Erigavo (SD)- Abdullahi Hussein Darwish a reporter with Somcable Television in Erigavo town and also a representative of Sanaag Region’s Solja organization, has been detained by the Somaliland authorities while on duty. […]
President Bihi excepts release of opposition officials
Hargeisa (SD) – A delegation led by Somaliland elders and intellectuals said today that both opposition parties and the government have given them their confidence to mediate their political dispute. The delegation […]
Emeriti Poachers arrested in Somaliland
Hargeisa (SD) – The Somaliland government has arrested today nine UAE men who were illegally hunting in Somaliland. The men were arrested at Egal Hargeisa International airport on Tuesday morning as they […]
The chairman of Somaliland’s parliament threatens the opposition with litigation in opposing sixth term extension
Hargeisa(SD)-Chairman of Somaliland House of Representative Bashe Mohamed has threatened opposition parties who say the parliament’s extensions are unconstitutional and noted that they are sitting legally, and will be sitting until another parliament is elected. […]
Members of the Somaliland electoral commission sworn in despite opposition rejection
Hargeisa(SD)-The chairman of the Somaliland Supreme Court, Justice Adan Haji Ali Ahmed, sworn in the the newly formed National Electoral Commission at the presidential palace. The new members of the National Electoral Commission, […]
Abducted Opposition leaders taken to secret court in Somaliland
Hargeisa(SD)-The recently government abducted Wadani Party officials have been secretly brought to Marodi-Jeh regional court today in Hargeisa. The Wadani party’s secretary general Khadar Hussein Abdi and the spokesperson of the party […]
Somaliland opposition parties boycott parliament extensions
Hargeisa(SD)-The two Somaliland opposition parties, UCID and Wadani, said they would not accept the extension of the House of Representative’s mandate by the Senate, and noted that they would never agree to work […]
Somaliland House of Representative’s Mandate extended two-years by Gurti
Hargeisa(SD)-The Somaliland House of Elders has extended the mandate of the Somaliland House of Representatives by a period of 24 months (2 years). Vice-chairman of Somaliland House of Elders Said read before the council the proposal […]
Wadani complained to Sweden over the political situation in Somaliland
Stockholm(SD)-Sweden’s Wadani party representatives have reported Somaliland president Muse Bihi’s illegal activities to the Swedish Foreign Affairs over the political situation in Hargeisa. Sweden’s Wadani party officials met with officials from the Swedish Foreign Ministry and reported […]
UCID Chairman: President Bihi is at odds with Somaliland
Hargeisa(SD)-UCID opposition leader Eng Faisal Ali Warabe says that President Muse Bihi and the nation of Somaliland are at odds and cannot look on while the country’s law to be violated. The UCID […]
Sheikh Umal on Hargeisa’s progress
Hargeisa(SD)-Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Umal spoke to reporters in Hargeisa on the developments he witnessed since his last visit. Sheikh Mohamed Umal first spoke about how he imagined the country to be and compared […]
Discussions between President Bihi and the mediation committee yield no results
Hargeisa(SD)-It is well known that Barkhad and Khadar are in Madhera prison for the sixth night illegally, after being kidnapped from the streets of Hargeisa last Sunday. In Somaliland people are always hijacked […]
UK concerned about opposition detentions in Somaliland
Hargeisa(SD)-The British government is concerned about the arrest of Muse Bihi’s government in Somaliland over opposition officials. British Ambassador to Somaliland Stuart Brown has voiced concern over the Muse Bihi government’s arrest of […]
President Farmajo Receives a man Arrested In Hargeisa for wearing the Somalia flag
Mogadishu(SD)-The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, at Villa Somalia, has met the young man who was arrested for wearing a Somalia flag in Hargeisa. According to a statement released […]
Somaliland trains university graduates as military officers
Hargeisa(SD)-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi attended the opening of a military officer training program for the first batch of men and woman to be offered in Dararweyne, a suburb of Hargeisa. The Somaliland President was acompnied […]
Somaliland Government explains HCTV Arrests and blockade, while a Hargeisa court rejected listening to the case
Hargeisa(SD)-A press release issued today by the Somaliland Ministry of Information, Culture and Communication, said it closed on HCTV on Monday, After broadcasting false information, and violating Somaliland Press Law No. 27/2004. In a […]
Al-Shabaab claims to have seized territory in Somaliland for the first time
Yube(SD)-Al-Shabaab has for the first time taken control of a region in Somaliland, especially in the Sanaag, which their forces has recently been seen. The report, which was posted on their website, titled […]
Hargeisa(SD)-Various delegates led by the former vice president of Somaliland Ahmed Yusuf Yasin have held meetings with opposition parties to end the dispute between the government and the opposition parties. The delegates met […]
Somaliland: Human Rights Center condemns arrest of opposition politicians and journalists
Hargeisa(SD)-On Monday night, 17 November 2019, Somaliland police arrested two opposition party leaders in the country. Khadar Hussein Abdi, secretary general and Barkhad Jama Batun, the party’s spokesperson. On Sunday, the party […]
Police commissioner: a police officer shot by Wadani leader security force
Hargeisa(SD)-Police Commissioner Gen: Adan Saqqhi Dabagalle said WADDANI party security guard Abdirahman Irro was shot and injured the head of the police department in eastern Hargeisa, while another soldier was stoned by Wadani supporters. […]