Africa

BY:JOSHUA HAMMER In 2000 Andrew Harding became sub-Saharan Africa correspondent for the BBC, based in Nairobi. Soon he was making regular trips to one of the most perilous corners of the continent: Somalia. Wracked by war, famine and clan-based strife since the early 1990s, the...

Horndiplomat-The Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed today appointed the following officials: 1. Hailay Berhane- National Security Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister 2. Dr Epherem Tekle- Commissioner of Job Creation Commission

 Somalia’s international partners* express their concern and their strong hope that recent political developments, including in the Federal Parliament, will not undermine efforts to reach political consensus on timely elections, disrupt Somalia’s reform agenda, or create instability that may reverse the gains made so...

An emotional gesture by Somalis moved a Turkish academic who was stranded in a Somali city when his flight was cancelled. Seeking to reach the capital Mogadishu from Hargeisa, some 1,500 kilometers away from Mogadishu, Enver Kapağan found out his flight was cancelled. Asking for...

By Chris WoodBBC News There may appear to be few similarities between Wales and a war-ravaged self-declared African republic where people suffering from mental health problems are chained up. Yet, a group of Cardiff men raising £100,000 to help them is just the latest chapter of...

By: Abdirisak Ahmed Ali Introduction: The historic meeting between officials from Somaliland and Ethiopia culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking a transformative milestone. This pivotal agreement is poised to gain...

At least 15 people are feared dead and more than 60 injured after a night fire, once again, gutted a section of Gikomba in the capital Nairobi on Thursday morning. Witnesses told the Nation that they counted at least six unidentified bodies that had been...

By: Telegraph This week, after two years of devastating drought and soaring food prices, the UN warned that without action, famine will hit Somalia within the next few weeks. With half a million children...

By:Staff writer Foreign ministers of Somalia and Rwanda on saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost bilateral cooperation. The MoU was signed by Somalia Foreign Minister Abdisaid Muse Ali and his Rwandan counterpart Vincent Biruta, on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in...

Though unrecognised by the international community, the country benefits from a strong social contract between government and citizens DROP a pin on a map of eastern Africa and chances are it will not land on a healthy democracy. Somalia and South Sudan are failed states....