Editing Communications in Somalia (section)

==Mail==
The [[Somali Postal Service]] (Somali Post) is the national postal service of the [[Federal Government of Somalia]]. It is part of the Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunication.<ref>[http://www.mipt.gov.so/ Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603134406/http://www.mipt.gov.so/ |date=2013-06-03 }}, Government of Somalia, 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.</ref>

The national postal infrastructure was completely destroyed during the civil war. In order to fill the vacuum, Somali Post signed an agreement in 2003 with the [[United Arab Emirates]]' Emirates Post to process mail to and from Somalia. Emirates Post's mail transit hub at the [[Dubai International Airport]] was then used to forward mail from Somalia to the UAE and various Western destinations, including [[Italy]], the [[Netherlands]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Canada]].<ref>[http://www.ameinfo.com/25662.html Emirates Post and Somali Post sign agreement to establish money transfer and mail services] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226005155/http://www.ameinfo.com/25662.html |date=2008-12-26 }}, AMEinfo.com, 30 June 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2012.</ref>

Concurrently, the Somali [[Transitional Federal Government]] began preparations to revive the national postal service. The government's overall reconstruction plan for Somali Post is structured into three Phases spread out over a period of ten years. Phase I will see the reconstruction of the postal headquarters and General Post Office (GPO), as well as the establishment of 16 branch offices in the capital and 17 in regional bases. Somali authorities re-established Somalia's membership with the [[Universal Postal Union]] (UPU) in 2012 and began participating again in the Union's affairs. They have also rehabilitated the GPO in Mogadishu, and appointed an official Postal Consultant to provide professional advice on the renovations. Phase II of the rehabilitation project involved the construction of 718 postal outlets from 2014 to 2016.<ref>[http://www.mipt.gov.so/images/stories/Somali%20Govt%20Presentation%20to%20UPU%20March%202012%20Opt.pdf Reconstruction of Somalia Post], Presentation to the U.P.U., Berne, Somali Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunications, 2 March 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308015056/http://www.mipt.gov.so/images/stories/Somali%20Govt%20Presentation%20to%20UPU%20March%202012%20Opt.pdf Archived here.]</ref>

International postal services for Somalia officially resumed in late 2013, with the assistance of the UPU in developing capacity, providing technical assistance, and furnishing basic mail processing equipment.<ref name="Imsoris">{{cite news|title=International mail services officially resume in Somalia|url=http://news.upu.int/no_cache/nd/international-mail-services-officially-resume-in-somalia/|access-date=7 November 2013|newspaper=Universal Postal Union|date=1 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109172506/http://news.upu.int/no_cache/nd/international-mail-services-officially-resume-in-somalia/|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>