This Sunday, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made history as the first person to be elected president twice in Somalia’s nascent democracy after a landslide victory against the incumbent Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmaajo. […]
NAIROBI (SD) – Somalia’s MPs today will vote for the country’s 10th Federal President, with 39 official candidates, there are only a handful of potential winners according to Somali analysts. Quays Irby […]
TORONTO (SD) – Somaliland election dispute took a serious turn this week after the two official national parties declared that they would not recognise Muse Bihi as the country’s president after his […]
Ladies and gentlemen,It is a great honor and privilege for me to deliver the 2020 Annual Constitutional joint House of parliament, especially members of the House of Representatives, who were elected in […]
LONDON (SD) – Somalia’s upper and lower house elected a joint presidential election committee and said that election will be held on May 15, 2022 Also Al Shabaab launched a major attack […]
MINNEAPOLIS (SD) – We will talking about the passing of General Jama Mohamed Qalib, an influential Somali politician and academic. Jama was an instrumental in Somalia’s independence and nation building and later […]
DJIBOUTI (SD) – Gen. Jama Mohamed Qalib died last night in Djibouti, were he was last few days for treatment. Gen Jama Mohamed Qalib had a long history will be remembered for […]
SAN DIEGO (SD) – Somalia’s parliamentary elections are nearing a conclusion, with over 300 MPs being sworn in and interim speakers elected this week, however, there are still some outstanding electrical issues, […]
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland journalist faced a volatile situation this week as the country’s ruling party Kulmiye implemented mass arrests on reporters covering riots at the capital Hargeisa. While the prominent young […]
NORTH BRABANT (SD) – This week we are discussing the unprecedented move by Somalia’s PM Mohamed Hussein Roble in expelling The AU envoy in Mogadishu Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, the move was […]
MOGADISHU (SD) – Soon after Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble ordered the African Union Special Representative Francisco Madeira to leave Somalia within 48 hours, a secret audio recording was released. The unconfirmed […]
On that fateful Friday evening, where the first day of April and the first night of the holy month of Ramadan concurred, a huge fire has turned Hargeisa city centre to a […]
LONDON (SD) – Welcome back to our dispatches weekly program were we discuss Somalia’s latest news.This week we’re talking about the devastating Hargeisa market Fire, Somali federal government releasing frozen funds meant […]
MINNEAPOLIS (SD) – Dr. Abdirizak Mohamed Warfa is a Minnesota-based author and professor of biological sciences at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN and he is the prolific writer of Cries […]
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia’s electoral process is at near completion with multiple issues regarding transparency, delegate selection, government and security officials being elected and most of all robbing women’s 30% quota.To discuss […]
London (SD) – This week on Dispatches we will be discussing, Somali women’s achievements and challenges as it relates to the international women’s day, Somalia’s looming election deadline and Somaliland President’s visit […]
DAYTON (SD) – This week on Dispatches, we will be discussing the latest in Somalia’s election including incumbents losing seats in Bossaso, former South West president Sharif Hassan placed on no fly […]
The latest in Somalia’s election including the fourth election completion failure, the US banning visa, and Al Shabaab resurgence in Somalia. We are joined by Hodan Ali a Nurse practitioner and A […]
WASHINGTON (SD) – This week on dispatches, we will be discussing, The latest on Somalia’s election including former spy chief Fahad Yasin winning a parliamentary seat, incumbent MP and minister of planning […]
London (SD) – Hassan Haji a former MP from Somalia explains the flawed process of electing new lawmakers in Somalia. Hassan walked us through the “selection” process and the ramifications of these […]
