Nairobi, 24 July, 2026 / 11:40 pm (ACI Africa). The Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio in Somalia has said that Caritas continues to carry out its humanitarian and development mission despite Somalia being largely forgotten because of its prolonged political instability. In an interview with ACI Africa, Bishop Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes said Somalia has largely been forgotten because of decades of political instability following the collapse of the central government in 1991, which triggered prolonged civil conflict, weakened state institutions, and created one of the world's most complex humanitarian situations. As part of the Church’s effort to promote synodality and attend to the vulnerable people in the Muslim Majority nation, Bishop Daibes said, “Military chaplains continue serving international forces, and Caritas remains active.” “We continue advocating internationally so that the world does not forget Somalia,” the Apostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio who also serves as the Local Ordinary of the only Catholic Diocese in Djibouti said in the July 17 interview.