Bossaso (SD) – Details are emerging from heavy fighting between Puntland regional forces and Daesh militants in the mountainous Bari region where the group was hiding. The fighting took place in a […]
Puntland forces clash with Daesh militants
Suicide bomber strikes restaurant in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali Police Force Command released preliminary details of a suicide bombing that took place tonight in Shangaani district of Banadir region. Somali police spokesman Sadiq Adan Doodishe said […]
Somalia to receive China-made COVID-19 vaccines
MOGADISHU (SD) – China will provide COVID-19 vaccines to the horn of Africa nation to help the country fight the pandemic, the Somali health ministry confirmed this week. After a meeting with […]
FGS-FMS leaders meet in Mogadishu for electoral talks
MOGADISHU (SD) – A consultative conference between the leaders of the federal government and its members has today kicked off in the Somali capital thanks to the international community weeks’ long pressure […]
Al-Shabaab attacks military bases in south of Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SD) – Hundreds of heavily armed Al Shabaab militants have this morning attacked two Somali military bases in southwest of Somali capital, Mogadishu amid Somali government intensified operations against the terror […]
President Cagjar calls on FMS leaders to protect borders
Jigjiga (SD) – The president of Ethiopia’s Somali regional state Mustafa Muhumed Cagjar confirmed to local about a recent agreement reached between his government, Galmudug and Hir Shabelle administrations in southern Somalia. […]
US extends sanctions on Somalia another year
Washington (SD) – US President Joe Biden has signed a one-year extension of US sanctions on Somalia, signed also by former Presidents Obama and Trump, according to an statement from the White […]
Farmajo calls for poll talks
MOGADISHU (SD) – The outgoing Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on Thursday announced that the talks between the federal government and its member states will kick off in Mogadishu. In a statement, […]
Republic of Djibouti responds to recent threats from al-Shabaab
Djibouti (SD) – The Republic of Djibouti today responded to a recent threats from the leader of Al Shabab Ahmed Omar Abu Ubaydah. Abu Ubaydah recently recorded a 20-minute message, ahead of […]
Golis businesses closed by Mudug forces
Garowe (SD) – The Puntland Armed Forces has issued an arrest warrant for the Director of Golis Telecommunication Company in Mudug region. The court ordered the director of Golis Company in Galkayo […]
Togdher Regional Health Coordinator resigned over lack of response to Covid-19
Burao (SD) – An official in the government of President Muse Bihi has resigned after he could not stand the level of Covid-19 spread in Somaliland. Somaliland Ministry of Health coordinator for […]
Al-Shabaab attack hero wins Garissa Senatorial seat
NAIROBI (SD) – The man who helped rescue hundreds of hostages in the middle of an attack on Westgate by Al-Shabaab in 2013 has been elected to Garissa County’s next senator unopposed. […]
UN calls for immediate talks over Somalia’s poll
MOGADISHU (SD) – UN has called on Somalia’s political stakeholders to come together “at the earliest opportunity” to break the political impasse that led to the delay of the elections in the […]
Ruling Party candidates jailed in Somaliland
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland’s ruling party Kulmiye has announced that some of their candidates vying for the upcoming elections are arrested. Kulmiye party spokesperson Abdinasir Buni told the media today that some […]
A study contrasts the role donors play in Somalia and Somaliland
London (SD) – I Gordon Peake, an international author, discusses the issue of Somaliland’s quest for recognition and describes how the international community has focused on reviving a failed Somalia and has […]
Al-Shabaab rejects use of AstraZeneca vaccine
JILIB (SD) – Somalia’s militant group, Al-Shabaab has warned people in their areas against COVID-19 inoculation barely two weeks after Somalia launched COVID-19 vaccinations. In a statement, Al-Shabaab’s Office of Politics and […]
Gov’t blocks roads in Mogadishu ahead of parliament session
MOGADISHU (SD) – Several roads leading to the Somali parliament in Mogadishu are this morning closed with a heavy presence of security forces ahead of today’s parliament session. The Somali government has […]
Wadani Party elects Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates
Hargeisa (SD) -The third conference of the Central Committee of the opposition party Wadani opened today at the Ambassador Hotel in Hargeisa, re-electing Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi (Cirro) and Mohamed Ali Aw Abdi […]
Somaliland schools closed due to Covid-19
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland Ministry of Education has announced the closure of schools for two months, as Covid-19 virus spreads across the country. The number of cases in Somaliland is reportedly […]
Villa Somalia responds to former PM on security agreements with Ethiopia and Eritrea
Mogadishu (SD) – The director of Somalia’s presidency Abdirashid Mohamed Hashi has issued a statement denying President Farmajo’s alleged trip to Addis Ababa is to sign security agreements with Ethiopia and Eritrea. […]
