ADDIS ABABA (SD) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is said to be “irked” that Hamza Abdi Barre has been appointed as Somalia’s 21st prime minister, Africa Intelligence reports. Hamza, who hails […]
Widespread inflation hits the Somali region of Ethiopia
JIGJIGA (SD) – Ethiopia’s Somali regional state has been hit hard by high inflation that is affecting people’s lives as well as business in the Somali region. Somali traders, who spoke to […]
Militants convicted for plotting attacks Somaliland and Somali regional in Ethiopia
MOGADISHU (SD) – A Somali military court has sentenced three men to long prison sentences for plotting to carry out attacks in Somaliland and Somali region in Ethiopia. The convicted men, identified […]
Abdirisak Warfaa Talks to us about the History of Somali Region, his book “Cries in the Hinterland”
MINNEAPOLIS (SD) – Dr. Abdirizak Mohamed Warfa is a Minnesota-based author and professor of biological sciences at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN and he is the prolific writer of Cries […]
Spring rains cause damage in Somali Region
JIGJIGA (SD) – Residents of Mustahil district in the Western Somali Regional State are worried about possible flooding due to the spring rains, which have caused heavy rains in the area. The […]
Civilians Killed in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State
JIGJIGA (SD) – News from the town of Bambas in the Gursum district of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia indicate that civilians were killed and wounded today. The incident took place […]
ONLF “Ethiopia wants to claim our land and not give us our rights.”
JIGJIGA (SD) – Chairman of the opposition party ONLF Abdirahman Sheikh Mahdi Maadey, made a brief statement in a meeting held by opposition parties in the United States, he spoke about the […]
Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party Elects a Somali as vice president
ADDIS ABABA (SD) – Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party has elected a new president and two deputies in Addis Ababa today. Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has been elected president of the Prosperity […]
Somaliland Police arrest human traffickers and Ethiopian Migrants
WAJALE (SD) – Somaliland police in Wajale, a commercial district, bordering Ethiopia, reportedly arrested 120 Ethiopian migrants who were crossing into Somaliland illegally. The Wajale district police commander told reporters that the […]
Somali Ethiopian regional administration says they have foiled a coup
JIGJIGA (SD) – Ethiopia’s Somali regional government says it has thwarted a coup attempt to oust President Mustafe Cagjar. An statement from the Ethiopian Somali Regional State claimed anti-peace forces were trying […]
Droughts in Somali Region Leads to Children Dying
JIGJIGA (SD) -Severe droughts are being reported in many parts of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia, affecting civilians and livestock. According to reports, in parts of the Erar region of the […]
Somaliland: Ethiopia has no stake in the port of Berbera
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland says it has not implemented the 19% Berbera Port agreement with Ethiopia. Dr Saad Ali Shire, the Minister of Finance, told Horyaal TV that Somaliland and DP World […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Visits Jigjiga Somali Regional
JIGJIGA (SD) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed along with a high-level delegation arrived today in Jigjiga, in the Somali Regional state of Ethiopia. The PM Abiy Ahmed and his delegation were […]
Al Shabaab continues its deadly attacks in Kenya
MANDERA (SD) – Al-Shabaab militants have carried out yet another deadly attack in Banisa, a town on the northern outskirts of Mandera, targeting residents. Al Shabaab said in a statement that it […]
Somaliland and Somali Region’s Police Chiefs Discuss Security
WAJALE (SD) – The police chiefs of Somaliland and the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia have held a security meeting in the border town of Wajale, on the Somaliland side. The two […]
Has Somaliland sided with any of the warring factions in Ethiopia?
London (SD) – Somaliland Foreign Minister Isse Kayd Mohamud responded to reports by some Ethiopian media outlets that Somaliland has supported the fight against the TPLF in Ethiopia. Issa Kayd Mohamud told […]
Somali regional President Mustafe Omar arrives in Somaliland
Hargeisa (SD) – Officials led by the President of Ethiopia’s Somali region Mustafe Muhumed Omar were warmly welcomed in Somaliland. The purpose of this visit is reportedly to strengthen the cooperative relationship […]
Somali Region President accuses Abdiweli Gaas of supporting TPLF
Jigjiga (SD) – Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State President, Mustafa Muhumed Omar Agjar in an interview with EZ Television made a surprising accusations against the US, Kenya and the former Puntland President Abdiweli […]
Former Ethiopian Federal minister’s parents arrested in Jigjiga
Jigjiga (SD) – Security forces of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia have arrested the parents of Filsan Abdullahi Ahmed, the former Minister of Women, Youth and Children’s Affairs of Ethiopia. Filsan […]
Protests against TPLF in Addis Ababa, Jigjiga & other cities
Addis Ababa (SD) – Tens of thousands of people have gathered in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to show support for the government in its fight against a coalition of rebel forces […]