Washington (SD) – Unites States President Donald Trump has ordered the US Department of Defense and AFRICOM to withdraw troops from Somalia early next year. About 700 US troops are in Somalia, […]
Kenyan parliament debates Somalia Raw
Nairobi (SD) – The Kenyan parliament has discussed the current diplomatic row between Kenya and Somalia, after the Somali government expelled the Kenyan ambassador in Mogadishu and recalled its ambassador to Nairobi. […]
Somaliland: opposes Yusuf Garaad’s appointment as Somalia’s Special Rep for the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland government has strongly opposed the appointment of Yusuf Garaad Omar as Somalia’s Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. […]
Somaliland: House of Elders Debates Foreign Policy
Hargeisa (SD) – Members of the Somaliland House of Elders met yesterday to discuss the current state of the country’s foreign policy, developments in the Horn of Africa region and other important […]
Dir MP’s of both houses turn their backs on Speaker Abdi Hashi
Mogadishu (SD) – Somali Lawmakers from the northern regions of both the Upper and Lower Houses met in Mogadishu today, strongly opposing the Speaker of the Upper House Abdi Hashi, who in […]
Opposition candidates oppose expulsion of Kenya’s ambassador from Somalia
Mogadishu (SD) – The union of Somalia’s presidential opposition candidates has today addressed the decision of the Somali federal government to expel the Kenyan ambassador from Mogadishu and called it’s ambassador from […]
Somaliland president receives a Czech Ambassador to Addis Ababa in Hargeisa
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of the Republic of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi, today received at his office the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Addis Ababa, Amb. Jaroslav Zukersein. The Somaliland […]
WATCH: Freelance writer Hassan Yusuf Waal Explaining the dispute between Kenya and Somalia
London (SD) – The Somali federal government has yesterday expelled the Kenyan ambassador in Mogadishu and recalled its ambassador from Nairobi, Somalia accused Kenya in interfering with the country’s political affairs, specifically […]
Somalia expels Kenyan ambassador, recalls its ambassador
Mogadishu (SD) – The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia Mohamed Ali Nur recently addressed the state media said Somalia had informed Kenyan Ambassador […]
Somali Military court executes Al Shabab operatives
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali Armed Forces court this morning executed Mohamed Haji Ahmed (Maalim Ilkase) and two other al-Shabaab members in Mogadishu. Ilkase is believed to be the most notorious undercover […]
Chairman Cirro calls out government repression and interference in the media
Hargeisa (SD) – Wadani Opposition Party Chairman Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Cirro) opposed and warned against an Interference and Repression Committee against Journalists and Media Organizations in Somaliland Appointed by the Somaliland Ministry […]
EU: Deeply saddened of the execution of 6 convicted detainees in Somaliland
Brussels (SD) – The European Union has expressed sadness over the recent execution of six convicted murderers in Somaliland, adding the move opposed an agreement reached between the EU member states and […]
Suicide bomber kills at least 7 in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – Grim details are emerging from a suicide bombing tonight at the Gelato Divino restaurant on Mogadishu airport road. Reports say that seven people were killed in the blast, most […]
President Bihi donates funds from government coffers to a mosque in Britain
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has donated a large sum of money to the construction of a mosque in the United Kingdom. Muse Bihi made the donation at a […]
US Secretary of Defense pays secret visit to Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – Acting US Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller paid an unannounced visit to Somalia on Friday, his first visit to Somalia. Miller spent just a few hours in the capital, […]
Somaliland: Politicians and businessmen convicted of rape never go to prison
Hargeisa (SD) – The chairman of the Somaliland Human Rights Commission, Mohamud Barud, told the media in Hargeisa that some politicians and businessmen had been convicted of rape and had been released. […]
Somaliland executes six convicted murderers
Mandera (SD) – Somaliland authorities have today carried out the execution of six men convicted of murder in different regions of the country. Relatives of some of the men on death raw […]
Somalia: Opposition Candidates’ Conference Concludes with contentious demands
Mogadishu (SD) – The Union of Somali Presidential Candidates issued an 18-point communiqué today, following a six-day conference in Mogadishu. The statement from the candidates called for the dissolution of the electoral […]
President Guelleh fears Al Shabab’s influence over the upcoming Somali parliament
Djibouti (SD) – Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh has raised concerns that al-Shabab will have members of parliament in the new Somalia parliament, giving it full power to govern the country indirectly. […]
WATCH: Presidential Candidate Dr. Abdinur Sh. Mohamed talk about Somalia’s current situation
Ohio (SD) – The chairman of the Somali National Union Party Midqaran as well as a former Somali minister of education Dr. Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed is one of more than a dozen […]