Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland appears to have plunged into political turmoil following the death of Haji Abdi Warbe less than two years ago. The country can’t seem to find its famous dialog […]
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Election agreement signed in Somaliland
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland president and opposition party leaders met and discussed a proposed deal on the protected election commission dispute. At the End of the discussions, the parties and the president […]
Somaliland accuses HASS of financing Buhodle militia
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland Government has today issued a statement regarding the financing of a militia group against Somaliland in Buhodle. Somaliland’s Public Works Minister, Abdirashid Qambi, told local media that […]
President Bihi bends to EU pressure on election issues
Hargeisa (SD) – Sources close to the Presidency confirm that President Bihi has withdrawn from his call to reopen the establishment of political parties in the country. The source added that the […]
Two prominent Intellectuals to form a Political Party in Somaliland
Hargeisa (SD) – Reports indicate that Two prominent Intellectuals are rumored to be interested in stablishing a political association in Somaliland. News comes after Somaliland president announced he plans to primary the […]
MP Jirde: Farmajo is not to blame for Barre’s atrocities
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland Parliamentarian Abdulkadir Jirde, speaking at a session today, said that Somali President Farmajo can’t be blamed for the previous massacres in Somaliland. The Somaliland lawmaker accused the local […]
Ethiopia interested in Seylac Port, sources reveal
Hargeisa (SD) – A delegation led by the Ethiopian Finance Minister Ahmed Shide has visited Hargeisa last week and left without giving details of the purpose of his trip. But sources close […]
Somaliland Government Employee threatens to kill a reporter
Hargeisa (SD)- An independent journalist working in Hargeisa has recently been threatened over the phone by a partisan hack. “On the afternoon of 16 February, I received a call from a number […]
Russia not planning to stablish a base in Berbera
Djibouti (SD) – The Russian government has for the first time publicly addressed its intention of setting up a military base in Berbera, Somaliland. Russia is currently not looking to set up […]
Somaliland opposition reach out to Qatar for support, sources say
Doha (SD) – Somaliland opposition parties have turned to Qatar for financial help according to sources in Doha. Sources close to the Somaliland opposition in Doha, have confirmed for Somali Dispatch, that […]
Ethiopia acknowledges Farmajo’s non-apology Apology as step in the right direction
Addis Ababa (SD) – The Ethiopian government has talked about the recent apology from the president of the federal government of Somalia regarding the massacre committed by Siyad Barre regime in Somaliland. […]
Somaliland Opposition Parties urge the removal of Muse Bihi and called for an early election
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland opposition leaders accused president Muse Bihi failed to lead Somaliland and demanded an immediate resignation a speedy election in the country this year. The two parties jointly proposed […]
Former Somalia Presidents criticize Farmajo’s Somaliland approach
Mogadishu (SD) – Former Somali Presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed spoke to the media in Mogadishu today regarding Farmajo’s Somaliland approach. First, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud criticized President Farmajo’s […]
A Somali politician responds to Anti Somaliland rhetoric
Garowe (SD) – Former Somali interior minister Abdi Farah Juha responded to calls from former Somalia officials who defended atrocities committed by the Siyad Barre’s regime in Somaliland. The former Somalia officials […]
Somaliland comments on a Ethiopian delegation visiting Hargeisa
Hargeisa (SD) – The government of Somaliland has for the first time spoken of the visit of a delegation from the Ethiopian government led by Finance Minister Ahmed Shide. Somaliland’s Minister of […]
Somali President Signs National Election Law
Mogadishu (SD) – The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, at the closing ceremony of the 6th session of the Federal Parliament of Somalia signed the Electoral Law […]
Municipal councillor resigns, starts advocating for Somali unity
Lasanod (SD) – Fahima Yusuf Qunje, a member of Somaliland’s Lasanod municipal council, in Sool region, has resigned. The councillor announced yesterday that she resigned and announced that she left the seat […]
President Bihi’s annual speech, a mixed bag
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi today addressed the two Houses of the Somaliland Parliament and for the first time spoke about the apology and […]
Somaliland president gives the opposition Parties an ultimatum
Hargeisa (SD) – The president of Somaliland who met with the leaders of the opposition parties yesterday had urged them to support his political plans, or else, according to sources close to […]
Ethiopia’s naive peacemaking could lead to war
Somalilandsun: Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy is on a high. In October 2019, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with […]
