MOGADISHU (SD) – Opposition presidential candidates have opposed the newly announced timeliness of the upcoming 2020/2021 elections. On Wednesday evening, the interim federal elections committee presented new dates for much-awaited poll with […]
Opposition leaders call partners to declare Farmaajo as a ‘spoiler’
Veteran Somali singer dies
BERLIN (SD) – A popular Somali singer died on Wednesday night in Germany, as a result of complications of COVID-19, Somali government confirmed. Abdi Ali Bal’awan was admitted to a hospital in […]
Somali man sentenced to 12 years for stabbing a man
Newcastle (SD) – A court in Newcastle, UK, has sentenced a Somali national to life in prison for stabbing a man to death. The 29-year-old Somali man, Ibrahim Abdullahi was convicted of […]
Journalist Abdulkadir Dulyar arrested in Beledweyne
Beledweyne (SD) – Police in Beledweyne have arrested journalist Abdikadir Farah Dulyar tonight, after a day of arriving in that city for work. The arrest of the journalist came just hours after […]
Somalia’s election commission announces election timetable
Mogadishu (SD) – Somalia’s disputed federal election commission has released the schedule for the upcoming 2020/21 elections, specifically for the upper house and the lower house of the Somali parliament. The commission […]
Al-Shabaab claims beheading of Kenyan official
NAIROBI (SD) – Somalia’s militant group has claimed the responsibility for the murder of a chief in northern Kenya. Last Friday, gunmen stormed Gumurey, a village near the border with Somalia. After […]
Somaliland leader in Djibouti days after his trip to Kenya incensed Mogadishu
DJIBOUTI (SD) – Somaliland President Muse Bihi on Wednesday arrived in Djibouti barely a week after his visit to Kenya soared the relationship between Somalia and Kenya. Bihi flew from Hargeisa this […]
Mandera gives Kenya gov’t 48 hour ultimatum to kick Janan out
NAIROBI (SD) – Hundreds of Mandera residents have given Kenyan authorities 48 hour ultimatum to kick Jubbaland forces out of the town, failure of which they vowed to storm the bases of […]
US evacuates forces from Ballidoogle, Mogadishu and Kismayo
Mogadishu (SD) – US Navy aircraft carrier USS Hershel Woody Williams arrived the Somali cost in order to evacuate US forces in the Horn of Africa country. The ship, which is carrying […]
Former President Hassan Sheikh: Cutting diplomatic ties with Kenya will not bring Somaliland back
Mogadishu ( SD) – Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was a guest at a question and answer session forum last night, addressed the diplomatic rift between the governments of Somalia […]
Somaliland Vice President opens Youth Employment Fair in Hargeisa
Hargeisa (SD) – The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland Abdirahman Abdullahi Ismail (Saylici) today attended the Somaliland Youth Employment Fair organized by the Ministry of Social and Family Affairs of […]
Somalia and Turkey discuss cooperation and economic reforms
ANKARA (SD) – Somalia and Turkey have discussed ways to enhance economic reforms achieved by the Horn of Africa nation, finance minister said on Tuesday. Abdirahman Duale Beileh has held talks with […]
Torso of Al-shabaab beheaded chief found in Wajir
WAJIR (SD) – The Torso of an assistant chief in Wajir county who has been missing since last Friday was found on a roadside in the county. Omar Adan Buul, was kidnapped […]
Kenya army chief in Mandera amidst border tension with Somalia
NAIROBI (SD) – Kenya Army chief Robert Kariuki Kibochi has paid surprise visit to Mandera town near the border amid reports of military mobilisation by Somalia and Kenya at the border. Sources […]
Resigned federal Upper Senator Returns Home to Hargeisa
Hargeisa (SD) – Senator Mustafe Qodah, a former member of the Somalia’s Federal Upper house has today arrived in Hargeisa, the capital of the of Somaliland. The senator recently resigned and forwarded […]
Diplomats from Somali Embassy in Nairobi return to Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – Diplomats and staff from the Somali Immigration and Nationality Agency at the Somali Embassy in Nairobi returned home this morning. The staff were carrying out an order from the […]
Somali Foreign Minister: IGAD leaders have pressed Somalia to resolve the Kenyan issue within IGAD
Mogadishu (SD) – Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak held a press conference at Villa Somalia this afternoon, upon the delegation led by President Farmajo returned from Djibouti to attend the IGAD […]
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 38TH EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY OF IGAD HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
The 38th Extraordinary Assembly of IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on 20th December 2020 in Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, chaired by H.E. Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the […]
Somaliland: President Receives South African Delegation
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, today received at his office a large delegation from South Africa, led by Mr. Mhlekwa Nxumalo a senior member of the ruling […]
Somalia says now ready to prosecute Sahan Research two years after ban
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia’s Attorney General Suleiman Mohamud has said investigations into Sahan Research which was banned in 2018 over allegations of ‘state instability’ are completed and will now be tabled at […]
