Africa

 United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed undertook a visit to Somalia today in solidarity with Somali women's calls for full and equal participation in political life, and to express the support of the international community for timely, inclusive, peaceful and credible elections. The Deputy...

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built water pools in Somaliland, which is facing the danger of famine because it is one of the regions that receive the least rainfall in the African continent. TİKA implemented water pools project in Somaliland, which is suffering from...

By:AFP Somalia’s regional leaders of South West and Galmudug State have arrived in Mogadishu in a bid to end an ongoing public spat between President Mohamed Farmaajo and his Prime Minister Hussein Roble. Presidents Abdiaziz Hassan Laftagareen of South West and Ahmed Abdi Karie Qoorqoor of...

By:BBC AFRICA Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to withdraw the country’s troops from the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia. He issued the warning following an escalating row between Somalia's president and prime minister. President Museveni made a similar threat in 2011 to push Somali leaders...

By:Anwar Abdifatah Bashir The two countries share gigantic issues. Both are Muslim nations with Sunni sect. As “Angus Hamilton” who was a British war correspondent who had visited in early 20th century both countries, had written two memoirs. Afghanistan Book in 1906, and Somaliland Book...

Human Rights Centre is publishing its second quarterly report for the months of May-August 2021. The report emphasizes human rights abuses have occurred for the past 4 months in Somaliland. These violations comprise police brutality, arbitrary detentions, issues related to freedom of expression and...

By:BBC AFRICA There is a growing rift between Somalia’s president and prime minister over the disappearance of a female intelligence agent, Ikraan Tahliil, in the capital, Mogadishu. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble publicly suspended the head of the intelligence agency over his handling of the case...

By: Staff writer Kenya has deployed Benson M. Mwaliko as Head of Liaison office in Hargeisa. Horndiplomat reports last week, a high-level delegation from the Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs visits in Somaliland capital of Hargeisa to finalise plans to open up a Kenyan consulate in the...

By:BBC AFRICA More than 100 trucks of food aid have arrived in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region after weeks of the blockade, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said. It has had difficulty getting the aid through to the region. Tigray has been destabilised by a 10-month conflict...

By:BBC The fate of Guinea's President Alpha Condé is unclear after an unverified video showed him in the hands of soldiers, who said they had seized power. They appeared on national TV claiming to have dissolved the government. However, the defence ministry said the attempted takeover had...