Bosaso(SD)-A Kenyan man has been killed today in Bosaso, Bari region of Puntland police said. The man worked for the Ocean Fishing Company and was killed by a security guard at the […]
The Jubaland President acknowledges the federal governments role in the upcoming election
Kismayo(SD)-The president of Jubaland Ahmed Madobe responded to the federal government of Somalia’s assertion that Jubaland elections are flawed. “The Somali federal government should allow the people of Jubaland to do as […]
Breakaway Somaliland Proposes Energy Pipeline for Ethiopia
A self-declared republic in Somalia asked Ethiopia to reroute its nascent oil and gas exports via a proposed new pipeline, challenging Djibouti’s long-held plans for a conduit. The overture from Somaliland comes […]
Professor Omar Eno on identity crisis and discrimination in Somalia
Mogadishu(SD)-Professor Omar Eno gave a speech regarding the discrimination in Somalia in a manner many Somali have not heard before.
A female government employee responsible for killing Mogadishu Mayor in a blast
Mogadishu(SD)-The government of Somalia has issued a report on the July 24th bombing at the Hamar Municipality headquarters that killed eight people including Mogadishu Mayor Eng Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow. Government officials said […]
Somali government will contest Jubaland presidential election results
Mogadishu(SD)-The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that the Ministry will never recognize any outcome of the flawed Jubaland election. The Ministry of Interior has presented the Jubbaland administration with three […]
Galmudug president withdraws his presidential bit
Mogadishu(SD)-Galmudug President Ahmed Ducale Guelleh Haf has announced that he has quit the Galmudug presidential election and will not be among the candidates. Haf said during his tenure as the president, he was […]
Security agencies report findings of attack on Benadir regional headquarters
Mogadishu(SD)-Security agencies in Somalia have released the first preliminary results of their investigation on the attack last month at the Hamar administration building. “A preliminary investigation by security agencies found that a female suicide bomber […]
Genel Energy’s Somaliland partner search to begin in Q3 2019
Genel Energy in its latest release updated activities onshore Somaliland. According to the company, the interpretation of the 2018 2D seismic data together with continued basin analysis has led to the maturation […]
Ahlu Sunna wal Jama leader casts doubt on agreement with Federal government
Dhusamareb(SD)-The head of the Galmudug regional government and Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa leader Sheikh Mohamed Shakir Ali Hassan issued a statement that cast doubt on the agreement with the federal government. The […]
Jubaland candidates have strong conditions for election participation
Kismayo(SD)-The candidates for the Jubbaland election expected to take place this month in Kismayo, have issued a clear statement regarding their conditions for participating the upcoming election. The meeting between the IGAD representative […]
Somalia rejects the release of pirates by Somaliland, wants Seychelles to complain to the UN
Mogadishu(SD)-The ministry of foreign affairs of the federal government of Somalia in a communique letter to the government of Seychelles complained against the recent release of pirates from Somaliland prisons. Somalia asked the Seychelles […]
Analysis: Pres. Farmajo’s Citizenship Conundrum
Mogadishu(SD)-The President of the Federal government of Somalia had last week announced that he voluntarily renounced his US citizenship. Some speculated that this was (as it was intended) an act of patriotism, while […]
IGAD delegation meets with Jubaland election commission
Kismayo(SD)-Jubbaland election commission chairman Hamse Abdi Barre gave details of the meeting with IGAD delegation in Kismayo to the media. “We have already been in contact and IGAD itself, they’ve trained the […]
Jubbaland President and AMISOM Force Commander Meet in Kismayo
Kismayo(SD)-In Kismayo today, the commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Tigabu Yilma, held a meeting with the President of the Jubbaland regional state, Ahmed Mohamed Islam [Ahmed Madobe]. One […]
IGAD delegation meets with Jubaland’s opposing groups
Kismayo(SD)-A delegation from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), led by it’s Representative to Somalia, Dr. Mohamed Ali Guyow, arrived in Kismayo on Sunday. The delegation is expected to stay in the city […]
Eng. Yarisow Buried today in Mogadishu
Mogadishu(SD)-The funeral prayers were held at Aden Abdulle International Airport for the former mayor of Mogadishu Mr. Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow. The President of the Federal Government of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Prime […]
Ugandan Airlines announces flights to Mogadishu
Mogadishu(SD)-Uganda Airlines has announced the launch of its first flights to Nairobi, Jubba, Mogadishu and Dar Es Salaam. The company has set a start date of August 28, 2019, for flights, days after […]
Puntland President says Al Shabaab and the Federal Government are harming the people of Mogadishu
Garowe(SD)-The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, has criticized the Federal Government of Somalia for failing to ensure security in Mogadishu. “It needs no evidence that today’s turbulent politics […]
Homegrown fashion emerges in troubled Somalia
MOGADISHU: Every time young fashion designer Hawa Adan Hassan makes a new gown for a paying customer, she also makes her dreams come true. “My whole life, fashion design was a dream,” […]