FEER FEER (SD) – Liyuu police forces and Al-Shabaab fighters reportedly clashed yesterday in Las-Qurun area, not far from the capital of Feer-Feer district of the Somali regional government, near the Somalia […]
Al-Shabaab and Ethiopia’s Somali Regional forces clash near Feer
President Bihi reportedly discusses election dispute with Tiina Intelmann
HARGEISA (SD) – The president of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, today received the EU ambassador to Somalia Tina Intelmann at the presidential palace. The meeting discussed important issues including the elections, the […]
Villa Somalia Down plays Nile talk with Egypt
CAIRO (SD) – Egyptian President Abdelfatah Sisi said that he and Somalia’s visiting President Hassan Sheikh have discussed the issue of the Nile River dam in Ethiopia, which Egypt strongly opposes. SISI […]
Somaliland closed the BBC Media Action office and arrested employees
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland has today completely closed the BBC Media Action Somali office in Hargeisa, authorities also arrested 5 BBC Media Action employees. The five members of the BBC Media staff […]
Hiraan Governor: Hundreds of Al-Shabaab fighters crossed into Ethiopian, again.
BELEDWEYN (SD) – The governor of Somalia’s Hiraan region told the BBC Somali Service that Al-Shabaab fighters have crossed the border of Hiraan region and into the Ethiopian Somali regional government. Governor […]
Ethiopia’s Somali regional state forces put down Al-Shabaab attackers
JIGJIGA (SD) – The Somali Regional State Government of Ethiopia announced the end of a four-day military operation in the Afdheer region, where hundreds of Al-Shabaab fighters entered. “The Al-Shabaab terrorist group […]
Finnish Envoy to mediate President Bihi and the opposition
HARGEISA (SD) – The Kulmiye said that the Finnish government’s Envoy to the Horn of Africa, Sultan Said Ahmed, wants to mediate in the country’s presidential election dispute. A statement published on […]
Al Shabaab carryout attacks in Kenya
MANDERA (SD) -Al Shabaab has claimed that the group’s fighters have carried out attacks in Kenya, especially in areas under the city of Mandera in the North East region of Kenya. The […]
Al Shabaab, Liyu Police clashes continue in Afdheer
AFDHEER (SD) – A fierce battles between Al Shabaab militants and the Liyu Police forces of the Ethiopian Somali Regional Government continue in the areas of Afdheer region. Today’s fighting continued into […]
The electoral dispute and the mediation failures are part of President Bihi’s plan for extension
TORONTO (SD) – Somaliland’s national opposition parties have this week confirmed the collapse of the presidential election dispute mediation, blaming president Muse Bihi Abdi for the failure and the dispute, the election […]
Somaliland opposition meets with the Finish Envoy
HARGEISA (SD) – The two opposition parties in Somaliland, UCID and WADDANI, today held an information meeting with the representative of the Finnish government in charge of peace and mediation in the […]
U.S. Senator criticizes Somaliland for undermining press freedoms
WASHINGTON (SD) – One of the Senators behind the effort to establish a relationship between Somaliland and the United States criticized the government’s behavior towards the independent press. Senator Jim Risch a […]
Al-Shabaab and the Liyu Police clash at the border
BAKOOL (SD) – Clashes between Somali Ethiopian Regional government forces and Al Shabaab have caused a large number of deaths and injuries, according to local reports. According to the reports, the war […]
OIL AND GAS OPPORTUNITIES IN SOMALIA
Background. Somalia is a coastal nation in East Africa. The official language is Somali and the second language is Arabic. The country was formerly known as the “Somali Democratic Republic” before the […]
Somali PM Declares War Against Al-Shabaab and Daesh
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre today met with representatives of the Security and Peace Council of the African Union. Somalia’s Prime Minister told the Council that they are […]
A female tops Middle School exams in Puntland
GAROOWE (SD) – The Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the Puntland regional state government has announced the names of the top 10 students in the 8th grade exam in Puntland […]
Daesh claims ATMIS attack in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SD) -The Islamist militant Daesh claimed responsibility for an explosion that took place yesterday at the Ali Kamin intersection in the Warta-Nabada district, in Mogadisho. Information published by the Daesh claimed […]
US forces airstrike targets Al Shabaab
KISMAYO (SD) – The United States government give details of a bombing carried out on the 17th of July 2022 in the northwest of Kismayo, especially in the area of Libiskus in […]
Somaliland bans the BBC from its territories
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland’s Minister of Information, Saleeban Ali Koorre, announced today that the BBC Somali service is banned from operating in Somaliland. The Minister accused the BBC it has degraded the […]
Somaliland opposition: The President to blame for the collapsed talks
HARGEISA (SD) – The Somaliland National opposition parties Waddani and UCID have announced that the presidential election talks with President Muse Bihi have completely collapsed. The chairpersons of the opposition parties held […]
