Washington(SD)-Today at a press conference US House Representative Ilhan Omar presented a zero waste Act.
Pres. Bihi announces the end of the violence in Sanaag region
Hargeisa(SD)-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi said the long-running violence in Ceel-Afweyn and the entire Sanaag region is coming to an end. “The people there in the past, those who stayed to negotiate a […]
Somali Islamic clerics warn against financing terrorist groups
Mogadishu(SD)-Somali religious scholars have called on the Somali people and business people not to give shelter and support to al-Shabaab and ISIS terrorist groups. Sheikh Nur Barudud Gurhan, vice chairman of the […]
Jubbaland suspends co-operation with the Government of Somalia
Kismayo (SD)-Jubbaland state of Somalia announced today that it has suspended cooperation with the Somali Federal Government and banned travel to Kismayo by the TFG authorities, including the cabinet, lawmakers and other officials. […]
Banadir Governor Yarisow moved to the intensive ward
Mogadishu July 25,2019(SD)-According to doctors at Digfeer Hospital in Mogadishu, Benadir Governor Eng Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow, who was injured yesterday in the bombing of the Hamar district headquarters, is moved to […]
A woman suicide bomber suspected on Mogadishu Blast was Coordinator for People with Special Needs
Mogadishu July 25,2019(SD)-Sources close to the investigation of yesterday’s blast at Mogadishu’s local government center reveal that a women carried out the suicide attack. The source claimed the woman suicide attacker who died was named […]
Four Gabiley city councilors arrested
Gabiley July 24,2019(SD)-Four Gabiley city council members arrested and then sent to Hargeisa Jail. The city councilors were opposition to Gabiley’s mayor Mohamed Amin Omar, whom they wanted removed from office, accusing him of corruption and inaction. Although […]
Federal government points out wrong elders picking PM’s in Jubaland
Kismayo July 24,2019(SD)-The Ministry of Interior and Reconciliation of the government of Somalia said that the list of traditional elders issued by the Election and Boundaries Commission does not match the Ministry’s official […]
Al Shabab Targets David Swan at a Mogadishu blast
Mogadishu July 24,2019(SD)-At least 10 people have been killed and more than 30 others injured in a suicide bombing at a compound in Banadir region, al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility. The explosion occurred […]
Jubbaland Announces Elders who Selects New Parliament
Kismayo July 24,2018(SD)-The Independent Electoral Commission of Jubbaland has announced the list of traditional elders to select members of the Jubbaland state parliament. The elders selecting the newly announced Jubbaland parliamentarians are 135 […]
Deputy Prime Minster of Somalia visits Baidoa
Baidoa July 23,2019(SD)-Deputy prime minister of Somalia Mahdi M. Gulaid with federal and state ministers visit Baidoa. “I visited business centers where I saw the progress of business in the city and the […]
Press Statement: International Partners Visit Galmudug
A delegation of Somalia’s regional and international partners visited Dhusamareeb on 22 July 2019, to be updated on developments in the Federal Member State of Galmudug and to attend a ceremony marking […]
Hargeisa University outreach official denied participation of summit
Hargeisa July 23,2019(SD)-The Somaliland government has banned Mohamed Sulub, head of public relations at the University of Hargeisa, from speaking at the Somaliland Youth Summit, which is currently ongoing at the University […]
Somalia: Puntland President acknowledges Qatar is to blame for bombings
Garowe July 23,2019(SD)-Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni cites a report published in the New York Times, asking the Federal Government of Somalia to investigate the allegations in a report that Qatar is […]
17 killed in early morning blast in Mogadishu
Mogadishu July 23,20199SD)-At least 17 people have been killed and 30 injured in a car bomb blast on a heavily guarded road in the capital Mogadishu. The al-Qaeda-allied group Al Shabab claimed […]
US to Increase Support to the Republic of Somaliland
Hargeisa July 23,2019(SD)-The United States is extending its support to the Republic of Somaliland to play a role in working with the Horn of Africa nation. This according to a report published […]
A summit in Hargeisa gets a go ahead after switching Somalia for Somaliland in the title
Hargeisa July 23,2019(SDN)-University of Hargeisa had to go through a name change for their Somali Youth Summit inorder to hold it Authorities in Somaliland did not like the fact that the Summit’s […]
Barak Obama’s Sister in Hargeisa and her take on independence
Hargeisa July 22, 2019(SD)-The sister of former Former US President Barack Obama Dr. Au Obama, a writer, journalist and famous personality in Kenya, is currently in Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa. Dr. Mr Obama was […]
When is a nation not a nation? Somaliland’s dream of independence
when you are in Somaliland, there is never any question that you are in a real country. After all, the place has all the trappings of countryhood. When I arrived at the […]
Somalia: Electoral committee nominated to work on contentious election laws
Mogadishu July 21,2019(SD)-The Speaker of the House of the Federal Parliament of Somalia Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman has appointed a Transitional National Committee to prepare the National Electoral Law. The chairman of the House’ […]