Garowe (SD) – Puntland has quarantined 10 people who traveled from Somaliland, according to Puntland’s health minister. Jama Farah Hassan. The Minister of Health said this at a press conference with Puntland […]
Statement from the United Nations System in Somalia on its support to contain COVID-19
Mogadishu – Somalia, like many other countries in the world, is facing the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “The UN family in Somalia stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of Somalia […]
Somali government orders Religious institutions be closed
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali Ministry of Religious Affairs has ordered the closure of religious schools and mosques, to curb the spread of the infectious Coronavirus. The decision was reached during at […]
Somaliland Contradicts Djibouti claim over Covid-19 cases
Hargeisa (SD) – Four people passengers who recently traveled to Hargeisa, Somaliland, aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight have tested positive of Covid-19, according Djibouti government. All of whom are citizens of Djibouti landed […]
Al Shabab claims the deadly suicide attack in Garowe
Garowe (SD) – Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for Sunday’s suicide bombing in Garowe, in which Nugal regional governor Abdisalam Hassan Hirsi Gujir and a fellow officer were targeted while in their vehicle. The […]
An Investigative journalist arrested in Hargeisa for exposing corruption
Hargeisa (SD) – The owner of Somalilandchronicle.com Said Ibrahim, an Investigative Journalist, was detained at Hargeisa CID headquarters in Somaliland today, according to sources close to the journalist. His family confirming his […]
Somaliland Dismisses it received aid from Somalia
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland government led by President Muse Bihi on Sunday strongly denied that the deployment of Medical equipment from Mogadishu. Somaliland has claimed that there was no medical equipment […]
Suicide Bomber targets Nugal Governor
Garowe (SD) – A suicide bomber blew himself up at convoy of vehicles escorting Nugal regional governor Abdisalam Hassan Hirsi Gujir and the former Nugal regional police commander. The suicide bomber was […]
Somaliland Bans Travelers from EU and USA
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland government has issued new guidelines to prevent the spread of Coronavirus into the country. The country has imposed travel restrictions on its citizens from Europe and the […]
Somaliland President and the Opposition Parties Seek debt Relief clarifications
Hargeisa (SD) – President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi and the two opposition party leaders of Wadani and UCID, Abdirahman Irro and Eng. Faisal Ali Warabe, jointly opposed to Somalia’s debt consolidation […]
Barware’s $ 4.3 million Airport runway destroyed by rainfall
Barawe (SD) – A torrential downpour in the Lower Shabelle region has destroyed the $ 4.3 million Brava city airport. The destruction of the airport scandalises the Somali authorities who recently taunted […]
Garowe reports first Coronavirus related death in Somalia
Garowe (SD) – Coronavirus claims its first victim in Garowe, Puntland state, the man was in quarantine at time of his death. The deputy director of Garowe General Hospital, Dr Mohamud Abdirashid, […]
Somaliland cant afford to Quarantine travelers, Releases them on bail
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland grants traditional leaders request in releasing quarantined individuals who were among sixty people exposed to the Covid-19, according to sources in Hargeisa. Somaliland has recently quarantined the sixty […]
Somaliland Parliament rejects opposition nominees to Election Commission
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland’s House of Representatives has rejected to confirm the two opposition party’s nominees to Somaliland’s electoral commission this morning. Today’s extraordinary meeting of the MP’s was called by the […]
Somali Federal Government distributed Medical Aid to Regional states and Somaliland
Mogadishu (SD) – The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has started distribution of medical equipment to regional states and Somaliland for the preparation and prevention of Corona (COVID-19). The equipment […]
Somali Doctors Volunteer to Help Italy in fight against Covid-19
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali federal government says it will send Somali doctors to Italy in efforts to help with that country with its Covid-19 epidemic. Somali government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Oronjo […]
Former Somalia PM Nur Adde Contracted Covid-19
London (SD) – Former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, Ambassador Nur Hassan Hussein (Nur Adde), is ill in England, London, after being reported to have been infected with […]
Planes loaded with Medical Supplies land in Hargeisa
Hargeisa (SD) – In the past couple of days, couple of planes full of donated medical supplies have landed in Hargeisa Airport. A Fly Dubai plane returned to Hargeisa with Donated medical […]
Former Somaliland Civil Aviation DG: Somalia can’t Shutdown Somaliland Airports
Hargeisa (SD) -The former Director General of the Somaliland ministry of Civil Aviation and Air Transport Mr. Ahmed Dalal Farah in an Interview with somalidispatch.com explained the Aviation control between Somalia and […]
Owner and his Wife Arrested for Refusing Their Hotel be used for Quarantine Purposes
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland police have detained the owner of Sky Hotel in Hargeisa and his wife for refusing the government using their Hotel as a quarantine space. The people to be […]