MOGADISHU (SD) – The number of swarms destroying farms in Somalia have been reduced thanks to the anti-desert locust operations, United Nations (UN) food agency confirmed. In a statement on Friday, the […]
Al-Shabaab kills four Kenyan soldiers
LAMU (SD) – At least four Kenyan General Service Unit (GSU) officers have been killed and several others wounded in an ambush suspected to have staged by al-Shabaab fighters in the country’s coastal […]
President Farmaajo blocks plan to release $9.6M to UAE
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has ordered the country’s central bank governor to hold back $9.6 million intended to returned to Unted Arab Emirates (UAE) hours after prime minister Mohamed […]
Somalia to return over $9 million to UAE
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali government has pledged to return close to ten million US dollar barely three years of Somalia seized the money. In a statement, Somali prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble […]
Int’l partners urge Somalis to hold free and fair elections
MOGADISHU (SD) – Hold free and fair elections in the country, Somalia’s international partners urged National Consultative Council (NCC) amid the leaders of the federal and regional state governments are holding talks […]
Foreign diplomats attend National Consultative Forum
MOGADISHU (SD) – Foreign ambassadors have today joined the national consultative meetings which is underway in Somali capital, Mogadishu. According to a statement by prime minister’s office, representatives of the international community […]
Beledweyne on brink to fall to rebel forces
BELEDWEYNE (SD) – Hundreds of heavily armed rebel fighters are inch closer capture Beledweyne town in central Somalia as the government soldiers retreated following hours long fighting. According to multiple sources, forces […]
Roble discusses with three state leaders ahead of consultative forum
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble has held talks with leaders of Galmudug, Southwest and Hirshabelle leaders ahead of the planned National Consultative Council forum. In a statement, the […]
Interior ministry orders NISA out of Mogadishu airport
MOGADISHU (SD) – Interior Security Minister, Abdullahi Sheikh Nuur on Saturday directed all plain-clothed NISA agents operating within the premeters of Aden Adde International Airport to vacate the facility. In a statement, the […]
Roble sets up committee to probe ‘coup attempt’ against him
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has set up a ministerial committee to investigate an alleged coup attempt by president Mohamed Farmaajo. In a statement, Roble said he had […]
Local media watchdog condemns arrests of journos
MOGADISHU (SD) – Local media watchdog based in Somali capital has condemned the brief detention of three journalists last week in Lasanod town of Somaliland. On 26 December, Somaliland police in Lasanod […]
Malta arrests three over murder of Somali national
MOGADISHU (SD) – The government of Malta has arrested at least five people over a workplace accident that claimed the life of Somali national Ahmed Adawe Diriye. According to police, two men […]
Somalia and AU to discuss post 2021 Amisom-Somalia engagement
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali government and African Union (AU) have agreed to resume plans to complete post 2021 So.alia-Amisom engagement. In a statement, Somali government said representatives from Somalia, African Union Commission […]
SNA recaptures a town briefly seized by al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali national army (SNA) has recaptured, Bal’ad, a strategic town outside Somali capital hours after al-Shabaab briefly seized the town in the morning. Quoting SNA officials, the state owned […]
Gov’t gives ex-Shabaab boss $7,000 monthly stipend – NISA
MOGADISHU (SD) – Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow haas been receiving a $7,000 monthly stipend for the last three years, NISA confirmed Wednesday. NISA acting director Yasin Farey said in a […]
Jubbaland holds elections of six Lower House seats
KISMAYO (SD) – Jubbaland state of southern Somalia has today held elections of six parliamentary seats barely three days after the chairperson of Somalia’s Federal Elections Implementation Team was sacked by the […]
PM Roble rejects his suspension by Farmaajo
MOGADISHU (SD) – Prime Minister, Mohamu3d Hussein Roble has rejected a suspension by president Mohamed Abdullahi Faramaajo to remove him from the office. In a statement, Roble vowed to stay in office […]
Farmaajo suspends PM Roble from work
MOGADISHU (SD) – President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has suspended Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble from work over accusations of corruption, a move that could widen the current political crisis in Somalia. In […]
Tug of war as Roble accuses Farmaajo of undermining electoral process
MOGADISHU (SD) – Prime Minister Mohamed Roble has hit back the outgoing Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi hours after the latter accused the former of failing to deliver elections mandate. In a sharp […]
UN nods directive to its airport terminal in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SD) – United Nations (UN) has heeded a directive by Somalia’s foreign ministry to close an airport terminal used by UN and AMISOM staff barely four days after the horn of […]