Hargeisa July 17,2019(SDN)-Somaliland Deputy Minister of Education Mohamed Dahir Ahmed supported the President of the United States Donald Trump in a speech he has demerged the Somali government. Mohamed Dahir said: “In […]
Somaliland minister agrees with Trump’s attack on Somali Government
Somaliland cabinet condemns Mogadishu attempted livestock blockade
Hargeisa July 16,2019(SD)-A statement from the Somaliland president’s office said that an extraordinary meeting of the cabinet ministers, led by President Muse Bihi Abdi, has led to the export of livestock. Somaliland’s […]
Former Somali President:I’m with the disappointed traders and the Somaliland pastoralists
Mogadishu July 17, 2019(SD)-Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who spoke on the issue of livestock, wrote in a Facebook post: “I’m with the disappointed traders and the Somaliland pastoralists who are facing the […]
ISIS threatens Dahabshil
Mogadishu July 16, 2019-(SD)-The Somali militant group al-Shabab has sent a threatening message to the Dahabshil Company in South Central Somalia. Members of the Dahabshil Bank and Dahabshil Bank said they faced […]
Trump doubles down on attack and Ilhan Omar’s response
Washington July 16, 2019 (SD)- The president of the US today doubled down on his attack towards US house of representatives including Ilhan Omar the first Somali to be elected to that position. “I […]
The US is quietly waging war in Somalia — and Trump has made it worse
After all, the militant groups Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Somalia (ISS) pose no threat to the US. They’re actually fighting each other. But apparently the president hasn’t grasped that Only […]
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Somali Dispatch News is a dynamic source of information that draws on current events from the Horn of Africa and Somali communities worldwide. It has a broad audience that spans Canada, the […]
Canadian Prime minister sends his condolence to Somali-Canadian Journalist’s family
Ottawa (SDN) – July 14, 2019 The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the terrorist attack in Somalia: “On behalf of all Canadians, I offer my deepest condolences to […]
BK postpones Nairobi show again
Nairobi (SD)-July 14, 2019- Mohamed BK a Somaliland singer has his show in Nairobi postponed for the second time this month for unknown reasons. BK whose promoters had sold thousands of tickets […]
Trump attacks Somalia as he responds to Representative Ilhan Omar’s criticism on Immigration policies
Washington (SD)- July 14, 2019-US president Donald Trump attacked four progressive women of color who recently spoke against his US immigration policy. The president specifically directed at Rep Ilhan Omar his tweet […]
Puntland police arrest freelance journalist over critical interview in Garowe
Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the arbitrary arrest of freelance journalist Mohamed Said Yusuf by Puntland police in Garowe on Saturday evening 13 July, 2019 over critical interview and calls for Puntland […]
Suicide car bomb targets hotel in Somali port city
A car bomb went off, followed by gunfire on Friday at a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo, where local elders and lawmakers were meeting to discuss an upcoming regional election, […]
Scramble for Horn of Africa by Gulf, Orient, Western and African interests
The self-declared republic of Somaliland is the latest diplomatic and economic battleground in the Horn of Africa. It pits interests from the Gulf, the West, the Mediterranean and Africa, from Kenya and […]
28 years later, is there hope of independence for Somaliland?
The Somaliland head of the Liaison Office in Kenya Bashe Omar talked to FRED OLUOCH about the changing geopolitics in the Horn. Twenty-eight years after Somaliland declared its independence, the international community […]
Somaliland: Making do with what they have
Somaliland has the world’s fourth-lowest GDP per capita and a high income gap between rich and poor, according to data from the World Bank. Yet the country has been resilient with little […]
With half of Somaliland children not in school, UNICEF and partners launch education access programme
Access to education in Somaliland is extremely limited, with more than 50 per cent of children in Somaliland out of school. In an effort to address the problem, the UN children’s fund, […]
ONLF opens an office in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (SD) July 13,2019- The Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa saw the opening of it’s first office by the ONLF. The opening ceremony was attended by the head of the ONLF Admiral Mohamed […]
Somalia-Somaliland: The Perils of Delaying New Talks
Somalia and Somaliland have been at odds since the latter’s 1991 declaration of independence, which the former rejects. The dispute has cooled after heating up in 2018, but lingering tensions could threaten […]
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