WaSHINGTON (SD) – Guleed Hassan Ahmed, Somali man was among five Guantanamo Bay detainees approved for release. Ahmed along with Kenyan Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu; and Omar Muhammad Ali al-Rammah, Moath Hamza al-Alwi, […]
Somali man to be released from Guantanamo Bay prison after 17 years
Somalia’s FEIT elects new chairperson
MOGADISHU (SD) – Members of Federal Elections Implementation Team (FEIT) have today selected a new chairperson following an election which took place in Afisyoni in Mogadishu. According to the poll, Muse Guelleh […]
Kenya kills four al-Shabaab fighters in Mandera
MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Kenyan government has claimed to have destroyed alleged al-Shabaab training bases following security operations in Mandera county. The forces have reportedly engaged al-Shabāab fighters in Takaba, Mandera County, killing […]
Al Shabaab attacks Kenyan troops in Lower Juba region
KISMAYO (SD) – Details are coming out of a heavy fighting in Lower Jubba region between the Kenyan army and Al-Shabaab fighters. The fighting reportedly began after al-Shabaab militants attacked the Kenyan […]
Puntland Commits to Election Process despite TPEC resignations
GAROWE (SD) – Puntland State of Somalia wrote to the international community representatives in Somalia, about how it is committed to the region’s democratic process. The statement from Puntland Presidential Palace said […]
Federal Electoral Commission to vote for a new leadership
MOGADISHU (SD) – The Organizing Committee for the election of the Chairman of the Federal Electoral Commission has issued the timeline for the election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Federal […]
UCID chairman says Supreme Court not neutral on bill 14
HARGEISA (SD) – The chairman of the UCID party, Faisal Ali Warabe, has accused the chairman of the Somaliland Supreme Court, Adan Haji Ali, accused him of not being neutral in the […]
Puntland: Deni meets with regional election commission
GAROWE (SD) – The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, met last night at the State House with the Puntland Transitional Electoral Commission (TPEC). The two sides discussed the […]
Drought effects close to 1 million in Somaliland
Hargeisa (SD) – Close to one million people have been affected by severe drought in Somaliland regions, the government has announced on Thursday. Speaking ro the media, Somaliland deputy president, Abdirahman Seyli’i […]
AU hails new Somalia elections timeline
ADDIS ABABA (SD) – African Union (AU) has welcomed the recently signed electoral deal between Somalia’s federal and regional state leaders. In a statement, AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat reiterated AU’s […]
FIET rejects dismissal of Galmudug SIET boss
MOGADISHU (SD) – The Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) has opposed the removal of Mohamed Dahir Guled as the Chairman of the Galmudug State Electoral Implementation Team (SEIT). Ahmed Safino, the Spokesman […]
Somali listed as a UN top defaulter
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia has been announced one of top three defaulters at the UN following failure to meet its annual financial obligations to the global body. Others are Iran with a […]
UN denies Al Shabaab bombing in Mogadishu targeted UN officials
MOGADISHU (SD) – The United Nations Office in Somalia (UNSOM) has strongly condemned the suicide bombing that took place today on October 21 street in Waberi district of Benadir region. An statement […]
Ali H Warsame: President Deni needs to answer TPEC leadership’s anti democratic accusations quickly
Nairobi (SD) – Puntland’s electoral process faces major challenges as TPEC leadership recently resigned, accusing the regional state of not following through it’s Constitutional obligations. TPEC Chairman Guled Salah Bare and his […]
Galmudug poll agency dismisses its chairperson
DHUSAMAREEB (SD) – The Chairman of Galmudug State Electoral Implementation Team was dismissed on Wednesday following a near-unanimous vote by members of the committee. Mohamed Dahir Guleed was removed as the leader […]
Update: Eight killed in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SD) – At least eight people have been killed and over a dozen sustained injuries after a car bomb exploded outside the international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “A car bomb targeted […]
Somalia returns 97 migrants from Libya
MOGADISHU (SD) – Ninety-seven Somali migrants have been returned to Somalia, the country’s foreign ministry confirmed Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry said the migrants who had been jailed in Libya were […]
Several feared dead in Mogadishu blast
MOGADISHU (SD) – A car bomb explosion rocked Mogadishu Wednesday morning amid fears several people may have been killed or injured. Pictures from the scene show vehicles destroyed. The attack happened in […]
Al-Shabaab increases attacks in Kenya
GARISSA (SD) – Heavily armed suspected al-Shabaab fighters have carried two attacks in the last 24 hours in Kenya’s northeastern region near the border with Somalia. In tbe first attack, using RPGs, […]
Dispute between DP World and Somaliland businessmen emerges
BERBERA (SD) – A dispute erupted between the Berbera Port Importers and DP World, the company managing the port, after it increased tariffs on goods imported into the port. Somaliland Ports Manager […]
