Garoowe (SDN)-The President of the regional administration of Puntland Mr. Abdirahman Mahamed Faroole has released a statement withdrawing support for Somalia’s controversial constitution that is currently being ratified by the transitional federal government. President Faroole addressed his statement to the UN, IGAD and other organizations involved in the constitution process where he took the opportunity [...]

Hargeisa (SDN) -Somaliland’s Education Minister Madam Samsam Abdi Aadan and her delegation toured the eastern region of the country and is currently in the city of Burco in the region of Togdheer. The Minister was joined by the head of the national examination commission Da’ud Ahmed Faarah, and the national education observer for the Ministry [...]

Hudur (SDN) -Ethiopian forces in the region of Bakool have reportedly killed six civilians from the town of Hudur (Xudur). Residents who witnessed the episode told our website the army opened heavy gunfire on the six deceased, the reasons why the unarmed group was targeted remains unknown. The former speaker of Somalia’s parliament councilman Sheekh [...]

Nairobi (SDN)-The European Union has announced an increase in aid to Somalia to help in peacekeeping efforts. The contribution will go towards paying the salaries of African Union forces, specifically Kenya’s defense force that recently joined the AMISOM mission based in Somalia according to the EU’s ambassador to Kenya Lodwijk Briet who made the announcement [...]

Addis Ababa (SDN)-Somaliland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mahamed Abdilaahi Umar who has spent the last several days in Ethiopia on state business departed for the United States today where he joins a delegation of national leaders taking part in a large conference organized by the Somaliland diaspora in America to celebrate the 21st anniversary [...]

Kampala (SDN)-Hundreds of Somali Transitional Federal Government soldiers have completed a training regimen in Kampala, Uganda. The soldiers are expected to use their new training to root-out and eradicate the radical Al-Shabaab group from the insecure region. Almost 1000 soldiers have been based in Kampala for training led by army General Abdiqaadir Sheekh Ali Diini [...]

Mogadishu (SDN) -The peacekeeping arm of the transitional federal government of Somalia presented the case of three youth they say were once part of Al-Shabaab and had plans to become suicide bombers. One of the youth was captured in the neighbourhood of Ex-Kontorol while the other two were arrested in the Waaberi neighbourhood of Mogadishu. [...]

Baydhabo (SDN) -Reports from the city of Baydhabo in the region of Bay say that an official with the NGO Islamic Relief was murdered last night in the city. Islamic Relief is known for its humanitarian work in Baydhabo. The deceased Hassan Mad Guuroow (also known as Hassan Fanah) was killed by a heavily armed [...]

Mogadishu (SDN)-The transitional federal government of Somalia has vowed to liberate the country from Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda in their on-going plan to bring peace to the shaky region. The TFG’s defense minister Mr. Hussein Arab Isse spoke to journalists today where he took the opportunity to reiterate the government’s decisive actions to eradicate Al-Shabaab and [...]

Spared the violence that has ravaged southern Somalia for two decades, the breakaway Somaliland and Puntland regions are investing in education to lure youngsters away from extremism and piracy. The self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland hopes to prove it can build a stable, independent state as the international community has not recognized its autonomy since it [...]