONNA)-Minister of Family Affairs and Human Rights Development of the Federal Government of Somalia on Tuesday announced that the country has formally ratified the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child<\/span><\/span>, in a major step toward strengthening protections for children\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"623\">The instrument of ratification was submitted to the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">African Union<\/span><\/span> during a ceremony at its headquarters in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Addis Ababa<\/span><\/span>. The event was presided over by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Moussa Mohamed Omar<\/span><\/span> and attended by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Hajer Gueldich<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"864\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Al-Makhzoumi said the move underscores Somalia\u2019s commitment to advancing child welfare, fulfilling its regional and international obligations, and strengthening national systems to safeguard the rights and well-being of every Somali child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa(SONNA)-Minister of Family Affairs and Human Rights Development of the Federal Government of Somalia on Tuesday announced that the country has formally ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, in a major step toward strengthening protections for children\u2019s rights. The instrument of ratification was submitted to the African Union [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":458933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-458974","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\/458974","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458975,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458974\/revisions\/458975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}