Somali Dispatch

ARTA (SD) – Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected for a fifth term as president of Djibouti after securing more than 98 percent of the vote, the interior ministry confirmed. In a statement, […]

MOGADISHU (SD) – At least two people have been killed and two others including a soldier were injured after improvised explosive device (IED) suspected to have been planted on a road hit […]

Mogadishu (SD) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia sent a written response to a statement made by the Security Council President Linda Thomas-Greenfield on March 31 […]

Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali presidency has responded to a press release from the Somali Women’s organization LeadNow! on the collapse of the election talks in Mogadishu. LeadNow! is a civil society […]

ARTA (SD) – People Djibouti have today headed to the polls to elect new president, with many expect Ismail Omar Gulleh to won the elections and extend his two-decade rule of the […]

Hargeisa (SD) – Chairman of Somaliland’s consultation forum Prof. Abdisalan Yasin Mohamed has commented on the recent visit of the Zambian Minister of Justice to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. Abdisalam Yassin […]

Mogadishu (SD) – Members of Somalia’s international partners working to bring together Somalia’s disputing factions have reacted to the latest challenges in the election process talks. “International partners are alarmed by public […]

Baidoa (SD) – The bodies of two children of former parliamentarian Sheikh Aweys Abdullahi, a member of the Somali parliament was found this morning on the outskirts of Baidoa, the capital of […]

Mogadishu (SD) – Somali Civil society organizations have expressed concern about the lack of progress in the elections discussions in the country. They lamented that the Federal Government of Somalia’s announced negative […]

MOGADISHU (SD) – The leaders of Council of Presidential Candidates have today accused the outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of sabotaging electoral talks barely a day after FGS-FMS meeting failed. In a statement, […]

Hargeisa (SD) – The interim chairman of the Wadani Opposition Party, MP Abdikadir Haji Ismail Jirde, in a speech with at parliament, called it illegal to shorten the term of the parties. […]

Dhusamareb (SD) – News from Galgadud region of Galmudug state say that the 21st Division of the Somali National Army (SNA) has taken control of new regions between Dhusamareb and Elbur towns. […]

Hargeisa (SD) – The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Abdullahi Ismail (Saylici) today attended the launching of the new Exploration Umbrella, by the Founder of WorldRemit, Ismail Ahmed, with […]

Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali federal government has accused the presidents of Jubaland and Puntland regional states of not wanting elections to take place in the country under the September 17, 2020 […]

JIGJIGA (SD) – At least ninety-five people from Somali and regional states in Ethiopia have been killed and hundreds displaced after gunmen suspected to be from both states conducted cross-border attacks for […]

MOGADISHU (SD) – A consultative meeting between leaders of the Somali government and its member states has today resumed in the Somali capital barely a day after the sides failed to agree […]