Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland’s Human Rights Center has issued an statement today about “disturbing” arrests of civilians in recent weeks. “Human rights center is disturbed with the arrest of journalist Abdifatah mohamed […]
Somaliland: HRC Condemns the Arbitrary arrest of Journalists, Elders and Activist
Pre-election Security operations conducted in Bossaso
Mogadishu (SD) – The Bari Regional Police conducted a security operation in Bossaso, with security forces sweeping some neighborhoods, vehicles and suspected places. The operation was led by Bari Regional Police Commander […]
Somali cabinet approves $699m budget
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia’s annual budget has increased by 28 million USD from $677 million USD of last year thanks to economic and fiscal reforms. On Sunday, the country’s cabinet has approved next […]
Second lawmaker from Somaliland elected in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SD) – Incumbent Bihi Iman Egeh retained his lower house seat in the just concluded election which place at the General Kahiye Police Academy. Ige got 92 votes while his opponent Abdirahman Hassan […]
Deputy PM Mahdi Guled becomes first MP-elect for Somaliland
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somaliland delegates have today elected Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Guled as the first MP for Somaliland. Guled garnered 97 votes of possible 101 votes, beating his only opponent Mustaq […]
Wadani chairman briefs Diaspora about ongoing talks with Hashi and party elections
Hargeisa (SD) – Wadani Opposition Party Chairman Abdirahman Irro spoke about the party’s talks with former ruling party politicians led by Mohamud Hashi. “There are lots of things going on, including the […]
Confronting Ikran Tahlil’s disappearance
Confronting Ikran Tahlil’s disappearance, has evoked dark memories of the disappearance of my uncle Saeed Abdulkadir Farah. He was my mother’s favorite brother and they were incredibly close. He went missing in […]
Puntland Democratisation Process: A Dream Come True
In the dictionary definition, democracy “is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a […]
Dispute resolution committee opposes Northern parliamentary election process
Mogadishu (SD) – The Indirect Electoral Dispute Resolution Committee has issued a press release regarding the upcoming Northern Regional Parliamentary Elections in Mogadishu. The Committee said that they were responsible for adjudicating […]
US sends officials to bolster war on Al-Shabaab
NAIROBI (SD) – The United States (US) government dispatched senior officials to Somalia and Horn of African region to enhance war against Al-Shabaab. In a statement, the White House said assistant to […]
Ex-Puntland military commander appointed as Kismayo mayor
KISMAYO (SD) – Former Puntland military commander has been appointed as District commissioner and mayor of Kismayo town in Southern Somalia. Nugal region Omar Abdulahi Farole who also previously served Nugaal governor of […]
Somali trader killed in South Africa
CAPE TOWN (Halbeeg News) – A Somali national has been killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Cape town in the latest string of attacks against foreigners in South Africa. The […]
PUNTLAND: Four political parties form a new coalition, criticize the preliminary elections
Garowe (SD) – Runcad, Mustaqbal, Horsed and Ifiye parties in Puntland have formed a political alliance called the Puntland Political Associations Forum, according to a joint statement. The new forum pointed out […]
Britain to send troops to Somalia to fight Al-Shabaab and Islamic State
London (SD) – The British government is reportedly planning to send special forces to Somalia to help fight terrorist groups, According to the Mirror. An unknown number of troops are said to […]
Al-Shabaab attacks military base in Bari region
Bossaso (SD) – Reports from Af-urur village in Bari region say that Al-Shabaab militants fired mortar shells at a Puntland military base in Af-urur area this morning. About 10 mortar shells were […]
Somaliland leadership in Mogadishu releases terms and guidelines for its LH poll
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somaliland leadership caucus in Mogadishu has announced the conditions and guidelines for its lower house elections ahead of the presidential elections which is expected to take place later this […]
Over 500 Somalis arrested in Zambia
LUSAKA (SD) – Over Somalis have been rounded up in Ndola in the north-central part of Zambia after the southern country’s security forces launched operations on Friday. According to multiple sources, Somalis were […]
Somalia’s International Partners welcome Puntland Preliminary Local elections
Mogadishu (SD) – Somalia’s international Partners issued an statement praising the recent three district elections in Puntland state of Somalia. “With the peaceful completion of polling and announcement of preliminary results from […]
Registration of Northern Parliamentary seats began in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – Somalia’s Northern Electoral Commission has released the schedule for two of the seats in Somalia’s House of Representatives # HOP239 and # HOP237, registrations began on Friday for the […]
Somalia tops list of countries where killers of journalists are not prosecuted
Nairobi (SD) – A report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists said that the people behind the killings of journalists are not brought to justice and can move freely wherever they […]
