The Human Rights Watch in its 2019 report on Somaliland highlighted abuses of human rights by the government. The Organization’s limited report on one of the worst years for human Right and […]
Human Rights Watch under reports 2019 abuses in Somaliland
Somaliland executes several men sentenced to death
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland prosecutors say they carried out a death sentence on six convicted murders in Hargeisa today. The six men have been held in the central Hargeisa jail until the […]
Somali special forces arrest a female Al Shabab leader
Mogadishu (SD) – In an operation last week in Mogadishu, a senior al-Shabaab female official was arrested in the capital, according to local sources. Somali Special Forces two days ago raided a […]
Somaliland takes control over a Puntland army base
Boame (SD) – Reports from Boame in the Sool region say that Somaliland forces have recently taken over the control of an army base, previously controlled by Puntland forces. The base seized […]
UAE to import 5,000 livestock this week from Somaliland
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland is set to resume livestock export to the United Arab Emirates this week, according to Uganda’s busiweek newspaper. The first shipment to the Middle East is set to […]
Somaliland calls on opposition parties to co-operate with the New Disputed Election Commission
Hargeisa (SD)- The Somaliland Ministry of Information and Government Spokesman, Mr. Suleiman Yusuf Ali Kore, today issued a press release on the circumstances surrounding the national election commission and the meeting between […]
The Upper House adopts amendments to Somalia’s media law
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali upper house has today approved the controversial Media Law Amendment Bill. Amendments to the Press Law have gone through several stages, with the success of removing articles […]
Somaliland government launches E-shilling service to pay employees
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland Vice President Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail (Saylici) has officially launched the e-shilling service, which will allow public employees to receive their salaries electronically or online. Somaliland Central Bank designed […]
DP World wins compensation in a London court ruling against Djibouti
Djibouti (SD) – DP World won yet another legal round against the Djibouti government over the Doraleh port dispute. The International Arbitration Tribunal in London has ordered Djibouti to restore rights and […]
UCID Chairman: Somaliland president assaulted me at his office
Hargeisa (SD) – Eng. Faisal Ali Warabe, the chairman of the UCID party, who spoke to the BBC today had talked about a violent confrontation between him and the president of Somaliland […]
Children died of starvation in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – Three children die of starvation at a camp called “Calaf Suge” on the outskirts of Mogadishu, according to the children’s Aunt. The children were twins and four months old, […]
Al-Shabab executed four teachers in Kenya
Garissa (SD) – The Kenyan government says that the forces suspected to be members of Al-Shabab, murdered three teachers today in Garissa, North Eastern Kenya. Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack […]
Local Galmudug Electoral Commission issues election timetable
Galkayo (SD) – Galmudug’s electoral commission nominated by President Ahmed Duale Geelle (Haf), has issued a new timetable for the general election. A statement from the committee, announced that the parliamentary election […]
President Bihi refused to dissolve a controversial electoral commission
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland opposition parties say President Bihi has refused to dissolve the new controversial electoral commission, which a mediating committee has recommended to dissolve and restore the former electoral committee. The […]
Somaliland reporter buys sentence, while others languish in jail
Hargeisa (SD) – Journalist Abdikadir Codey of HCTV, who was sentenced to one year in jail by a Maroodi-Jeh regional court and fined three million SL Shillings had been set free. Codey’s […]
UK Advises travel to Somaliland with the exception Hargeisa and Berbera
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland except for the cities of Hargeisa and Berbera to which the FCO advise against all but essential travel. […]
The Red Sea Alliance for peace and security will be dysfunctional without Somaliland Inclusion
The Republic of Somaliland is a sovereign, democratic State in the Horn of Africa, sharing its borders with Djibouti to the West, Ethiopia to the South, Somalia to the East and the […]
Awdal’s Sultan Abshir Released from Mandera Prison
Mandhera (SD) – Sultan Abshir Mohamed Duale is set free at 3pm today after he was released from Madhera prison where he had been detained for 27 days. Sultan Abshir, whom Hadhwanaagnews […]
JPLG district development project launched in Las Anod
Lasanod (SD) – The Joint Program on Local Governance (JPLG) was held at the Asura hotel in Las Anod, the capital of Sool region. The event, was attended by various community members, […]
US ambassador visits Puntland
Bossaso (SD) – The President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, in Bossaso, the commercial capital of Puntland, received US Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, at the Presidential Palace in Bossaso. […]
