Mr. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nor, The Minister of Justice of the Federal Government of Somalia, the Deputy Attorney General, and other staff of the justice, attended an inspiring and informative meeting with Sharia & law students of Mogadishu University. The aim of the meeting was to encourage the law students in Mogadishu University to improve their forthcoming future careers and work hard to take their part in expanding access to justice in this much needed time and context.
The president of Mogadishu University Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Mursal who attended the meeting and welcomed the visitors, thanked to the minister and the other guests for the consideration and encouragement they offered to the Somali students studying law. Moreover, the president of Mogadishu University acclaimed the role of the ministry and other justice institutions for their tireless support to the students and how they tend to focus on producing a new bright, skillful generation of legal professionals.
On the other hand, the Minister of Justice, Mr. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nor, commended the role of Mogadishu University in improving the legal education and training of judges, pointing out that graduates of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at Mogadishu University are prominent in the country’s judiciary.
Mogadishu University in collaboration with Somalia Ministry of Justice and UNDP provides legal scholarships for students selected from the Somali regional states to improve knowledge and skills of the law and expanding access to justice in the country.
Faculty of Political Science and Public administration, Department of International Relations has co-hosted today an online lecture on: “Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa: State of Play and the Way Forward, Focusing on Somalia”
The program started with Opening Remarks by Ahmed Abdel-Latif, the Director-General of the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), and by Fumio IWAI, Ambassador of Japan in EgyptThe guest speaker was Prof. Hideaki Shinoda, a distinguished professor at the Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. This was followed by comments and questions.This event, which facilitated by the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding (CCCPA) and the Japanese Embassy in Egypt, attended more than 50 participants.