Mogadishu (SD) – Mogadishu’s International Book Fair has opened in the Capital, and this is the sixth year the fair has been held since its inception in 2015. Sheikh Mohamed Diini, the […]
Mogadishu Book Fair opens for sixth year
Lawmaker Ilhan Omar receives Anti-Muslim threats
Washington (SD) – Lawmaker Ilhan Omar, a member of the US House of Representatives, is currently facing threats following a series of hateful GOP inspired comments. A controversy between Lawmakers Omar and […]
Somalia’s Forthcoming Election Free, Fair, Fraud Or Fragmentation
Before we talk about the Somalia’s electoral impasses we ought to turn back the electoral scenario of the region particularly the intergovernmental authority on development (IGAD). The IGAD region had bad blood […]
Somaliland sentences Seven years to 4 soldiers for raping a 13 year old Girl
Erigavo – (SD) – Somaliland military court has today concluded a rape case of four police officers operating in Erigavo, Sanaag region. The court found the soldiers guilty of raping a 13-year-old […]
Puntland issues security order in Bossaso amid tensions
Bossaso (SD) – Puntland’s Bari Regional Security Committee has today held a meeting in Bossaso to discuss the security situation in that city, which has been in a state of crisis in […]
Siblings killed in al-Shabaab attack in Beledweyne
BELEDWEYNE (SD) – At least three people were killed and several others after fierce fighting between Somali military backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) and Al-Shabaab fighters in central Somalia. […]
HIV infections declines in Somalia
MOGADISHU (SD) – HIV prevalence rate of infection in Somalia has been declining over the last fourteen years thanks to efforts to eradicate virus from the Horn of African nation. In a […]
Russian President Putin lauds Somalia’s efforts to eradicate terrorists
MOGADISHU (SD) – Russian president Vladimir Putin has welcomed Somalia’s efforts to fight terror groups including al-Shabaab and ISIS in the horn of African nation. Speaking at a ceremony to present credentials […]
Somaliland Congratulates Barbados as becomes Independent, vows to seek recognition
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland government congratulates Barbados’s decision to remove the British Queen as its head of state, after 55 years of being an independent country. Barbados became independent after the […]
Somaliland Lawmakers and Religious scholars working on Islamic Trade Act
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland’s economic and sharia committees in the House of Representatives, with religious leaders are working on the country’s Trade and Insurgence Acts, making it Sharia complaint. The committees and […]
NISA claims to killed 12 Al-Shabaab operatives in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – A brief statement released last night by the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) on its Twitter account stated that 12 al-Shabaab members had been killed by security forces […]
Has Somaliland sided with any of the warring factions in Ethiopia?
London (SD) – Somaliland Foreign Minister Isse Kayd Mohamud responded to reports by some Ethiopian media outlets that Somaliland has supported the fight against the TPLF in Ethiopia. Issa Kayd Mohamud told […]
Results of Hop 103 seat suspended, FEIT to launch probe
BAIDOA (SD) – Somalia’s federal electoral commission will investigate the process which led to the filling of seat 103 in Baidoa of Southwest state, the agency’s boss confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking to […]
Eritrean spy agents in Somalia to reinstate Farmaajo as president
MOGADISHU (SD) – Unknown number of Eritrean spy agents have sneaked into Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, to give support to the outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo retained his seat ahead of the country’s […]
Burmadow apologizes as Banadir regional administration demands his arrest
Mogadishu (SD) – King Osman Aw-Mohamud Mohamed (Burmadow) apologized for his earlier remarks, were he was seen as praising the former Al Shabaab leader, saying his remarks were politicized. “I was talking […]
Somalia’s Council of Presidential Candidates: election robbery could lead to political conflict
Mogadishu (SD) – The Council of Presidential Candidates has issued a statement following a series of meetings in Mogadishu on the country’s electoral process, declaring that what is going on cannot be […]
Somaliland: UN and SONYO Partner on youth Empowerment
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland Youth Umbrella SONYO and the United Nations have reportedly opened a two-day meeting in Hargeisa to discuss the United Nations Youth Strategy for 2022-2026. The meeting was […]
Somaliland announces allegations of subversion and treason charges against Oldon
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland Prosecutor’s Office has released new allegations against journalist and a humanitarian worker, Abdimalik Muse Coldon, according to media reports. Coldon was arrested on 23/08/2021, allegations of subversion […]
Seven killed in Baidoa attack
MOGADISHU (SD) – At least seven people including combatants and over a dozen others were wounded following fierce fighting between Somali forces and al-Shabaab fighters in Baidoa town in southern Somalia. According […]
Abdullahi Black elected MP in Southwest
BAIDOA (SD) – Abdullahi Adan Ahmed (Black) has been elected as MP in a landslide vote in the ongoing elections in the South West state. The seat HOP193 contested contested by Abdikadir […]
