Africa

By: East African Somalia’s diplomatic relations with Kenya will in 2020 be tested depending on the outcome of the maritime boundary case which is due to be determined in June. As Mogadishu and Nairobi appeared to iron out relations as 2019 was coming to an end,...

BY:US AFRICA COMMAND U.S. Africa Command acknowledges there was an attack by the terrorist organization al-Shabaab at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya, today. U.S Africa Command and Kenya Defense Forces repelled the al-Shabaab attack. Working alongside our Kenyan partners, the airfield is cleared and still in the...

Heavy gunfire reported at Camp Simba army bases that hosts US & Kenya soldiers NAIROBI — Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab on Sunday attacked a military base in Lamu county in Kenya that is used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces, a source and al...

By:Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor  Somaliland Journalists Association is deeply concerned and worried about the deteriorating health situation of Abdikadir Coday-editor in chief of HCTV jailed in 17 November 2019. He was in detention nearly two months after  HCTV broadcasted a  news program concerning the commercial flight company(Fly...

By Goth Mohamed Goth A one-day forum on the decision by the international community to scrap the Federal government of Somalia debt and the position of the Republic of Somaliland was held at the University of Hargeisa, on Monday. The forum organized by Somaliland Non-State Actors(SONSAF)brought...

By M.A. Egge 17 containers holding direly needed culvert construction facilities meant for water-way transvers drainages for the Burao-Erigavo roads have reached the port of Berbera. While disclosing the fact the Transport and Roads Development Minister Hon. Abdillahi Abokor Osman said that there were 163 seasonal...

By:FANABC Ethiopia today launched electronic single window (eSW) project, a one-stop service system, in a ceremony held at the Prime Minister’s office. Ministers, Ambassadors, heads of different institutions and invited guests, including Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed, attended the launching ceremony. The Prime Minister on the occasion...

By:Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor Turkey Ambassador to Somalia Mehmet Yilmaz gave an exclusive Interview to Voa Senior Journalist Harun Maruf said that the Turkish Government will continue to provide support to the Somali government and the Somali people. He said Turkey does not have an agenda in Somalia other than...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Colonel Saed Awil Jama AKA "Caarre" The leader of  justice and Equality Rebel handed all his armed militia and weapons, in Sanaag Region, over to Somaliland National Army. The Colonel has also accepted the peace agreement between Somaliland government and Mediating...

By Reuters MOGADISHU — As wounded men screaming for their mothers were brought into a Mogadishu hospital after a huge truck bomb on Saturday, doctors fought to save eight-month-old Mohammed Hassan, whose mother was already dead. The baby had lost too much blood to cry, but on...