Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has rejected the reappointment of Hassan Yusuf Duale to rejoin the Somaliland Election Commission. The UCID Representative has resigned his position amid the political […]
Britain suspends RRU funding
Hargeisa (SD) – The British Government has announced that it will stop providing support to the RRU troops in the Somaliland Police – as announced by Somaliland’s Minister of Interior Mohamed Kahin […]
Djibouti manipulates telecommunication laws in Somaliland, once again
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland’s two Houses of Parliament passed an amendment to the country’s telecommunications law this week, ensuring the country’s free market values, or was it? Political analysts in and outside […]
EU Ambassador: we want Somaliland to be a good example for all of us
Hargeisa (SD) – The European Union’s ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga spoke to the reasons the EU is in support of Somaliland’s elections. The Ambassador, who is currently in Hargeisa, was asked […]
Joint Statement on the Situation in Gedo
Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* express grave concern at the build-up of security forces in the Gedo region of Jubaland, Somalia, and clashes in the vicinity of Belet Hawo on 2 March that have […]
Sheikh Shakir describes the war in Dhusamareb as ‘genocide’
Garowe (SD) – Sheikh Mohammed Shakir in a press release claims to be the president of Galmudug, despite loosing politically in a head on clash with the federal government. His statement accuses […]
President Farmajo receives message from his Kenyan counterpart
Mogadishu (SD) – The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, met at Villa Somalia with the Kenyan Minister of Interior, Fred Matiang’i, and received a message from […]
Deputy PM tapped to lead Somalia’s Ruling Party
Mogadishu (SD) – The Ruling Nabad and Nolol Party in Somalia is set to announce its leadership and political plans in the near future, according to sources close to the process. The […]
President Farmajo silent on Abey Ahmed’s criticism on his Uncle Siyad Barre
Addis Ababa (SD) – Ethiopia celebrated yesterday the victory of its army, with the help of other countries, in the 1977 war between Somalia and Ethiopia. Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy Ethiopia issued […]
Somaliland MP: Greater Somalia ambitions are alive
Hargeisa (SD) – Abdikadir Jirde, a member of the Somaliland House of Representatives, has talked about the never dying Ethiopian government’s interest of the Somaliland’s coast, highlighting that its a long-standing tradition […]
Somaliland: The UN Ambassador is a threat to Somalia Somaliland normalisation process
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland Government has responded to the UN Representative to Somalia’s David Swan assertion of Somaliland being part of the Somali election. The UN ambassador at a recent UN Security […]
Ahmed Madobe: The federal government’s conduct is no different than that of al-Shabab
Kismayo (SD) – The president of the Jubaland regional administration Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Ahmed Madobe) addressing the opening of the second session of the parliament has attacked the federal government of Somalia. […]
Somcable’s removed after it fell out favor with Djibouti
Hargeisa (SD) – Members of Somaliland’s House of Representatives debated one the country’s most controversial telecommunications law today. The parliamentarians after a long debate, tabled a motion signed on by 75 MPs […]
The US intervenes in the Somali Kenya dispute
Nairobi (SD) – The Kenyan newspaper the Daily Nation reported that the United States has intervened the raging conflict between Somalia and Kenya. The Daily Nation reports that it received a tip […]
No agreement between Galmudug Factions, says Vice President
Galkayo (SD) – Galmudug Vice President of the Galkayo wing, Ibrahim Hassan Gureye who spoke to the media in Galkayo today denied that they have reached an agreement with the newly elected […]
The First Somali Coronavirus victim confirmed in UK
London (SD) – An Uber driver in London became the first Somali to get infected with the Coronavirus after he picked up a woman from Spain Heathrow Airport last night, according to […]
East African Commission invites Somaliland to a conference in Nairobi
Nairobi (SD) – A Somaliland delegation was in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the importance of an African open markets and trade organized by the East African Commission for Africa. The conference was […]
Somaliland to participate in Somalia’s regional debt consolidation conference
Mogadishu (SD) – According to sources, Somaliland is to attend the Somali government’s regional dept consolidation consultation conference in Baidoa on July 7, 2014. The Somali federal government’s debt consultation conference’s purpose […]
Jubaland and Puntland boycott debt relief conference, as DF faces challenge
Garowe (SD) – Puntland Ministry of Finance has issued a letter indicating they will not be attending Somalia’s debt-rescheduling meeting to take place between 7-11 March. The Puntland Ministry of Finance has […]
Kenya to withdraw its troops from Somalia
Nairobi (SD) – The Kenyan government is expected in the coming days to begin negotiations with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in ways to withdraw its army from Somalia, according […]