Africa

By: Staff writer Somaliland Minister of post Mr Abdiweli Sufi Jibril has tested positive for COVID19. Abdiweli Sufi becomes the second cabinet member to be infected with coronavirus in Somaliland. Earlier Today, Somaliland Minister of investment Mohamed Ahmed (Awad) has tested positive for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Somaliland Ministry...

By: Staff writter Somaliland Minister of investment Mohamed Ahmed (Awad) has tested positive for the coronavirus. Awad announced his infection in a post published on Twitter on Monday. "I have tested positive for Coronavirus after showing mild symptoms, my condition was fine and Inshallah  I'll recover soon," said on twitter Somaliland health...

By: Mohamed Duale The President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi has today officially inaugurated the first 12 KMs of Berbera Corridor, a trade and transport corridor that connects Ethiopia to Berbera Port of Somaliland. Somaliland President Muse Bihi and the Road Development minister Abdullahi Abokor said...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor The Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MoEM) received from RAK Gas LLC and Rak Chamber of Commerce & Industry COVID 19 combating support materials including 1,000 pcs of protective overall and 800 N95 masks. This was the first shipment of...

Mary Harper, the veteran BBC reporter on Africa and now its section editor, has written a truly timely book which cuts through the political posturing, diplomatic niceties and, often, stereotypically violent narratives and imagery, to present a book which examines Al-Shabaab more accurately through...

By: Mohamad Duale twitter: @MoDuale Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 968 after 137 more cases were confirmed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Friday. The Ethiopian Ministry of Health, in a statement issued on Friday, revealed that from the total of  5,015...

By: Ahmed Ibrahim Haji Hassan Hargeisa Most Somalis over the age of 60 years can not specify the exact date--and sometimes in the exact place--they were born. In our traditionally nomadic life, these birth details used to be so minor and thus of a family’s least...

By: MoDUALE Djibouti on Wednesday reported 229 new COVID__19 cases and four more deaths, taking the total number of cases in the country to 2,697. Djibouti has conducted a total of 24,129 COVID-19 tests so far with 18 deaths and 1185 recoveries. According to the Djibouti Health...

By: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu I wholeheartedly congratulate the Africa Day of all our African friends. The unprecedented conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic all over the world render the solidarity symbolized by Africa Day even more significant this year. The progress achieved in recent years by Africa...

By: MODuale Djibouti on Tuesday reported 198 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths bringing the total confirmed cases to 2468. Horndiplomat reports The new cases were reported out of 1043 laboratory tests. Djibouti has conducted a total of 23,140 COVID-19 tests so far with 14...