HARGEISA (SD) – The President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, today, 17 days later, distributed cash donated to business people who recently lost their property in the Waheen market fire. The distribution […]
Hargeisa court orders 13 journalists be remanded five more days
HARGEISA (SD) – Thirteen arrested journalists in Somaliland have been arraigned in Hargeisa for the first time since their arrest several days ago. They are accused of reporting on riots at Hargeisa […]
Somaliland Police Chief Threatens Lawmaker Mohamed Abib
HARGEISA (SD) – Mohamed Abib, a member of Somaliland house of Representative said the Somaliland Police Force Commander had made threatening remarks. The lawmaker held a press conference in Hargeisa today, detailing […]
Somaliland: Jailed and tortured Journalists still in detention
HARGEISA (SD) – Secretary of Justice of the Wadani Party Yonis Ahmed Yonis said that the government of Muse Bihi has taken the path of previously failed governments and leaders. “The Somaliland […]
Somaliland: Woman arrested after exposing Waheen Aid corruption scam
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland police have arrested one of the victims of the fire that destroyed the country’s biggest Market, Waaheen. Somaliland police have arrested Hibo Faysal, a member of one of […]
Somaliland authorities arrest as much as 20 journos covering Hargeisa Jail riots
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland authorities arrested a number of journalists covering the riots in Hargeisa’s main Jail today. The number of journalists arrested by the Somaliland government today has so far increased […]
Gunfire heard inside Hargeisa Central Prison
HARGEISA (SD) – Reports from Hargeisa the capital of Somaliland confirm that shots were heard in the main jail of Hargeisa today where there riots broke out. According to reports, the shooting […]
Jurisdictional Dispute over Waaheen Market escalates in Hargeisa
HARGEISA (SD) – Dispute over the rebuilding of Waaheen market in Hargeisa between the Somaliland government led by President Muse Bihi Abdi and the Hargeisa municipality along with victims have escalated. The […]
Waaheen Market Traders Express Concern Over Lack of Help
HARGEISA (SD) – Waaheen traders whose assets have been destroyed in the recent fire are deeply concerned about the lack of immediate access to help and funds collected on their behave, according […]
Somaliland Businesses Donate $8 Million to Waaheen Disaster Relief
HARGEISA (SD) – The Somaliland presidency held an iftar dinner last night to raise funds for the tragedy that took place at Waheen market in Hargeisa. A statement from the presidential palace […]
Marodi-jeh Regional Court Sentences Leopards smugglers
HARGEISA (SD) – Marodijeh Regional Court sentenced five men to one year in prison and fined 3 million shillings each for attempting to smuggle leopards out of the country. The judge read […]
Waaheen Market Support Committee Meets With International Delegation
HARGEISA (SD) – A meeting between the National Committee for the Support of the Waheen Market and a delegation from the friendly countries of the Republic of Somaliland, assessed the great crisis […]
Somalia delivers $ 12.7 million to Waaheen Market Emergency Committee
MOGADISHU (SD) – Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled confirmed that Somalia’s federal government sent $12.7 million to the Waheen market emergency committee in Hargeisa today. The money will be used to […]
The Hargeisa Inferno: Somali-Dispatch Review of the Key Events and Lessons Be Learned.
On that fateful Friday evening, where the first day of April and the first night of the holy month of Ramadan concurred, a huge fire has turned Hargeisa city centre to a […]
Why is the American right waging a stealth neocolonial assault on Somalia?
On March 14, the conservative Heritage Foundation played host to the president of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia “whose self-declared independence … is not internationally recognized,” in the words of a […]
Somaliland attributes World Bank pressure in releasing frozen funds
HARGEISA (SD) – The government of Somaliland, thanked Somalia’s government and business community, for their contribution to the reconstruction of the Waheen market. Somaliland Minister of Planning Omar Abdullahi Bade, who spoke […]
Dispatches: Hargeisa Fire, SFD releasing funds to Somaliland and MP certification issues in Somalia
LONDON (SD) – Welcome back to our dispatches weekly program were we discuss Somalia’s latest news.This week we’re talking about the devastating Hargeisa market Fire, Somali federal government releasing frozen funds meant […]
Muse Bihi thanks President Farmajo and PM Roble for their Sympathy
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi thanks President Farmajo for his call and for his sympathy for the victims of the Hargeisa Market fire. In an statement posted on Twitter, […]
PM Roble releases frozen $12 Million to help Hargeisa Fire Victims
MOGADISHU (SD) – Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has released nearly $12 million in aid for the people of Somaliland affected by the fire that destroyed Waheen Market in Hargeisa. A […]
Businessman loses half a million dollars in Hargeisa market fire
HARGEISA (SD) – Preliminary assessment indicate that millions of dollars were lost in the fire that engulfed Waheen market in Hargeisa last night, leaving traders who owned multi-million dollar businesses losing everything. […]