Africa

Horndiplomat-The Executive Council of the African Union, holding its sixth retreat, continued to discuss the reform of the AU Commission in its afternoon session on Tuesday (September 12). The debate focused mainly on possible proposals presented by the Reform Unit and main issues were: the...

The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, joins the country’s President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo” in calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities between ‘Somaliland’ and Puntland forces following recent fighting in the Tukaraq area of the Sool region. The United Nations urges...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu received copies of credentials of the Ambassador of the State of Eritrea to Ethiopia, Ambassador Semere Russom this morning (November 8). Dr. Workneh underlined that efforts are well underway to elevate the bilateral relationship into new horizons and hoped...

By:REUTERS NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya’s opened a $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway line linking Nairobi to Naivasha on Wednesday, despite delays in building an industrial park in the Rift Valley town to encourage freight. The extension links to another Chinese funded and built $3.2 billion line...

By:The Star The national government is set open a consulate at Hargeisa in Somaliland aimed to increase exports to the autonomous country. Trade CS Peter Munya said Miraa will be the leading export to the country and that the Embassy will help negotiate  favourable  trade barriers...

"OUR SOMALILAND” –CAMPAIGN FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS Horndiplomat-Inspire Group and SONYO Umbrella are calling on political parties and their supporters to ensure peaceful campaigns across the country during the campaign period. We urge our political leaders to desist from inflammatory announcements that could incite fellow citizens...

By:Xinhua The United Nations humanitarian agency has launched an early allocation of 25 million U.S. dollars from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to provide immediate assistance to communities hard-hit by the drought emergency in priority locations. Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, said...

By Ahmed N. Amin H In recent week Somaliland, foreign policy ventured into some troubled waters by taking some bold and unexpected steps when it went against well- established red lines drawn by the Chinese government when it made diplomatic ties with Taiwan. The high-profile signing...

In the second week of July, I was in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. There, I organized Huricap, a program of Amnesty Netherlands, committed to human rights education in Africa, a workshop on the investigation and documentation of human rights violations. There is, probably, a...

Horndiplomat-Somalia and its international partners agreed on a Mutual Accountability Framework to narrow their joint focus to priority areas for action and resources in order to achieve key priority outcomes before December 2020. The following statement was issued today by the Somalia Partnership Forum COMMUNIQUÉ Somalia...