London – Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of London – boosting Labour after it slumped in Scotland’s elections. Mr Khan is the city’s first Muslim mayor, after beating Tory Zac Goldsmith by 1, 310,143 votes to 994, 614. The result bolsters leader Jeremy Corbyn after Labour were beaten into third in Scotland […]
Haberturk, a Turkish newspaper has published a news story on 27th April about the Somaliland-Somalia dialogue. The paper has stated in the article that ministers from Somaliland and that of Somalia met in Turkey. The article dubbed as Somalia talks in an interview with Mr. Kanti Turan, a member of Turkish parliament elected from Bursa […]
HARGEISA – President Ahmed M. Silanyo has today officially announced the commencement of Voter Registration Exercise in Marodijeh province. The VR exercise is to begin in Marodijeh region on 30th April2016. A ceremony held at Gulied Hotel saw the attendance of Somaliland government officials, national political parties, and the National Election Commission. Residents living in this region who are all […]
On his behalf and that of the citizens of Somaliland, the President of the Republic of Somaliland H.E. Ahmed Mohamed Silaanyo has on Wednesday sent his heartfelt condolence to the families, the relatives, the comrades of 5 people who have on Wednesday morning died in a road accident at Haleeye village in the outskirts of […]
The few survivors of a boat carrying hundreds of migrants and refugees that capsized in the Mediterranean, have been speaking of their ordeal. It is feared as many as 500 people may have died, when their vessel sank on its way from Libya to Europe earlier this week. Just 41 people were rescued and taken […]
Reporters Without Borders is concerned about the possible prison sentences that three journalists are facing in two separate cases in Somaliland and urges the judicial authorities to respect this autonomous region’s constitution and press law, which guarantee freedom of information. A court in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital, is due to hear the two cases tomorrow. One […]
MADINAH — Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Ayoub, former imam of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, died at dawn Saturday at the age of 65. Funeral prayer for his soul was performed today at the Prophet’s Mosque after mid-day (Dhuhr) prayer and he was buried in Baqee’ Al-Gharqad Graveyard. The late Sheikh Ayoub was born in Makkah […]
You, as educators, should demonstrate critical researches, with more accurate data, that shows the main road to tackling prolonged droughts that has stricken and has battered to our nation as a whole.” The chairman of Kulmiye as well as Kulmiye presidential candidate Mr Muse Bihi Abdi was among the guest of honor at a graduation […]
Mugadishu (QJ/SDN) – A car bomb blast outside a restaurant in the Somali capital killed at least four people Monday, police said. Somali capital has witnessed a surge in bombings over the few months. The attacks claimed by Al Shabab militants highlight challenges facing efforts by the government in securing the seaside city. The explosion […]
Mugadishu (QJ/SDN) – A Somali journalist who helped al-Shabab kill five fellow reporters has been executed by firing squad. Hassan Hanafi, once a respected broadcaster, was sentenced to death last month by a military court in the capital, Mogadishu. He assisted the Islamist militant group by identifying possible targets amongst journalists between 2007 and 2011. […]