Hargeisa (SD) – The Marodijeh Regional Court of Appeal has today ruled in the appeal case of Awo Harir Rage rape verdict, a 14-year-old girl who was raped inside an orphanage in […]
Marodijeh regional court upgrades sentences for Awo Rage’s rapists
Somaliland holds an investment summit in Nairobi
Nairobi (SD) – Somaliland’s deputy ambassador to Kenya talked about an investment meeting that took place there this week, according a released statement. “The Ministry of Investment of the Republic of Somaliland […]
DP World: “President Guelleh’s claim that there is no development at Berbera port is false”
Dubai (SD) – DP World, the operator and investor of the Berbera port in Somaliland responded to Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh’s allegations that DP World has made no progress in the […]
Somaliland Cabinet Approves 2021 Budget
Hargeisa (SD) – An extraordinary meeting of the Somaliland cabinet chaired by the President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, approved the 2021 annual budget presented at the previous session, which consists of […]
Somaliland welcomes US Troop withdrawal from Somalia
Hargeisa (SD) – The government of Somaliland has issued a statement welcoming the decision of the US President Donald Trump ordering the withdrawal of US troops from Somalia. The US has about […]
Somaliland: opposes Yusuf Garaad’s appointment as Somalia’s Special Rep for the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland government has strongly opposed the appointment of Yusuf Garaad Omar as Somalia’s Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. […]
Somaliland: House of Elders Debates Foreign Policy
Hargeisa (SD) – Members of the Somaliland House of Elders met yesterday to discuss the current state of the country’s foreign policy, developments in the Horn of Africa region and other important […]
Somaliland president receives a Czech Ambassador to Addis Ababa in Hargeisa
Hargeisa (SD) – The President of the Republic of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi, today received at his office the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Addis Ababa, Amb. Jaroslav Zukersein. The Somaliland […]
Somaliland police spokesman addresses the death of a woman at a minister’s home
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland government gave details about a woman killed at the house of Somaliland’s minister of planning Hassan Gafaadhi. The killing of the woman, made sensational headlines on social […]
Somaliland releases and deports MP Dhuhulow
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland authorities have today released Mustafa Sheikh Ali Dhuhulow, a member of Somali federal parliament and a presidential candidate for the 2020/2021 election. The lawmaker was arrested at Egal […]
Party Officials Attend Registration Initiative in Borama, Oversee Registration
Borama (SD) – Officials from Somaliland’s ruling Kulmiye party and the other two opposition parties Wadani and UCID, today attended the start of the voter registration activities in Borama, Awdal region. Kulmiye […]
Chairman Cirro calls out government repression and interference in the media
Hargeisa (SD) – Wadani Opposition Party Chairman Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Cirro) opposed and warned against an Interference and Repression Committee against Journalists and Media Organizations in Somaliland Appointed by the Somaliland Ministry […]
EU: Deeply saddened of the execution of 6 convicted detainees in Somaliland
Brussels (SD) – The European Union has expressed sadness over the recent execution of six convicted murderers in Somaliland, adding the move opposed an agreement reached between the EU member states and […]
President Bihi donates funds from government coffers to a mosque in Britain
Hargeisa (SD) – Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has donated a large sum of money to the construction of a mosque in the United Kingdom. Muse Bihi made the donation at a […]
Somaliland: Politicians and businessmen convicted of rape never go to prison
Hargeisa (SD) – The chairman of the Somaliland Human Rights Commission, Mohamud Barud, told the media in Hargeisa that some politicians and businessmen had been convicted of rape and had been released. […]
Somaliland executes six convicted murderers
Mandera (SD) – Somaliland authorities have today carried out the execution of six men convicted of murder in different regions of the country. Relatives of some of the men on death raw […]
Voter Registration Opening Ceremony Held In Borama
Borama (SD) – Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission has announced the start of the Voter Registration in Awdal, which is scheduled to begin on the 29th of this month in that region. Members […]
Chairman Irro meets with the country’s Embattled media
Hargeisa (SD) – The Chairman of the Wadani Opposition Party, Mr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Cirro), pledged his support for the Somaliland media and journalists. The pledge came after a meeting between the […]
British envoy to Hargeisa visits Ina Guha
Hargeisa (SD) – The British envoy to Hargeisa has visited Ina Guha, a town in Ethiopia’s Aware district, where he met with local intellectuals and exchanged views on a number of issues. […]
Somaliland: Journalists and Media Owners Take on Ministry of Information
Hargeisa (SD) – A press conference was held today in Hargeisa by journalists and some media owners led by officials of the Somaliland Journalists Association SOLJA has rejected a call from information […]
