JIGJIGA (SD) – At least forty Lyu police officers have been killed and unknown number was injured after heavy clashes with Afar forces in Ethiopia. According to sources, heavily armed Afar forces […]
Forty Lyu police officers killed in clashes with Afar forces
Gunmen kill four security officials in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SD) – At least four security officials were killed Monday morning in Mogadishu’s Waberi district. According to Sources in the scene, unknown gunmen in a car have opened fired at the […]
Int’l community reiterates call to end dispute over 2020/21 poll process
MOGADISHU (SD) – International community has reiterated their call for dialogue over the 2020/21 electoral process amid the difference between the government and opposition upped after FIET started the senate electoral process […]
PM Roble to the opposition: remain calm, I’m ready to talk
Mogadishu (SD) – Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has called on opposition politicians and the Somali people to remain calm, and that he is willing to sit down with anyone who […]
Wadani party leader criticizes government over several issues
Mogadishu (SD) – In an interview with independent journalist Khalid Fodhadhi, the leader of the Wadani party spoke about a number of issues. criticizing the government of Muse Bihi. Hirsi Ali Haji […]
Somalia: Election Procedures for the Upper House and Candidate Forms released
Mogadishu (SD) – The disputed Federal Electoral Commission has distributed to the Federal Member States the electoral procedures and forms required to be completed by the candidates for the Upper House seats. […]
Kenya kills four al-shabaab fighters
NAIROBI (SD) – At least four al-Shabaab fighters have been killed and several others sustained injuries after Kenya military raided the group’s training base in the coastal region of East Africa nation. […]
Deni orders 10% of taxes to be paid in Somali shilling
GAORWE (SD) – Puntland government has rescinded its earlier directive ordering traders to pay all import and export taxes in dollars.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 […]
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 […]
