LONDON (SD) – Ali Harbi Ali spoke for the first time about why he attacked and killed Sir David Amess, a Member of the UK Parliament. The Somali-British man told a jury […]
Ali Harbi explains why he killed MP David Amess
Marodi-jeh Regional Court Sentences Leopards smugglers
HARGEISA (SD) – Marodijeh Regional Court sentenced five men to one year in prison and fined 3 million shillings each for attempting to smuggle leopards out of the country. The judge read […]
AMISOM and Al-Shabaab exchange artillery fire in Burhakaba
BURHAKABA (SD) – Reports from Bay region say that Al-Shabaab militants fired mortar shells at an AMISOM base in Burhakaba district in Bay region. Residents in Burhakaba told local media that they […]
Waaheen Market Support Committee Meets With International Delegation
HARGEISA (SD) – A meeting between the National Committee for the Support of the Waheen Market and a delegation from the friendly countries of the Republic of Somaliland, assessed the great crisis […]
Civil Society Expresses Concern Over Election Situation
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia’s Civil Society Election Situation Room expressed concern over the growing political tensions surrounding the upcoming elections especially the Parliamentary elections which are in their final stages. A statement […]
Breaking News: Ambassador Madeira criticizes Somali and regional government and opposition leaders
MOGADISHU (SD) – Soon after Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble ordered the African Union Special Representative Francisco Madeira to leave Somalia within 48 hours, a secret audio recording was released. The unconfirmed […]
Villa Somalia opposes Roble’s decision to expel AU envoy
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 […]
The Hargeisa Inferno: Somali-Dispatch Review of the Key Events and Lessons Be Learned.
On that fateful Friday evening, where the first day of April and the first night of the holy month of Ramadan concurred, a huge fire has turned Hargeisa city centre to a […]
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 […]
Why is the American right waging a stealth neocolonial assault on Somalia?
On March 14, the conservative Heritage Foundation played host to the president of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia “whose self-declared independence … is not internationally recognized,” in the words of a […]
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 […]
