Over 80 graduate with Masters, PhD in UPEACE third Graduation in Mogadishu

The University for Peace (UPEACE) was established through UN General Assembly resolution 35/55 of December 5, 1980, globally to lessen the obstacles to peace as enshrined by the United Nations Charter. Since its establishment, the University the University has been focusing on thematic areas such as conflict prevention, human security, human rights, environmental security and post-conflict rehabilitation.…

In late 2018, UPEACE expanded its operations to Somalia with the sole aim of building a fully-fledged campus in Mogadishu to aid Somalia’s post-conflict recovery, In December 2022 during its second graduation, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud graduated with a PhD, becoming the few African leaders to achieve such a fete. Others are Kenya’s William Ruto, Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast, Moeketsi Majoro of Lesotho, and King Mohammed VI of Morocco.

In Mogadishu Eighty-Three graduates were conferred with various certificates during the third graduation ceremony of the University for Peace (UPEACE) held at Mogadishu, Somalia on Wednesday, 10 PhDs and 73 Masters graduants walked across the stage—drapped in colorful academic gowns, whispering tales of resilience and dreams woven into threads of knowledge.

Speaking at the event, the United Nations (UN) Special Representative for Somalia, Catriona Laing, spoke of the graduates as “beacons of hope in a nation (Somalia) yearning for peace and stability.