MOGADISHU (SD) – The Federal Government of Somalia has late night announced the expulsion of Francisco Madeira, the African Union Special Representative (SRCC). An statement from the Office of the Prime Minister […]
Somalia delivers $ 12.7 million to Waaheen Market Emergency Committee
MOGADISHU (SD) – Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled confirmed that Somalia’s federal government sent $12.7 million to the Waheen market emergency committee in Hargeisa today. The money will be used to […]
Federal Electoral Commission announces re-election of four suspended seats
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia’s Federal Electoral Commission (FIET) has decided to re-run the election of the previously suspended four seats. A statement from the Electoral Commission said the election process for the […]
Al-Shabaab responds to NISA on plot to assassinate PM and President
MOGADISHU (SD) – Al-Shabaab responded to an statement from the National Intelligence Service (NISA) that they are plotting to assassinate President Farmajo and Prime Minister Roble. An statement posted on NISA’s Twitter […]
South West announces severance of election relations with PM Roble
BAIDOA (SD) – The South West State of Somalia has announced that it is suspending its cooperation with Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble over election process. The South West State Government has […]
NISA warns PM Roble and Pres. Farmajo about assassination plot
MOGADISHU (SD) A statement from the Somali Federal Government’s National Intelligence Service (NISA) late last night said it had received information that Al Shabaab was targeting Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and […]
Somaliland attributes World Bank pressure in releasing frozen funds
HARGEISA (SD) – The government of Somaliland, thanked Somalia’s government and business community, for their contribution to the reconstruction of the Waheen market. Somaliland Minister of Planning Omar Abdullahi Bade, who spoke […]
Al Shabaab attack blast targets AMISOM convoy near Afgoye
MOGADISHU (SD) – A landmine blast targeted a convoy of AMISOM peacekeepers IN Mogadishu’s Hawa Abdi area. According to reports, the explosion was said to have been hit by one of the […]
Dispatches: Hargeisa Fire, SFD releasing funds to Somaliland and MP certification issues in Somalia
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 […]
Muse Bihi thanks President Farmajo and PM Roble for their Sympathy
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi thanks President Farmajo for his call and for his sympathy for the victims of the Hargeisa Market fire. In an statement posted on Twitter, […]
Danab forces seized Car laden with explosives in Mudug
ADALE (SD) – The Somali National Army DANAB has carried out an operation in Mudug region have seized control of a vehicle full of a explosives in Mudug region from Al Shabaab […]
PM Roble releases frozen $12 Million to help Hargeisa Fire Victims
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has released nearly $12 million in aid for the people of Somaliland affected by the fire that destroyed Waheen Market in Hargeisa. A […]
Businessman loses half a million dollars in Hargeisa market fire
HARGEISA (SD) – Preliminary assessment indicate that millions of dollars were lost in the fire that engulfed Waheen market in Hargeisa last night, leaving traders who owned multi-million dollar businesses losing everything. […]
South West Security forces arrest members of Al-Shabaab
B (SD) – Security and Intelligence Forces of the South West State of Somalia executed a planned operations against Al-Shabaab in Baidoa area, the headquarters of Bay region. Security forces conducted the […]
Presidents Farmajo and Bihi discuss the Hargeisa fire over telephone
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo contacted Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi by telephone to discuss property damage caused by fire at Waheen Market in Hargeisa. Farmajo shared Bihi with […]
Abdirisak Warfaa Talks to us about the History of Somali Region, his book “Cries in the Hinterland”
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 […]
Fire destroys Hargeisa’s central market
HARGEISA (SD) -Heavy fire broke out today in Somaliland’s biggest and main market of Hargeisa, causing heavy financial losses. Police and volunteers using fire trucks could be seen trying to put out […]
The Saudi Arabia has announces tomorrow to be first day of Ramadan
RIYADH (SD) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Tomorrow will be the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, after the crescent moon was sighted in some Saudi […]
U.N. Security Council authorizes new AU mission in Somalia
MOGADISHU (SD) – The Federal Government of Somalia welcomes Security Council Resolution 2628 approving new ATMIS mission in Somalia replacing AMISOM. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Somalia […]
Federal Electoral Commission split over released list of elected MPs
MOGADISHU (SD) – The Federal Electoral Commission (FEIT) with the Secretaries of the Lower and the Upper House have announced the results of the Parliamentary elections for both Houses in the five […]