Mogadishu (SD) – The US military command in Africa, AFRICOM, says it believes al-Shabaab militants who crossed the border from Somalia carried out the attack earlier this month on the Manda Bay […]
US Suspects Al-Shabaab got support for the recreant attack
Mustafa Cagjar: our trade with Somaliland has grown
Jigjiga (SD) – President of the Somali regional state Mustafa Mohamed Omar (Cjarjar) said that trade between Somaliland and the Somali regional government in Ethiopia has grown exponentially and is expected to […]
Ethiopia: UN Special Representative for Somalia conveys a Message to Muse Bihi
Hargeisa (SD) – Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry says the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, has delivered a special message to President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi […]
British Ambassador takes historically tours Hargeisa neighborhoods
Hargeisa (SD) – British Ambassador to Somalia Ben Fender, who has been in Somaliland for the last two days, has met has visited Hargeisa neighborhoods today. The Ambassador visited the Dami neighborhood […]
Galmudug State Parliament Speaker and two Deputy Governors elected
Galmudug (SD)- Dr. Mohamed Nur Ga’al has won the position of Speaker of the second Galmudug state parliament which was contested by parliamentary candidate Abdinasir Adan Osman. Dr Mohamed Nur Ga’al got […]
Djibouti rejects an international court ruling over Doraleh
Djibouti (SD) – The government of Djibouti has rejected the LCIA court ruling this week to reimburse and hand Doraleh over back to DP World. The LCIA court ruled that Djibouti had […]
Puntland, Jubaland and Galmudug Presidents to hold meetings with the international community in Bossaso
Bossaso (SD) – The president of the Jubaland regional state, Ahmed Mohamed Islam, was the first to arrive in Bossaso on Thursday for these discussions. On his arrival, the president of Jubaland […]
British Ambassador visits Hargeisa, meets the president and the opposition
Hargeisa (SD) – The British Ambassador to Somalia Amb Ben Fender has traveled to Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with president Muse Bihi today. The ambassador, who is leading a delegation from his […]
Somali Army claims killing a senior Al Shabab member
Mogadishu (SD) – Somali government forces carried out operations in Wanlaweyn district in Lower Shabelle region and killed Al Shabab’s suicide operations in Mogadishu. Major Ismail Abdi Malik spokesperson of the Somali […]
Deni and Ahmed Madobe to discuss special interests
Bossaso (SD) – The president of the semi-autonomous region of Jubaland spoke about his visit to Bossaso, the headquarters of Bari region today, where he met with Puntland President Said Deni. In […]
Puntland officials Attacked in the Mountains regions of Sanag
Almadow (SD) – More details are coming out of yesterday’s attack in Ulheed in the Almadow Mountains, especially in the Macagta area of Sanaag region. Local sources say armed local militiamen attacked […]
The EU Ambassador reacts to corporal punishment in Somaliland
Nairobi (SD) – EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicholas Barlengo has denounced the recent executions of six people convicted of murder in Somaliland. The EU Ambassador in a twitter post has voiced his […]
Human Rights Watch under reports 2019 abuses in Somaliland
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 […]
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 […]
