Mogadishu(SD)-The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, at Villa Somalia, has met the young man who was arrested for wearing a Somalia flag in Hargeisa. According to a statement released […]
President Farmajo meets with the leadership of National Party Forum
Mogadishu(SD)-Former President of Somalia leading the National Party Forum details the issues agreed with the current Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo today. Former President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who spoke to the […]
Somaliland trains university graduates as military officers
Hargeisa(SD)-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi attended the opening of a military officer training program for the first batch of men and woman to be offered in Dararweyne, a suburb of Hargeisa. The Somaliland President was acompnied […]
Almas Elman killed in Halane camp
Mogadishu(SD)-Reports from Mogadishu confirm that Almas Elman, the sister of Elwad Elman, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize recently. Almas was reportedly shot dead while in the Western diplomatic compound known as HALANE, […]
Somaliland Government explains HCTV Arrests and blockade, while a Hargeisa court rejected listening to the case
Hargeisa(SD)-A press release issued today by the Somaliland Ministry of Information, Culture and Communication, said it closed on HCTV on Monday, After broadcasting false information, and violating Somaliland Press Law No. 27/2004. In a […]
Djibouti: The purchase of a helicopter sows discord between the director of the national police and the head of the Djiboutian Air Force corps.
Djibouti(SD)-The director of the Djiboutian National Police, Colonel Abdillahi Abdi Farah, bought a two-seater helicopter seated from a French company. This helicopter will be equipped with normal cameras and also infrared cameras. It […]
Al-Shabaab claims to have seized territory in Somaliland for the first time
Yube(SD)-Al-Shabaab has for the first time taken control of a region in Somaliland, especially in the Sanaag, which their forces has recently been seen. The report, which was posted on their website, titled […]
Hargeisa(SD)-Various delegates led by the former vice president of Somaliland Ahmed Yusuf Yasin have held meetings with opposition parties to end the dispute between the government and the opposition parties. The delegates met […]
Somaliland: Human Rights Center condemns arrest of opposition politicians and journalists
Hargeisa(SD)-On Monday night, 17 November 2019, Somaliland police arrested two opposition party leaders in the country. Khadar Hussein Abdi, secretary general and Barkhad Jama Batun, the party’s spokesperson. On Sunday, the party […]
Police commissioner: a police officer shot by Wadani leader security force
Hargeisa(SD)-Police Commissioner Gen: Adan Saqqhi Dabagalle said WADDANI party security guard Abdirahman Irro was shot and injured the head of the police department in eastern Hargeisa, while another soldier was stoned by Wadani supporters. […]
Police couldn’t stop Wadani leaders entering their headquarters.
Hargeisa(SD)-The leader of the Wadani party escorted by a crowd of their supporters arrived at the headquarters of Hargeisa, despite police blockade. Party leaders and citizens held hands and forcefully entered their Headquarters, though […]
HCTV Television Blocked, Editor arrested today
Hargeisa(SD)-The Somaliland government has shut down yet another media house, HCTV television station based in Hargeisa today. Also, Television editor Abdiqadir Saleban Caseyr (Codey) was arrested and the two are accused of […]
Somaliland Cabinet Approves 2020 Budget as the Berbera DP World proceeds go to Muse Bihi’s Coffers
Hargeisa(SD)-The Somaliland Cabinet today approved the 2020 national budget of 2,751,304,880,098 SLSH (Two Thousands, Eighty-Four Million, Eighty-Eighty-Eighty-eight Shillings), and 18 % (Eighteen percent) more than the fiscal year 2019. The session of […]
Al-Shabaab first seen in areas of Sanaag region
Sanag(SD)-Reports from Sanaag region indicate that for the first time in the local region of Sanaag are seen forces that are believed to be members of Al-Shabab. According to reliable sources in the intelligence Sanaag […]
Waddani party officials arrested in Somaliland
Hargeisa(SD)-A political crisis erupts in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, as Police detain officials of Wadani opposition partying a move to militarize the country’s political unrest. The Police have reportedly arrested the party’s […]
Wadani Party calls on mass demonstrations in Hargeisa
Hargeisa(SD)-Somaliland’s Wadani Opposition Leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Cirro has called on his supporters to gather in the party’s headquarters in Hargeisa tomorrow. Cheirman Irro has invited only his supporters in the Maroodi region in a rally […]
Why is Somaliland Government arming it’s self with illegal ammunition
Hargeisa(SD)-A report by the UN Security Council this month said that the Somaliland government buys illegal weapons regularly from a Ethiopian company called Metals and Engineering Corporation (MetEC). This report details both previous […]
President Bihi responds to allegations by opposition parties
Hargeisa(SD)-President Muse Bihi today addressed the controversy of the new Election Commission members, which the opposition parties have said they have rejected and will not work with. The president spoke at an […]
ISCO Concerned Over Controversy in Somaliland’s New Electoral Commission
Hargeisa(SD)-The Alliance for Independent Societies (ISCO) has suggested that the disputed electoral commission members resign, and has made recommendations to the president and opposition parties. Independent civil society organizations (ISCO) expressed concern […]
Puntland parliament approves election commission
Garowe(SD)-The Puntland state parliament has today approved the provisional electoral commision of Puntland’s multi-party system. The nine-member committee was nominated in July by Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni and former parliamentary speaker, Abdihakim Dhobo. […]