GAORWE (SD) – Puntland government has rescinded its earlier directive ordering traders to pay all import and export taxes in dollars. In a decree issued on late Saturday, Puntland leader Saed Abdullahi […]
Deni orders 10% of taxes to be paid in Somali shilling
Somalia: The term of the Federal Parliament ends today
Mogadishu (SD) – Today marks the end of the four-year term of the 10th Federal Parliament of Somalia, which also coincides with the swearing in of both Houses of Parliament. On December […]
132 Hargeisa Prisoners achieve Graduate diplomas
Hargeisa (SD) – The Ministry of Justice in implementing Somaliland Article 27, Paragraph 8, of which states that imprisonment is not a punishment but a bout rehabilitation, has recently been providing educational […]
Speakers of both Houses of Parliament and presidential candidates welcomed in Garowe
Mogadishu (SD) – The Speaker of the Upper House and the Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia were welcomed at Garowe International Airport in the Puntland State of Somalia. Puntland President […]
Hundreds protest against rising inflation in Garowe
GAROWE (SD) – Hundreds of locals on Saturday took to the streets of Garowe of Puntland state, to protest against inflation and weak shilling. The demonstrators blocked number of roads and burnt […]
Al-Shabaab executes man accused of sorcery in southern Somalia
BARHDERE (SD) – A court run by the militant group Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia has executed a man suspected to be a sorcerer. Sources in El-Adde town located in Gedo region which […]
WATCH: Abdirizak Diis, International Relations expert, East Africa Analyst discusses the Somalia Kenyan dispute
Minneapolis (SD) – Somalia announced on Tuesday it severed diplomatic ties with Kenya, accusing Nairobi of interfering in its political affairs as Mogadishu prepares for long-awaited elections scheduled for early 2021. The […]
Puntland security forces reveal the name of a wanted man & reward for his information
Galkayo (SD) – The Mudug regional police command has called on the residents of Galkayo and Puntland in general to report any sighting of a man named Ibrahim Sidow who is wanted […]
Somalia announces election budget
Mogadishu (SD)- Somalia’s disputed election, which is expected to take place in Somalia earlier next year, is set to cost millions of dollars, mostly paid by international donors, according to Somali federal […]
Somaliland: MP’s scrutinize Government Distribution of Local Government Subsidies
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland House of Representatives yesterday focused on the Ministry of Finance’s approach to the local government budget and the central government’s distribution of subsidies to the country’s urban municipalities, […]
Plain clothed officer shoots at protestors in Mogadishu, reporters arrested
Mogadishu (SD) – Crowds of people protesting in Somalia’s capital city were reportedly fired upon by armed men in plain clothes, suspected of being government security authorities. Demonstrators, including young women and […]
Djibouti to send fact finding mission to Somalia-Kenya border
DJIBOUTI (SD) – Djibouti delegation will visit Kenya-Somalia border to assess the situation amid reports confirming presence of heavy military in Both Beled-Hawa and Mandera of Somalia and Kenya respectively. Speaking to […]
Abdi Hashi and Hassan Sheikh oppose Farmajo postponing the constitutional review
Mogadishu (SD) – Speaker of Somalia’s Upper House Abdi Hashi, calls a law delaying approval of Amendments to Provisional Constitution, signed by President Farmajo today illegal. Farmajo signed the agreement on the […]
Somalia: US forces bomb Sakow district
Mogadishu (SD) – The US military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) says it has bombed a building housing al-Shabab fighters in the town of Sakow in the Middle Jubba region. A statement from AFRICOM […]
Somaliland: Minister of Information addresses Journalists’ Concerns of the Solja Conference
Hargeisa (SD) – Minister of Information, Culture and Awareness of Somaliland Mr. Saleban Yusuf Ali Kore, addressed the much-debated and the upcoming Solja elections and conference. The Minister of Information said that […]
Puntland, Galmudug presidents to mediate election dispute
Mogadishu (SD) – Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni and Galmudug President Ahmed Abdi Kariye (Qoor Qoor), issued a statement following talks in Galkayo, Mudug region, on security issues and elections. The statement […]
Somalia postpones constitutional amendments
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia has postponed the amendments of the provisional constitution of Somalia after president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo issued decree on Thursday. According to Somalia National Television, President Farmaajo directed the […]
Opposition leaders call partners to declare Farmaajo as a ‘spoiler’
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 […]
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 […]
