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 […]
Puntland security forces reveal the name of a wanted man & reward for his information
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 […]
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 […]
