The Bureau of Forensic Science @BureauForensic received at its Headquarter in Garowe on 06 December 2025 a @UNFPA_SOMALIA delegation led by the Deputy Representative to Somalia Mr. Francis Anyansi and accompanied by Ms. Samira Mohamoud from the UNFPA Office in Puntland.
The UNFPA Team and the bureau’s staff had a productive discussion that started with a remote presentation by the Chancellor and Chief Scientific Officer Abdirashid M. Shire., Ph.D. The presentation summarized the long history (2017 - present) between the bureau and UNFPA and how the UNFPA’s support over the years had drastically changed the bureau to the positive as the delegation witnessed the bureau's progress on personnel, equipment, and forensic science service delivery – thanks to the series of UNFPA leadership from 2017. The bureau’s forensic science services are benefited by Puntland, Banadir, and the federal member states - data on these services were presented to the delegation.
The bureau's scientists then gave the delegation a tour of the bureau's laboratory where they saw the essential scientific instruments and listened the procedures used to arrive at scientific conclusions that aid investigations and prosecutions.
In short, it was productive visit and the bureau's staff, as always, appreciated the visit by the UNFPA delegation.
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