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Somalia’s disaster agency (SoDMA) has raised alarm over a deepening humanitarian crisis driven by extreme drought and conflict-related displacement across multiple regions.   SoDMA said Awdal, in the northwest, is facing its worst drought in years after successive failed rainy seasons and soaring temperatures above 40°C. More than 264,000 people urgently need humanitarian assistance in the region, especially in Borama district, where...

LAS ANOD, Somalia – Efforts to establish a new regional administration in northeastern Somalia have entered a new phase, with delegates preparing to begin the selection of parliamentarians, officials said.   The emerging federal member state, officially named the Northeast Somalia Administration, was declared during a recent high-level conference in Laascaanood, encompassing the regions of Sool and Sanaag. According to Somalia’s Minister...

Laascaanood – Ergada dhiseysa Maamulka Waqooyi Bari Soomaaliya ayaa u gudbaysa wejiyada xiga ee dhismaha maamulka cusub, iyagoo bilaabaya soo xulista xildhibaanada dowlad-goboleedka, sida uu xaqiijiyay Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha Soomaaliya, Cali Xoosh.   Xildhibaanada maamulka cusub ayaa la qorsheynayaa in ay ka koobnaadaan 83 xubnood, kuwaas oo si caddaalad ah uga imaanaya beelaha deegaanka wada dega ee ku midoobay dhismaha maamulka. Wasiir...

HARGEISA – Somaliland has offered the United States the opportunity to establish a naval base along its coast near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait and proposed a rare earth minerals deal, in a bid to gain formal recognition as an independent state, according to a report published by Bloomberg.   The proposal, made by President Abdirahman Cirro, comes amid Somaliland’s intensified...

Hargeysa – Sida lagu sheegay warbixin uu daabacay Bloomberg, Somaliland ayaa u bandhigtay Mareykanka fursad uu saldhig ciidan badeed uga dhisto xeebteeda u dhow marin-biyoodka istaraatiijiga ah ee Bab al-Mandab, oo u dhexeeya Badda Cas iyo Gacanka Cadmeed.   Sidoo kale, Somaliland ayaa soo jeedisay heshiis muhiim ah oo la xiriira macdanta dhifka ah ee lagama maarmaanka u ah warshadaha tiknoolajiyadda...

Huddur, Bakool – The Speaker of Somalia’s House of the People, Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe), arrived on Wednesday in the southwestern town of Xuddur, the administrative capital of Bakool region, as part of a high-level federal delegation aiming to strengthen cooperation with local authorities.   Speaker Madobe was warmly welcomed at Xuddur airport by the President of South West State,...

Xuddur, Bakool — Guddoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka ee Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya, Mudane Sheekh Aadan Maxamed Nuur (Madoobe), ayaa maanta booqasho rasmi ah ku yimid magaalada Xuddur, xarunta gobolka Bakool, isagoo hoggaaminaya wafdi ballaaran oo ka kooban wasiiro iyo xildhibaano ka tirsan dowladda Federaalka.   Wafdiga Guddoomiyaha ayaa si diirran loogu soo dhoweeyay garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaalada Xuddur, halkaas oo uu ku sugnaa Madaxweynaha...

Mogadishu – Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Wednesday received the African Union’s newly appointed Special Representative to Somalia, Ambassador El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, for talks centered on the country’s fragile security transition and ongoing counter-terrorism operations.   The meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s office in Mogadishu, was also attended by Diene’s deputy, Mouktar Ousman Karie, and comes amid...

Muqdisho, Luulyo 30, 2025 — Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya, Xamsa Cabdi Barre, ayaa maanta xafiiskiisa ku qaabilay Wakiilka Gaarka ah ee Guddoomiyaha Guddiga Midowga Afrika u qaabilsan Soomaaliya, ahna Madaxa Hawlgalka AUSSOM, Danjire El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, iyo ku-xigeenkiisa, Mudane Mouktar Ousman Karie.   Ra’iisul Wasaaraha ayaa kulanka uga mahadceliyey madaxda AUSSOM doorkooda muhiimka ah ee ay ku leeyihiin sugidda amniga iyo...

HARGEISA, July 30 — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro on Tuesday appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance as a severe drought continues to impact tens of thousands across the self-declared republic.   Speaking during community meetings in the capital, Hargeisa, President Irro highlighted the growing scale of the crisis, stating that more than 100,000 people have been affected by prolonged drought...