Mogadishu (SD) – Chairman of the Upper House Resources Committee of the Somali Parliament and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Himilo party Senator Ilyas Ali Hassan, has opposed the Somali government’s […]
Somalia Politicises UAE medical Donations
Mogadishu (SD) – The United Arab Emirates has sent a donated medical equipment and supplies to the Somali government, the aid including a ventilator machine arrived Mogadishu today. The aid donations are […]
Somalia: Gunfire reported at Garowe’s main Police station
Garowe (SD) – Reports from Puntland’s capital Garowe indicates that militia suspected to be Kat smugglers attacked the main Police station tonight. The news, not official yet is trending on social media, […]
Somalia: Daily COVID-19 Updates
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali Government’s Minister of Health Dr. Fawzia Abikar Nur updated the nation on the growing cases of COVID-19 infections in the country. The Minister announced 35 new confirmed […]
PM Kheyre Requests Immediate Assistance from the International Community for Qardho Floods
Mogadishu (SD) – The PM of federal government of Somalia Hassan Ali Kheyre, hosted a virtual meeting on how to better coordinate the Qardho flood relief. The meeting was attended by ambassadors […]
AMISOM Troops in Somalia contract COVID-19
Mogadishu (SD) – A number of African Union Mission troops (AMISOM) in Somalia are said to have contracted the Coronavirus, according to The East African. Sources in AMISOM confirmed to The East […]
Former Galmudug President Haf is in Hargeisa
Hargeisa (SD) -Former Galmudug President Ahmed Dualle Guelleh Haf is reportedly in Somaliland for unspecified reason. Somaliland doesn’t allow any current or former Somalia politicians visiting it territories. Mr Haf has traveled […]
Somalia: a Puntland Minister confirms contracting COVID-19
Garowe (SD) – Puntland State Minister of Industry and Investment Abdullahi Abdi Hirsi has confirmed that he has been diagnosed with Coronavirus on a Facebook post. Puntland’s Covid19 committee announced last night […]
Somalia: COVID-19 Cases reach 1,054
Mogadishu (SD) – The Ministry of Health of the Federal Government of Somalia in its daily Coronavirus briefing confirmed 57 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 3 patients died and […]
Senators denied Travel to Kismayo
Mogadishu (SD) – Two senators from the upper house of the Somali federal parliament have been denied traveling to Kismayo on Sunday, the senators wanted to attend the funeral of a Jubaland […]
President Deni reaches out to his Galmudug counterpart
Garowe (SD) – The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Mohamed (Deni), gave detail of a recent phone conversation he had with his Galmudug counterpart, Ahmed Abdi Kariye (Qoor-Qoor). Deni […]
Government troops clash in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (SD) – Reports from Mogadishu indicate that Somali government troops clashed in Wadajir district in the capital last night, The fighting started late last night between military forces in the area […]
PM Kheyre: Provide Funds for Flood prevention in Beledweyne
Mogadishu (SD) – Somali Prime Minister Ali Hassan Kheyre has today directed the Ministry of Finance to provide funds to the flood prevention efforts in Beledweyne. The news comes after Beledweyne’s Flood […]
Puntland Forces and Daish Clash in Bossaso
Bossaso (SD) – Puntland’s regional security forces reportedly clashed with Daish militias in the coastal town of Bossaso today. According to reports from Bossaso’s local media, an armed Daesh gunmen attacked Puntland […]
Dhusamareb Police District Commander Resigns over the Release of Militants
Dhusamareb (SD) – The Dhusamareb district Police commander Captain Burhan Ahmed Roble, who spoke to the media last night, announced his resignation due to pressure and threats from senior officials. General Burhan […]
Non-Amsom Ethiopian Troops linked to Downing of the African Express plane in Berdale
Mogadishu (SD) – Report to the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Francisco Madeira, confirms Ethiopian troops, who are not part of the African Union Mission […]
Al Shabab Claims the killing of Goalkeeper Gatamow
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali Militant group Al Shabab in a statement today claimed the slaying of former Somali National Goalkeeper Abdiweli Olad Gatamow in Afgoye district yesterday. Gatamow was murdered by […]
ICG Warns of a Potential Conflict in Somalia if Elections are Postponed
Mogadishu (SD) – The International Crisis Group (ICG) has released a report today warning the Somali federal government in postponing elections in the country without consensus. The ICG calls on the federal […]
Somalia and Djibouti’s Baladweyne Flood aid never arrived, Somaliland’s did
Baladweyne (SD) – The Beledweyne flood relief committee says that the Djibouti and Somali federal government didn’t provide their donated funds pledged last year, but Somaliland did. “We have so far utilized […]
US calls for Accurate COVID-19 Reporting in Somalia
Mogadishu (SD) – The US Embassy in Mogadishu called on the federal government and the public to agree and encourage the transparent reporting of the COVID-19 virus, to facilitate important efforts to […]