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Badhan, 04 July 2013 (SDN) – Somaliland armed forces on Thursday confiscated election materials for the upcoming Puntland elections in eastern Sanaag region. Somaliland army commanders in Badhan city have brought the confiscated election materials in Erigavo, the capital of Sanaag region. The confiscated election materials include ballot boxes, stamps, inks and posters intended for…
Mogadishu, 29 June 2013 (SDN) – The top United Nations envoy in Somalia on Saturday called for an immediate halt to armed clashes that have flared up again in the southern port city of Kismayo among groups claiming leadership over the “Jubaland” regional administration. Reports suggest serious clashes over the last days have led to…
Mogadishu, Jun 23, 2013 (SDN) – Britain is spending £14million on a jail to lock up terrorists and pirates — in Somalia. Taxpayers’ money will also go to fund mobile criminal courts in lawless states currently plagued by al-Qaeda. The prison in Mogadishu will ensure dangerous warlords are kept behind bars. It will also…
Mogadishu, June 17, 2013 (SDN) –At least five people were wounded following last night mortar attacks in the capital city of Mogadishu. According to witnesses the mortars were aimed at Villa Somalia, where some of them landed in back gate of the villa and other mortars landed near the residence of Prime Minister Sacid but…
Hargeisa, June 13 2013 (SDN) —Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Ambassador Nicholas Kay, arrived in Hargeisa, Somaliland on today. The ambassador and his delegation were warmly greeted at Egal International Airport by Foreign Minister, Dr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omar. Amb. Kay told reporters in the VIP room that he is very happy to his…
St. Paul, Minnesota, June 08, 2013(SDN) -Members of Minnesota’s Somali-American community converged on the State Capitol steps Friday to protest persistent xenophobia and recent violence against Somali refugees in South Africa. While they say hate crimes against refugees have been a problem for the past ten years, the outrage boiled over on May 31, when…
Cape Town June 08, 2013(SDN) -Members of the Somali community in South Africa have marched to parliament in Cape Town to protest against recent attacks on foreigners. Three Somalis have been killed this month and the Somali government has requested the South African authorities to do more to protect their nationals. About 200 people took…
Kismayu, June 7, 2013 (SDN) — Inter-clan fighting broke out today in Fighting has broken out in Kismayo, the provincial capital of Jubaland state, according to residents of Kismayu. Fighting began in Calanley district hours ago and reports from the city have confirmed to us that the fighting is still going on. The Inter-clan…
Jubaland threatens to cut ties with central government as Mogadishu rejects declaration of statehood. Somalia’s central government and the leaders of one of the country’s regions are locked in a power struggle that could turn violent. The dispute centres on Jubaland – an area in the southern-most part of Somalia that has claimed statehood and…
Hargeisa, June 5, 2013 (SDN) —Somaliland joins the countries around the globe to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5th with a well-organized ceremony today in Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa. Hundreds of participants from all walks of life, including ministers, local leaders, UN agencies and university students, attended the ceremony. The director general of Somaliland’s ministry…
St. Cloud, Minnesota, June 01 2013 (SDN) — Amal Hassan watches change coming to her home country while she is thousands of miles away. The 23-year-old will graduate from St. Cloud State University after this summer with a degree in women’s studies and a minor in human relationships. The St. Cloud woman is already planning…
Hargeisa, 27 May 2013(SDN) –A delegation of the Kuwati Baitu Zaka Releif organization has arrived in Somaliland on Monday to assess the Kuwait-funded projects in Somaliland. The five member delegation led by the Director of foreign projects of Baitu Zaka Releif organization Abdalla Hayder and accompanied by the secretary of Kuwait medical doctors association…
Kismayo May 26 2013 (SDN) —Hundreds of thousands of Kismayo Residents have rallied today in support of Sheikh Ahmed Madobe’s leadership at Kismayu. The demonstration comes after the federal government in Mogadishu showed reluctance to Ahmed Madobe’s leadership in Jubaland administration. The demonstrators chanted slogans against Somalia’s federal government calling to stop intervening Jubaland administration….
Mogadishu May 19 2013 (SDN) -Somalia’s foreign minister Fawziya Yusuf Haji Adam has returned to the country from an official working visit in neighbouring Kenya. Government officials received minister fawziya at Adancade International Airport in Mogadishu and she told the media that the foreign ministry is working hard to re-establish foreign diplomacy with the international…