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Somaliland: SONYO and Danguud Consortium celebrates international youth day

Somaliland: Sonyo celebrates international youth day
By: MoDuale Somaliland today joined the rest of the world in taking stock of youth’s achievements during celebrations to commemorate International youth day. Ministry of Youth and Sports in partnership with SONYO Umbrella and YOVENCO, a member organisation of Danguud Consortium, hosts International Youth Day event...

Dahabshiil lauds Africa’s performance at Tokyo Olympics

Kenya's Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (L) and Kenya's Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir react after the men's 800m final during the Tokyo 2020. PIC: COURTESY
Dahabshil and East Africa Bank have lauded the top African athletes at the just concluded Olympic Games in Tokyo. Dahabshil, a leading African money transfer company in the region with a presence in Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, said it takes pride in the performance of...

Op-Ed: Ethiopia Could Not Afford to Go Further into Internal Conflict

By Mohamed Muse The country with the largest population in the Horn of Africa cannot afford to unexpected internal war and possible institutional breakup. The Horn of Africa has been volatile with significant incidents that encouraged increased insecurity. Sustainable peace and security are yet to...

Somalia Rejects Diplomatic Resolution of Maritime Dispute with Kenya

Somalia Rejects Diplomatic Resolution of Maritime Dispute with Kenya
By: Maritime Executive Somalia has rejected pressure for a diplomatic resolution to a longstanding maritime dispute with Kenya, maintaining the matter will be decided by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Despite a charm offensive by Kenya, Somalia reckons the ICJ must provide the final...

Somaliland: Climate change is obliterating pastoralism, which employs 70 per cent of Somalilanders

Untapped riches. Fishers unload their catch of tuna, barracuda, sailfish, kingfish and others at the fishing port in Berbera, Somaliland, where catches are predicted to stay stable – or even increase – with climate change. TOMMY TRENCHARD/PANOS
By: @alice_rowsome and @YahyeXanas investigate. SOURCE By: New internationalist Climate change is obliterating pastoralism, which employs 70 per cent of Somalilanders. The government has grand plans to re-orient to the sea. But can foreign interests be kept at bay? Sahil District, Somaliland, 2017. The driver was following...

Somaliland: Beautiful Choices (Elections 2021)

Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi and New parliament speaker Abdirirsak khalif ahmed
By:Ismail Ahmed Ismail Somaliland is a symbol of promising and successful democracy for the past 20 years. Which held on seven one-person, one-vote elections. So, this article focuses on 2021 combined elections ( House of Representative and local government ) which were awaited elections...

Somaliland: Human Rights Center Condemns the Arbitrary Detention of Ismaacil Cabdilaahi Xuseen and Cabdiqani Sh. Maxamed Sh. Cumar

Human Rights Center
Human Rights Center is concerned with the egregious abuse of power and arrests of two citizens in borama on July 3rd, 2021, Ismaacil Cabdilaahi Xuseen, a business man and Cabdiqani Sheik Maxamed Sheik Cumar who is a teacher. The reasons for their arrests coincide...

Somalia maintains maritime row will be decided by ICJ

Somalia maintains maritime row will be decided by ICJ
By: The Star Somalia has maintained that the maritime dispute with Kenya will be decided by the International Court of Justice. This emerged on Sunday during Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo's maiden official visit to the country. In a statement after their bilateral meeting, Somalia PM...

Abourma Rock Art Site: Hidden gem in Djibouti

Ibrahim Dabale, 50, an art guardian and native of Djibouti, shows ancient depictions at the remote Abourma Rock Art site in the Makarassou Massif of Tadjoura Region, nothern Djibouti, April 13, 2021. (AFP Photo)
BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY - AFP The black cliffs of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa may seem featureless at the first sight from afar. However, the rocks reveal 7,000-year-old engravings depicting various figures, from giraffes to antelopes, that offer insight into the past of the...

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister arrives in Somalia for talks

Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister arrives in Somalia for talks
By:MoDuale MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, who is Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister, arrived in Mogadishu on Sunday morning. She is expected to meet her counterpart Mohamed Abdirizak, Prime Minister Hussein Roble, and later hold talks with President Mohamed Farmaajo. Somalia Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak confirms on Twitter the meeting between...