Africa

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Government declares new droughts in several regions affecting 1.7 million people, many need emergency assistance. Authorities cite low rainfall for recurring droughts.Horndiplomat Reports The chairman said  1,755,000 people affected by the drought currently in Somaliland. The chairman of the Disaster Preparedness and Food Storage agency,...

By: Musse Hassan, Horndiplomat contributor Somalia Government has called on Kenya to “immediately stop violations against Somalia’s sovereignty and cease destabilising acts along the border”.Horndiplomat reports The following statement was issued today by the Somalia Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Federal Government of Somalia calls upon the Government...

Sir Mo Farah has revealed he was "trafficked" into the UK illegally under the name of another child, saying he wants to tell his real story "whatever the cost". The four-time Olympic champion told a BBC documentary...

By: Hasan Jama, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-Somaliland House of Representatives approved six nominees out of the seven members of the National Electoral Commission. Waddani opposition party has withdrawn the one member it nominated. Meanwhile, In a joint statement, the opposition parties of Somaliland UCID and Waddani rejected...

DJIBOUTI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Having sailed nearly 10,000 miles from China, the Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark has arrived in Djibouti, and is now providing free medical services to local people, when the temperature can reach 40 degree Celsius. Mahammad Hassan Abadid, 42, a...

Horndiplomat-Yesterday's The National Electoral Commission (NEC) had made the long awaited announcement of the official result of the Presidential that took place in the Republic of Somaliland on the 13th of November. The announced President and Vice President Elect are Kulmiye’s candidates Muse Behi Abdi...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horndiplomat Correspondent Somaliland's House of Representatives approved a bill to simultaneously hold the presidential and political parties' elections. 33 MPs voted in favor, while 19 abstained out of 52 who attended today's meeting.

By Amina Isir In the shadows of a society and people married to traditional ways of governing and existing, youth in Somaliland are speaking out and claiming their futures. Yaxye Yeebaash, a young poet, motivational speaker and content producer is one of these beacons of...

The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for a year and a half in neighboring Somalia, officials say. A senior Somali intelligence official told The Associated Press that the doctors were released over the weekend...

By:  Brenthurst Foundation  How does a small state that, according to the UN, doesn't officially exist, with a nonconvertible currency, no officially recognised borders or passports, and is found in one of the most volatile regions of Africa, become a peaceful, free, democratic society, without...