JEDDAH: The Saudi General Authority for Statistics announced on Saturday, the second day of Hajj, that the official number of pilgrims taking part in 2019 is 2,489,406. Of those, 1,855,027 came from […]
Around 2.5 million pilgrims take part in Hajj this year
Colonel Arre turns down Somaliland’s peace offer
Hargeisa(SD)-President Bihi’s government has placed additional demands on implementing an agreement between Colonel Arre. A source in the Horn of Africa newspaper said that the traditional leaders who met with Arre had […]
Breakaway Somaliland Proposes Energy Pipeline for Ethiopia
A self-declared republic in Somalia asked Ethiopia to reroute its nascent oil and gas exports via a proposed new pipeline, challenging Djibouti’s long-held plans for a conduit. The overture from Somaliland comes […]
Professor Omar Eno on identity crisis and discrimination in Somalia
Mogadishu(SD)-Professor Omar Eno gave a speech regarding the discrimination in Somalia in a manner many Somali have not heard before.
A female government employee responsible for killing Mogadishu Mayor in a blast
Mogadishu(SD)-The government of Somalia has issued a report on the July 24th bombing at the Hamar Municipality headquarters that killed eight people including Mogadishu Mayor Eng Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow. Government officials said […]
Deported to Death: What It Means to ‘Go Back’ to Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia—Ahmed Salah Hassan walked across Africa and Latin America to get to the United States. He traversed nearly 20 national borders, hiked the Darién Gap—a 60-mile patch of untamable jungle and […]
Saudi Arabia To Issue Visas To Somalilanders
Saudi Arabia will soon start issuing visas on Somaliland passports. This is a departure from the Kingdom’s previously long held position of issuing visas on Somali passports holders and not Somaliland passports. […]
Somali government will contest Jubaland presidential election results
Mogadishu(SD)-The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that the Ministry will never recognize any outcome of the flawed Jubaland election. The Ministry of Interior has presented the Jubbaland administration with three […]
Galmudug president withdraws his presidential bit
Mogadishu(SD)-Galmudug President Ahmed Ducale Guelleh Haf has announced that he has quit the Galmudug presidential election and will not be among the candidates. Haf said during his tenure as the president, he was […]
Security agencies report findings of attack on Benadir regional headquarters
Mogadishu(SD)-Security agencies in Somalia have released the first preliminary results of their investigation on the attack last month at the Hamar administration building. “A preliminary investigation by security agencies found that a female suicide bomber […]
Trafigura to manage Somaliland’s Fuel depot
Hargeisa(SD)-The Somaliland government plans to lease the commercial fuel depots of Berbera to a Switzerland owned but Singapore-based company called Trafigura. Somaliland Fuel traders have been told that the company will take over the management of […]
Genel Energy’s Somaliland partner search to begin in Q3 2019
Genel Energy in its latest release updated activities onshore Somaliland. According to the company, the interpretation of the 2018 2D seismic data together with continued basin analysis has led to the maturation […]
U.S. Africa Policy Cannot Afford to Ignore Somaliland
HARGEISSA, SOMALILAND—“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” President Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address, even as he redoubled his commitment to “focus on counterterrorism.” While many commentators […]
Somaliland’s electoral commission Delays parliamentary elections for the fifth time
Hargeisa(SD)-Somaliland’s election commission says it will not hold parliamentary elections on December 12,2019 due to political and legal circumstances. “As we can seen, rules for national elections to be held in the local and […]
Ambassador Stuart Brown applauds motion tabled by Somaliland parliamentarians
Hargeisa(SD)-The head of the British government’s office in Hargeisa, Ambassador Stuart Brown, applauded the motion tabled by parliamentarians regarding the increase in the number of electoral commission, which was a part of the […]
ONLF: The strategy we fought for yesterday is still the same
Asmara(SD)The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has said it has not changed its plans for fighting, despite having signed a comprehensive peace agreement with the Ethiopian government. ONLF Chairman Admiral Mohamed Omar […]
Duale Presents 4 Solutions to Kenya-Somalia Border Row
Leader of Majority in the National Assembly, Aden Duale, on Wednesday, unveiled a notice on behalf of the house concerning the Kenya-Somalia Maritime dispute. The Garissa MP’s motion petitions the Kenyan Government […]
Kenyan parliament debates maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya
Nairobi(SD)-Kenya’s parliament has excepted a motion from the government, on how it should resolve maritime disputes with Somalia. The motion proposes a number of steps the government should take to address this dispute, and […]
Pres. Bihi is offically invided while somalilanders go as though from Somalia
Hargeisa(SD)-The spokes person of the President of the Republic of Somaliland Mr. Mohamud Warsame Jama has proclaimed today a success, the travel of Somaliland’s President to Hajj with an official invitation. Also, the Saudi government has sent […]
Ahlu Sunna wal Jama leader casts doubt on agreement with Federal government
Dhusamareb(SD)-The head of the Galmudug regional government and Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa leader Sheikh Mohamed Shakir Ali Hassan issued a statement that cast doubt on the agreement with the federal government. The […]
