Somali Dispatch

HARGEISA (SD) -Somaliland’s opposition party Wadani has called the arrest of poet Abdirahman Adan Ibrahim (Abees), who was sentenced to a year and six months in prison by the Hargeisa District Court […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -A meeting aimed at showcasing and discussing the National Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism, organized by the Tubsan Organization, has opened in Mogadishu. The Counterterrorism Strategy meeting was attended by […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, today appeared before the Ethiopian House of Representatives and responded to questions posed by the representatives regarding the recent maritime agreement between Ethiopia […]

KAMPALA (SD) -The Commander of the Somali National Army, Brigadier General Ibrahim Sheikh Muxudin, currently in Uganda, met with the Ugandan Military Chief, Gen. Wilson Mbadi. Both commanders discussed cooperation and strengthening […]

RIYADH (SD)-The Minister of Defense of Somalia, Abdikadir Mohamed Nur, attended the second meeting of the Defense Ministers of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Minister Abduqadir […]

NY (SD) -The UN Security Council has urged Ethiopia and Somalia to resolve their differences within IGAD and the AU, as confirmed by Ambassador Meles Alem, the spokesperson for the Ethiopian Ministry […]

MOGDISHU (SD) -The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) forces have arrested Muhyiddin Abdisalam Mahamoud (Muhyiddin Daqare) in Mogadishu. He is a member of al-Shabaab and a figure close to the group’s […]

NAIROBI (SD) -The Puntland Police Commissioner, Brigadier General Mu’min Abdi Shire, and other security officers have participated in a meeting in Nairobi addressing the fight against terrorism, piracy, and human trafficking. The […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -Patrick Lechleitner, the acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has revealed that a member of the Al-Shabaab was accepted into the United States and lived there […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -The Digfer Hospital in the city of Mogadishu recently confirmed the death of Luul Abdiasiis, a woman who was recently attacked by her husband at their residence in Mogadishu. Some […]

MUQDISHU (SD) -Galmudug regional state government denied Al-Shabaab’s claims of killing a large number of their soldiers last week in Aad area of Mudug region. Al-Shabaab had claimed a major victory in […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -The Ministers of Finance from the federal government and regional administrations recently convened a crucial online meeting aimed at revitalizing the country’s financial system following the conclusion of Somalia’s debt […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has announced the successful shutdown of major websites used by the Al-Shabaab group to disseminate propaganda. A statement released by NISA revealed that […]

DUBAI (SD) -The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, participated in a meeting held in the United Arab Emirates on the security situation in Somalia. The meeting […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -The global watchdog organization for corruption, Transparency International, has released its annual report on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The report ranks 180 countries, assigning each a score out of […]

MOGADISHU (SD) -The African Union Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has announced that they have handed over several military bases to the Somali government, marking the completion of the second phase of the […]

ADDIS ABABA (SD)-The Ethiopian government has requested the IGAD regional organization to hold an urgent meeting of IGAD leaders to discuss the crisis arising from the maritime agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland. […]