Somali Dispatch

WASHINGTON (SD) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has warned about the rising costs of the war against Al-Shabab, stating that progress in the conflict has been slow. A statement from […]

GAROWE ( SD) – An Indian warship has captured armed men who recently hijacked a Yemeni fishing boat off the coast of Eyl in the Nugal region. According to intelligence sources, the […]

DUBAI (SD) – Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) is on his second day in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he has begun holding key meetings. He met with Sheikh Mohammed […]

MOGADISHU (SD) – The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, met today in Baku, where they signed […]

DUBAI (SD) – Officials from the Somali government and Somaliland are participating in the 2025 World Governments Summit, taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The summit will run from the […]

DUBAI (SD) A long-standing debt issue has been officially resolved today, on February 11, 2025, between the Somali government and the Abu Dhabi Development Fund. The agreement settled a debt of $257 […]

LAS ANOD (SD) A meeting of the SSC-Khatumo House of Representatives started amid chaos and commotion after a motion to establish a new constitution for the administration was presented. The session was […]

HARGEISA (SD) – The President of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro, will attend the World Government Summit in Dubai from the 11th to the 13th of this month. According to the Somaliland […]

GAROWE (SD) – Reports from the Nugal region, specifically the Eyl district, indicate that armed individuals have hijacked a Yemeni-owned fishing vessel. According to multiple sources, the vessel was legally fishing in […]

ADDIS ABABA (SD) – Ethiopia has rejected the allocation planned by the Federal Government of Somalia for the African Union mission and the areas where Ethiopian forces were supposed to operate. The […]

GAROWE (SD) – The UK newspaper Daily Mail revealed that an airstrike in Somalia last week killed a senior leader of the ISIS group, believed to be responsible for recruiting terrorists to […]

MOGADISHU (SD) – The major markets in Mogadishu are closed this morning after traders expressed grievances over a newly introduced tax and alleged threats against them. Traders have decided to go on […]

MOGADISHU (SD) – A press release from the Ministry of Internal Security of the Somali Federal Government praised the ongoing operations by Puntland forces against the ISIS group, particularly their recent successes […]

GAROWE (SD) – Officials from Puntland have spoken about a plan by Israel and the United States to relocate the people of Gaza to Puntland and Somaliland, regions of Somalia, to take […]

WASHINGTON (SD) – Morocco, Somaliland, and Puntland are among the regions being considered by newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump as potential destinations for relocating Palestinians from Gaza as part of a […]

WADJIR (SD) – President William Ruto has signed an official presidential proclamation formally abolishing the verification of identity cards for residents of the North Eastern region of Kenya. The President stated that […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -Further reports have emerged about intense fighting ongoing in the Bardhere district of Gedo region between forces aligned with the Jubaland administration and the Somali federal government. The conflict began […]

BOSSASO (SD) -Puntland Defense Forces, on the second day of an operation aimed at dismantling terrorist elements in the Jecel Valley of the Al-miskad Mountains, announced the second round of casualties among […]