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Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya Leaders arrive in Mogadishu for security summit

Djibouti, Kenyan, Ethiopian Leaders arrive in Somalia to attend regional security Summit
By: Staff writer Djiboutian President, Ismael Omar Guelleh, Kenyan President, William Ruto, and  Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday arrived in the Somali Capital Mogadishu to attend the regional security Summit. The...

Kenyan opposition ‘will not be party’ to election result

NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition said on Friday it would "not be a party" to any imminent announcement of results of the presidential vote by the election commission and rejected the idea of taking its challenge to court. Provisional results from polling stations show...

IGAD heads of states arrive in Addis Ababa to attend “Beautification of Addis”

By: Hussein Farah ,Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed welcomed leaders of IGAD member states, President Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda; President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya, President Salva Kiir of the Republic of South Sudan; President Mohammed Abdulahi...

Water Mission Joins Fight Against Global Spread of COVID-19

Water Mission Joins Fight Against Global Spread of COVID-19
Water Mission Joins Fight Against Global Spread of COVID-19   Emergency resources available for developing countries with vulnerable healthcare systems  Charleston, SC – March 16, 2020– In response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Water Mission, a nonprofit Christian engineering organization, is bringing urgently needed safe water and hygiene solutions to under-resourced communities in developing nations. Water Mission is meeting emergency-related water and...

10 things that make Ethiopia extraordinary

(CNN) — What sets Ethiopia apart from its African neighbors? The excellent coffee? The fact that it was never colonized? Or that Rastafarians regard it as their spiritual home? Or could it be the smooth, well-maintained roads, so rare on the continent, that make exploring the country by...

Report: Delegates killed as Somalia struggles to meet election deadlines

Two electoral delegates have been executed in Somalia, the latest in a string of attacks related to the country’s troubled elections. Radio Shabelle reported Tuesday that the two delegates were killed by Al Shabaab militants as they returned from a lower house polling place...

Somalia: World Bank Approves US$50 Million in Support of Emergency Drought Response and Recovery

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2017—The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank today approved a US$50 million emergency project - Somalia Emergency Drought Response and Recovery Project (SEDRP, the Project) - to scale up the drought response and recovery effort in Somalia. Somalia is...

Senior AU official begins visit in Burundi

The Commissioner for Peace and Security for the African Union, Smail Chergui, Wednesday afternoon started a two-day visit in Burundi amidst the east African country's threat to withdraw its peacekeepers from Somalia. Upon landing at Bujumbura International Airport, the senior AU official was welcomed by...

U.S. to Send Troops to Somalia Amid Blowback

BY BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN The global security picture is growing ever more complicated for the new U.S. president. The United States will send several dozen troops to help train Somali forces in their fight against the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabab, Pentagon officials said Friday, the...

Somalia: Public Property Disposals Since 2012

According to the Financial Governance Committee full inventory of the Federal Government property and public property sold or leased since 2012 is a top priority of the Federal Government of Somalia, writes Liban Ahmad   Between 2012 and 2017 the Federal Government of Somalia under President Hassan Sheikh...