KISMAYO (SD) – Jubbaland state has vowed to take against traditional elders or anyone with links to terrorist organisations amid Somalia intensified operations against al-Shabaab militants. During a weekly meeting by the […]
Jubbaland sends stern warning to Al-Shabaab sympathisers
Somalia sends all-female police unit for Turkish special training
MOGADISHU (SD) – About 49 newly recruited female police officer have been dispatched to Turkey for special training ahead of the country parliamentary and presidential elections. The horn of Africa nation plans […]
Puntland, Galmudug agree to fight Al-Shabaab together
Galkayo (SD) – Security ministers of Puntland and Galmudug administrations held critical meetings in Galkayo reaching an understanding regarding their fight against Al Shabaab and the clans who are arguing for men […]
Killings of Somali businessmen in South Africa on the rise
Johannesburg (SD) – South Africa’s mounting Violence is being felt by Somalis in that country, as supporters of former President Jacob Zuma, was recently jailed for 15 months. Violence in South Africa’s […]
EU Ambassador and the Mayor of Hargeisa and his Deputy discuss developmental plans
Hargeisa (SD) – The Mayor of Hargeisa and his Deputy met with the Ambassador of the European Union to Somalia. The meeting discussed how the EU could assist local governments with projects […]
First Somali woman becomes MP in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (SD) – Saharla Abdullahi Bahdoon became the first Somali Ethiopian to be elected as a member of parliament to represent Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. She won a seat […]
USAID donates $15m to UK supported girls’ education programme in Somalia
MOGADISHU (SD) – USAID has week announced a new $15 million contribution to the UK-supported Adolescent Girls Education in Somalia (AGES) programme. With $17.6 million in UK Aid, AGES is currently supporting […]
Guled and Hashi pick separate poll team leaders
MOGADISHU (SD) – Top officials from northern Somalia have disagreed over the appointment of members of the electoral teams for Somaliland state ahead of the country’s parliamentary and presidential election. Two factions […]
Farmaajo congratulates PM Abiy on his party’s victory
MOGADISHU (SD) – President Mohamed Farmaajo on Sunday extended congratulations to Ethiopian prime minister on the victory of Ethiopia’s governing Prosperity Party which won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary election. […]
FP: Obstacles to Somaliland’s Recognition
Johannesburg (SD) – The International Foreign Policy Journal, has published a lengthy Foreign Policy Report commenting on Somaliland’s quest for recognition. Lynsey Chutel, a foreign policy journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa, […]
Gunmen kill father and sons in Galkayo
MOGADISHU (SD) – Unidentified armed men have killed a father and two sons in central Somalia. According to witnesses, the men had the stormed the family and shot dead the father and […]
Qatar condemns Mogadishu suicide bomb
MOGADISHU (SD) – The government of Qatar has condemned Saturday’s deadly suicide attack in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu that killed more than eight people majority civilians. The convoy of Mogadishu police commissioner, Farhan […]
Somalia: election conflict of northern MP’s resurfaces
Mogadishu (SD) – Members of the committee that oversees the election of seats in both houses of parliament representing Somaliland has met today in Mogadishu and elected a new chairman. Seven members […]
Somaliland President Receives First Somali Member of the Finnish House of Representatives
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, today received Sultan Said Ahmed, a native of the Republic of Somaliland, recently elected to the House of Representatives […]
Puntland announces capture of ISIS hideouts
Bossaso (SD) – Puntland regional security forces have claimed victory in a battles with ISIS militants in the Bari region. The operation, which began on Thursday, is concentrated in the mountains of […]
Five killed in southern Somalia blasts
MOGADISHU (SD) – At least five people have been killed more than six people and several other sustained injuries in two deadly bomb explosions in southern Somalia In a press conference, Somali […]
Mogadishu police boss survives attack in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (SD) – Mogadishu police commissioner, Colonel Farhan Mohamud Aden has today survived explosion after Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) targeted his convoy at Banadir locality in Somalia’s capital. Witnesses confirmed […]
Somaliland launches campaign to deport illegal Ethiopian refugees
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland Immigration Forces, in collaboration with the Somaliland Police Force, have launched an operation in Hargeisa, were they are picking up illegal Ethiopian immigrants, according to the Horn of […]
Somaliland: Government responds to opposition accusations on Corruption to win Speakership
Hargeisa (SD) -The Somaliland government responds to allegations by the opposition parties that President Muse Bihi Abdi is using financial resources to elect the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The WADDANI […]
PM Roble visits the Somali National Army and AMISOM Command in Jubbaland
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, accompanied by the Minister of Defense, the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Haji, today met with senior AMISOM Force Commanders in Kismayo, the second division of the […]
