MOGADISHU (SD) – Three senators among them two incumbents were elected Tuesday night in HirShabelle state with five seats yet to be filled. Senator Muse Suudi Yalahow and Fartuun Abdulkadir Karama were […]
Hirshabelle assembly to elect senators today
JOWHAR (SD) – HirShabelle state lawmakers will today elect senators ahead of the country’s presidential election in October. The regional MPs will be picking eight senators from a list of 27 candidates. […]
Ikran’s family vows reject Farmajo’s investigation committee
MOGADISHU (SD) – The family of Ikran Tahlil Farah, a female intelligence agent who disappeared without trace late last June, has rejected a presidential decree directing an inquiry team to investigate Ikran’s […]
Roble calls for acceleration of Somaliland’s senate election
MOGADISHU (SD) – Help the government expedite the process of Somaliland’s senetorial election, Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble told his deputy PM and the speaker of the Upper House, Mahadi Guleid […]
Hirshabelle parliament to elect senators tomorrow
JOWHAR (SD) – HirShabelle regional Parliamentarians will tomorrow elect senators who will be representing the state in the eleventh federal parliament. The exercise which will kick off in Jowhar town will participated […]
SNA kills militants, destroys bases in Middle Shabelle
MOGADISHU (SD) – Over ten al-Shabaab militants have been killed and several others wounded following covert security operations in Middle Shabelle region. According to Somali military, the US trained forces also destroyed […]
PM Roble is responsible for kidnap scholar Abdiwahab – family
NAIROBI (SD) – The abduction of missing Kenyan scholar Abdiwahab Abdisamad was job orchestrated from the office of Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, the family of the scholar said Sunday. Abdiwahab’s […]
Ikran’s father accuses Farmaajo of sapping daughter case
MOGADISHU (SD) – The father of Ikran Tahlil Farah, a female spy agent who went missing in June, has accused the outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo of undermining the investigation of the […]
Kenya probes abduction of Somali scholar
NAIROBI (SD) – Kenyan authorities have launched investigation into the into the circumstances under which a horn of Africa Analyst who was abducted in Nairobi. Abdisamad who also the executive director of […]
Family of deceased female spy agent sues top NISA officials
MOGADISHU (SD) – The family of Ikrah Tahlil Farah, female intelligence agent who was reportedly killed, has filed a case against some of top officials of Somalia’s national intelligence and Security agency […]
Somalia’s new Security Minister assumes office
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia’s newly appointed security minister has today taken office hours after the country’s outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo termed his appointment illegal. In a ceremony officiated by Somali prime […]
Somaliland arrests six linked to fake currency in Hargeisa
HARGEISA (SD) – Police in Somaliland are holding six men who were found in possession of fake currencies in Hargeisa town. Speaking to the media, the Commander of the Immigration Force, Brigadier […]
Farmaajo’s pick assumes office at NISA
MOGADISHU (SD) – Colonel Yasin Abdullahi Mohamud has today taken charge at Somalia’s national intelligence and security agency (NISA) hours after President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo appointed him to lead the agency. In […]
Farmaajo receives credentials from EU, Chinese envoys
MOGADISHU (SD) – Newly appointed European Union (EU) ambassador has today handed over her credential letter to Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. While presenting her diplomatic papers, Tiina Intelmann, the new EU […]
Al-Shabaab attacks military base in Puntland state
BOSASO (SD) – About ten motor shells have hit a military base belonging to Puntland state forces in Bari region, al-Shabaab militants claimed Tuesday. In a statement posted on the militant affiliate […]
Two wounded in Beledweyn blast
MOGADISHU (SD) – A hand grenade hurled at a security checkpoint in Beledweyne town of central Somalia has injured two people, officials and residents confirmed Tuesday. Mohamed Osman Ali, a commissioner police […]
Jubbaland praises Roble over Fahad dismissal
MOGADISHU (SD) – Jubbaland state in southern Somalia has commended the role played by Prime Minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble in handling the case of Ikran Tahlil Farah who reportedly killed last week […]
Opposition lauds PM Roble’s move to suspend NISA boss, Fahad
MOGADISHU (SD) – The Council of Presidential Candidates (CPC) has lauded Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble’s move to boot out the controversial boss of National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Fahad […]
Somalia confirms 96 cases of COVID-19
MOGADISHU (SD) – At least 96 new coronavirus infections were recorded in Somalia after 1,943 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The ministry of health said a total of 17,726 […]
Several killed in southern Somalia clashes
MOGADISHU (SD) – Several combatants have been killed and over a dozen others wounded in a fierce fighting between Jubbaland forces and al-Shabaab fighters in southern Somalia. According to sources, Al-Shabaab fighters […]