Addis Ababa (SD) – Ethiopian Airlines has announced a list of countries that it will not be flying to and those it will, as the world faces the threat of the Coronavirus. […]
Al-Shabaab attacks Amisom’s Halane base with mortar shells
Mogadishu (SD) – Mogadishu residents confirmed hearing Heavy shelling last night at the African Union’s Military base at Halane. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for tonight’s mortar attack ay Halane base, a highly guarded […]
US Report Highlights Human rights abuses in Somalia and Somaliland
Washington (SD) – An annual report, released by the US State Department on Human Rights in Somalia, has made serious allegations against the federal government, Somaliland and al-Shabaab. The report said Somali […]
Faisal Ali Warabe: Kenya and Ethiopia are not an honest brokers in Somalia’s Issues
Hargeisa (SD) – The chairman of the UCID opposition party, Eng. Faisal Ali Warabe, has for the first time made clear that the governments of Kenya and Ethiopia are working towards Somalia’s […]
Puntland Consultative Conference concludes with an ultimatum to the Federal Government
Garowe (SD) – Puntland State of Somalia have issued a press release at the conclusion of their three-day consultative meeting in Garowe. The Consultative conference proposed to strengthen the unity of Somalia, […]
President Farmajo Acknowledges Coronavirus in Somalia
Mogadishu (SD) – Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has addressed the nation today regarding the first Coronavirus infected person is in the country. President Farmajo has sent a message to the people […]
Puntland speaker: The Somalia and Somaliland talks are illegal
Garowe (SD) – The Speaker of the Puntland Parliament Abdirashid Yusuf Jibril, who addressed at the opening of the Puntland consultative meeting, has declared talks between the federal government and the Somaliland […]
Ahmed Madobe reportedly moved out of Kismayo
Dhobley (SD) – Jubaland regional president seems to have left Kismayo due to security concerns in the capital and would be working from Dhobley. According to sources, the federal government security pressures […]
Minister Awad addresses Puntland’s Consultative Conference, and took shots at Deni
Garowe (SD) – Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Issa Awad, speaking on behalf of the Somali Federal Government’s delegation at the Puntland consultative conference, called on Puntland leaders to convey their concerns in […]
Somali embassy to assist deportations from Germany
Berlin (SD) – Marcel Kleinberg, a German refugee lawyer, said on his Twitter account that he has evidence that Somalis will be returned to Somalia this month, some of whom with Duldung […]
Puntland consultative conference opens in Garowe
Garowe (SD) – The Puntland consultative meeting opened in the regional state’s capital Garowe this morning. The conference was announced by the Puntland state President following a prolonged political dispute with the […]
Puntland consultative conference restricts media access
Garowe (SD) – The Puntland Consultative conference’s organizing committee informed journalists that they are not permitted to record the event. The committee said only journalists from the state media could record and […]
Breaking up Somalia could hold key to lasting peace
Somalia is bigger than Kenya in terms of landmass. In fact, Somalia is lagger than Portugal, Uruguay, Costa Rica, South Korea, Austria and Sierra Leone combined. With an unstable government, lack of […]
Politicians raise concerns about Puntland’s consultative conference
Garowe (SD) – The Somali regional state of Puntland will is to convene in its first two day consultative meeting on the fate of Puntland in Somalia. The conference was announced last […]
Somali Foreign Minister orders diplomatic passport for a Puntland representative
Mogadishu (SD) -Somali foreign minister Ahmed Essa Awed ordered a diplomatic passport to be renewed for Puntland Governments representative in Kenya. The Minister is asking the Somali immigration authorities to renew their […]
Galmudug State sends strong warning to Puntland
Galmudug (SD) – Galmudug’s New Speaker Osman Isse Nur accused the former Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama leadership as being Individuals with self-interest and no goals. He urged the people of Galmudug to […]
Somali and Kenyan Foreign ministers meet in Nairobi
Nairobi (SD) – The Somali and Kenyan foreign ministers Ahmed Issa Awed and Raychelle Omamo met in Nairobi today, their meetings follow a telephone conversation between the presidents of the two countries. […]
UN amends Maritimes Law as Somalia takes full control of its Seawaters
Mogadishu (SD) – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the UN Mission in Somalia, have handed over the Somali Maritime Transport Act, which the government requested in 2014 to amend the 1959 […]
A Somali national traveling from China detained at Aden Adde airport
Mogadishu (SD) – The Somali Federal Ministry of Health says they have quarantined Somali national traveling from China, via Addis Ababa in Mogadishu today. A statement from the ministry said that the […]
Somaliland: we’ve arrested Hundreds of extremists recently
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland Interior minister says they have recently arrested members of the Al-Shabaab group captured by their forces in the eastern regions. Somaliland’s Minister of Interior Mohamed Kahin Ahmed said: […]