United Nations special envoy to Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah said the conflict in the Horn of Africa nation was increasing being a global problem, Somalia media reported Sunday, according to dpa. "The crisis can no longer be ignored," broadcaster Radio Garowe quoted Ould-Abdallah as saying. In his latest report for the United Nations Security Council, the UN envoy however spoke of considerable progress made by the transitional government of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.