Africa

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A huge blast rocked a vegetable market in the Eastern African country on Saturday, killing at least 11 and wounding scores of others as the Eastern African nation is voting in a government and parliamentary election. "Somalia, following decades of civil war...

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  A car laden with explosives has blown up near an army checkpoint outside Mogadishu, wounding at least four soldiers, according to a Somali security officer. Soldiers reportedly chased the driver before he detonated the explosives. "We received information of the car bomb and we pursued it,...

By:Michael Cohen Funding shortage hampers fight against militants, analyst says Conflict fuels humanitarian crisis in Horn of Africa nation Three deadly bomb attacks in Somalia’s capital this month have highlighted the failings of a decade-long international effort to quash an al-Qaeda-linked insurgency in one of...

By:BBC AFRICA A team investigating the disappearance and subsequent death of a female Somali spy agent, Ikran Tahlil, has “found no evidence” that senior officials in the National Intelligence and Security Agency (Nisa) were culpable. Tahlil, who worked in the cyber-security department of the Nisa, went...

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...

By:Somaliland Coast Guard The Somaliland Coast Guard fights against various illicit trafficking, namely illegal immigration, illegal fishing, maritime piracy, maritime terrorism, but also the fight against and protection of th e marine environment of the Republic of Somaliland . It works on the research and...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrives in Baidoa, the transitional capital of Somalia's southwest state, this is his first trip outside Somalia's capital city Mogadishu since his re-election on the 15th of this month. President Hassan's visit comes as he...

China has offered to mediate in the lingering border dispute in the Horn of Africa region, where Eritrea and Djibouti are both claiming ownership of the Dumeira mountains and Islands. The Chinese Ambassador to the African Union suggested that China will consider sending troops to...