Hargeisa (SD) – Waddani party officials have denied failed candidates accusing the Waddani party of stealing their votes on the May 31st elections in Somaliland. Some of the failed Waddani candidates who […]
40-year-old Somali sprinter to represent the US Olympic team in Japan
Phoenix (SD) – Abdihakim Abdirahman, a 44-year-old man of Somali origin, is one of the athletes running for the United States at the upcoming World Olympic Games in Japan. Abdirahman is the […]
Somaliland: The Opposition Introduces Leadership Candidates for the House of Representatives
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland’s opposition parties Waddani and UCID have today announced the official candidates for the post of Speaker and Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of Somaliland. The opposition […]
Somaliland: Vice President launches the Country’s Official profile Book
Hargeisa (SD) – The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici) attended the launch a book on the history of the Republic of Somaliland presented by the Ministry […]
Somaliland: Woman elected Mayor of Buhoodle
Buhodle (SD) – Councilor Khadija Ahmed Aden, one of the women who ran in the May 31, 2021 District Council elections, was elected mayor of Buhoodle. Mayor Khadija Ahmed Adan was elected […]
WATCH: Sadia Musse: Despite the challenges, we shattered the glass ceiling as women candidates
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland held a largely successful local and parliamentary election on May 31 2021. Unfortunately 3 out of the 28 female candidates were elected. Sadia Musse was on one of […]
Somaliland President Receives Unsuccessful Women Candidates for Local and Parliamentary elections
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, today received at the Presidential Palace the female candidates who participated in the country’s May 31, 2021, parliamentary and […]
Somaliland government accused of delaying mayoral elections
Hargeisa (SD) – Wadani Khadar party secretary general Khadar Hussein Abdi at a press conference today in Hargeisa accused the Somaliland government for interfering in the mayoral elections in Burao, Las Anod […]
Somaliland: National Certificate Examination officially gets underway
Hargeisa (SD) – The National Certificate Examinations for 8th and 4th grade middle and high schools started today in Somaliland. The President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi, has sent a message of congratulations […]
President Bihi Visits Third Batch of National Youth Program
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi today spent time with the third batch of National Service Program at the Darar-weyne National Vocational Training School. The […]
Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge unanimously elected as the new mayor of Hargeisa
Hargeisa (SD) – Hargeisa City Council members have unanimously elected a new mayor and his deputy in their first meeting this morning. The new members of the Hargeisa City Council have elected […]
Taiwan, Somaliland sign a Medical Cooperation Agreement
Hargeisa (SD) – The governments of Somaliland and Taiwan today signed an agreement on health cooperation in Hargeisa. Somaliland Deputy Foreign Minister and Acting Minister Liban Yusuf Osman today officially signed with […]
Abdi Shakur Idin re-elected as mayor of Berbera
Berbera (SD) – Berbera City Council in their first session re-elected mayor Abdishakur Mohamud Idin and Nur Abdi Jama as elected deputy mayor, nullifying the opposition parties commitment to unseat him. The […]
UCID and Waddani Candidates File Election Lawsuit at Supreme Court
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland’s Supreme Court has accepted a lawsuit filed by two candidates from the Wadani Party in the Marodi-jeh region and a UCID candidate from Burao who allege votes were […]
Somaliland: Chief Justice releases number of election related lawsuits filed in the country’s courts
Hargeisa (SD) – chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Somaliland and the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Adan Haji Ali, confirmed the number of election complaint cases filed with the Courts. […]
“I will not allow Hargeisa to be in conflict” Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, has tonight convened a meeting between the former Mayor of Hargeisa, Abdirahman Mohamud Aided (Soltelco) and the possible new […]
Former US Ambassador to Botswana Praises Somaliland’s Democratic Achievements
Washington (SD) – A senior US diplomat, in a recent publication, discusses development efforts in Somaliland, with a particular focus on elections. “On May 31st, the people of Somaliland went to the […]
Somaliland President thanks the National Electoral Commission
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, today thanked the seven members of the National Electoral Commission for holding free and fair elections in the country, which has greatly […]
A Kenya-Somaliland parliamentary Caucus held it’s inaugural meeting in Nairobi
Nairobi (SD) – A large meeting to inaugurate the relationship between the two parliaments of Kenya and Somaliland was held in the Kenyan’s capital Nairobi. The meeting was organized by a number […]
Somaliland: Opposition Parties Resolve Hargeisa Mayoral Candidacy Dispute
Hargeisa (SD) – Said Udhay, a newly elected Councilor who was running for mayor of Hargeisa against Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge, finally withdrew his candidacy following pressure from residents of the capital. At […]