Hargeisa (SD) – The Auditor General of Somaliland, Mr. Ahmed Yusuf Dirir, has for the first time announced that there are officials arrested for corruption. Somaliland’s Auditor General, Ahmed Yusuf Dirir, told […]
Somaliland: Auditor General Says Officials Arrested for Corruption
International Partners Welcome FGS-FMS Dialogue on Electoral Model
Mogadishu (SD) – International partners* welcome the resumption of dialogue between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the five Federal Member States (FMS). The partners commend President Mohamed Abdilahi ‘Farmajo’ and the […]
Somalia’s Ministry of Relief and Disaster management sends aid to Sool and Sanaag
Mogadishu (SD) – At a brief ceremony at Mogadishu International Airport, members of parliament received a donation of medicine and shelter items from the ministry for Sool and Sanaag regions, according to […]
Somali military confirms the killing of two Al-Shabab commanders
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali military has announced that it has killed two Al-Shabaab leaders in two separate operations in the past few hours. In the first operation, about 45km west of […]
Somaliland: Fighting erupts in Tukaraq
Lasanod (SD) – A group led by Colonel Faysal Falalug called the Re-Liberation of Somalia (SSC) has launched a major attack on a Somaliland military base in the Sool region. Falalug forces […]
Somaliland Police chief denies arrest of suspects
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland Police Chief Brigadier General Mohamed Aden Saqadhi (Dabagalle) dismissed reports that the police had arrested suspects and confiscated weapons, warning those who are accustomed to spreading false information. […]
Guleid Jama A Human Rights Lawyer Discusses Somaliland’s Judicial and Justice System
Hargeisa (SD) Guleid Ahmed Jama is the former head of Somaliland’s Human rights center and a civil rights Lawyer in Somaliland, we talked to him about the country’s current judicial situation, specifically […]
Djiboutian diaspora invest in developmental projects in their country
Djibouti (SD) – Wealthy Djiboutian citizens who have lived abroad for a long time are now returning home and investing heavily in the country’s business. Yassin Awleed Farah, who has lived in […]
Consultative meeting between FGS and regional governments opens at Villa Somalia
Mogadishu (SD) – A Consultative Meeting between the Federal Government of Somalia and the Regional Governments officially opened today at Villa Somalia. The Acting Director of Information and Media Relations of the […]
Somali Police Command: suspects arrested for a girl’s rap and murder case
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali Police Force Command has released details of the case of a young woman who was killed yesterday in Waberi district of Benadir region. The statement from the […]
Former Somalia PM: I would like to announce my candidacy for the presidency of the FSG
Mogadishu (SD) – Former Somali Federal Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre has tonight officially announced his candidacy for the presidency of Somalia, at a time when his replacement is yet to be […]
Somaliland: Deputy speaker Appoints Committee to address seat sharing issues in the Parliament
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland lawmakers have agreed to postpone a vote on the country’s Electoral Law by two days, after MPs from Awdal region left the assembly, expressing concern over the distribution […]
Relatives of a young woman killed in Mogadishu say she was “raped before the killing”
Mogadishu (SD) – The family of a woman who was allegedly raped and then thrown from a high-rise in Waberi district and died in the attack has called on the government to […]
Regional leaders and US ambassador meet in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – The US Embassy in Mogadishu has welcomed a meeting between US Ambassador with some of Somalia’s member state leaders who are in the nations Capital for election process talks. […]
Suicide bomber strikes outside Kismayo mosque
Kismayo (SD) – Reports from Kismayo town in the lower Juba region confirm that a suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station in the town, causing casualties including deaths and […]
Somalia: Cabinet suspends National Path Program
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali cabinet suspended the government’s Path Program at a meeting this week, it has been the way the Somali government has been operating for the past three and […]
New AMISOM Force Commander tours sector one in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – The new Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Lt Gen Diomede Ndegeya has paid his first visit to the 1st Division of the Uganda People’s Defense […]
Mortar shells hit Mogadishu neighborhoods
Mogadishu (SD) – Some districts in Somalia’s capital region were hit by random mortars tonight, the source of which is still unknown. No casualties have been reported so far, and the federal […]
Somaliland Parties Hold Meeting On Criteria For Selection Of Local Candidates
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland’s National Parties Dialogue Committee convened today in Hargeisa under the chairmanship of the Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland Mr. Abdirahman Saylici, Eng. Faisal Ali Warabe, and […]
Villa Somalia announces postponement of Somali conference, again
Mogadishu (SD) – Somalia’s federal President Mohamed Farmajo today hosted a luncheon for the presidents of the regional administrations and the governor of Banadir region at his residence. A statement from Villa […]