MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali health ministry on Wednesday confirmed 136 more cases of COVID-19, raising the national tally to 16,535. Of the new cases, 56 were female while 80 were male. The […]
COVID-19 cases in Somalia hit 16,535
Asma Mohammed, a recent Barwaaqo University graduate talked to us about her Educational experience
Hargeisa (SD) -Barwaaqo University established in 2009 had it’s inaugural Class of 2021 graduate two days ago these young women are the first all-female residential university Graduates. The hope is They’ll go […]
AU Security Council officials in Mogadishu to assess Somalia’s security situation
Mogadishu (SD) – Officials from the African Union Security Council arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu today, to assess the country’s overall security situation. Members of the African Union Security Council has […]
Chairman Irro reveals who is behind the rift within the electoral commission
Mogadishu (SD) – The chairman of the Federal Electoral Commission spoke about the disagreement between the members of the commission, based on the release of the Somali Parliament’s election procedure announced yesterday. […]
Somaliland sentences soldier to death over murder of student
HARGEISA (SD) – A military court in Somaliland has sentenced a police officer for killing a student early last month at Amoud University in Borama town of Awdal region. Omar Diriye Burale, […]
Somaliland government arrests prominent cleric
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland security forces arrested Sheikh Mohamed Sheikh Ismail, a well-known sheikh in Somaliland and in many parts of Somalia, according to the sheikh’s daughter. The sheikh, who runs a […]
Somaliland Vice President Attends Farewell Ceremony for Taiwanese Scholarship Recipients
Hargeisa (SD) – The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici) attended a farewell ceremony for a Somaliland student who received a scholarship from Taiwan. The event was […]
Federal Election Implementation Committee issues parliamentary election procedures
Mogadishu (SD) – Federal Election Implementation Committee has today released the Procedures and Criteria for the 2020/2021 Somalia’s Parliamentary Election Process. Parliamentary election procedure developed by the Federal Electoral Commission gives most […]
Laftagareen calls for more efforts to hold universal suffrage in Somalia
BAIDOA (SD) – Somalia has not yet achieved its targeted elections but the current ongoing electoral process is better than none, Southwest state, President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen. During a ceremony held […]
Somali forces kill more than 270 militants
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali forces have killed more than 279 al-Shabaab fighters and injured dozens of others in security operations against the militants for the last one month in central and southern […]
Afghanistan, the painful, but pertinent questions remain
Today, the United States, the United Kingdom and the rest of the Western world are in a gloomy mood of what went ‘wrong’ (or right) in Kabul, upon yesterday’s decisive victory for […]
Somaliland President Attends All Female Graduation Ceremony at Barwaqo University
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, attended the first all female inaugural graduation ceremony at Barwaqo University located in Baliga-cas region, north of the Somaliland […]
Somalia Candidates’ Union demands 4 points after Mogadishu conference
Mogadishu (SD) – After a three-day conference at the Al Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia’s Union of Presidential Candidates issued a press statement on the start of the Upper House elections and […]
Somali PM to leave for maiden visit to Egypt
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble will be soon travelling to Cairo on an invited extended by president Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi less than a week after trip […]
SNA kills 17 al-Shabaab militants and destroys bases
MOGADISHU (SD) – Five al-Shabaab bases and Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) have been destroyed following separate military operation against al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia. Two separate security operations in Lower […]
Turkish government donates armored vehicles to Somalia
Mogadishu (SD) – Somali government receives armored vehicles the government of Turkey, according to state media. A ceremony held in Mogadishu was attended was attended by Minister of State for the Ministry […]
PM of Somalia and regional state leaders met to discuss election issues
Mogadishu (SD) – Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has tonight held a zoom meeting with regional state leaders and the governor of Banadir region. The prime minister and the regional leaders […]
Taliban leaders capture in Afghan presidential palace
Kabul (SD) – The Taliban, who previously controlled much of Afghanistan, has recently moved into the country’s only remaining region, the capital, Kabul. The Taliban now controls all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. […]
Somaliland’s Speaker of the house commits to pass the long awaited Somaliland Media Law.
Hargeisa (SD) – The Newly elected Speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives, Abdirisaq Khalif Ahmed, last night met with journalists working in Hargeisa and other regions of the country. The meeting […]
Kulmiye Spokesman “Presidential Election Will Not Be Held In 2022”
Hargeisa (SD) – Kulmiye party spokesman Abdinasir Muhumed Hassan Buni says Somaliland’s presidential election will not take place next year since the 10 year party permits will expire. Buni claimed the election […]
