Africa

On Friday’s marathon and 10-kilometer races held in Hargeisa, Somaliland, 200 athletes from around the world participated. Not only was the run colorful and exotic to the international runners but, to them, it was also an event that beautifully merged the excitement of visiting new...

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has disarmed 1,740 of its armed members. After receiving rehabilitation training, the soldiers will be reintegrated into the Somali regional state either as security forces or as civil servants, it was noted. Mustafa Muhumed Omer, Deputy Chief Administrator of the...

An Ethiopian military helicopter registration Number UNO 379P with 23 passengers on board has crashed today at around 1310H inside the compound of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) killing three of its crew members. The MI-8 helicopter was on routine operation...

Massawa, 09 February 2019-  President Alpha Conde of the Republic of Guinea arrived in Massawa today, 9 February, for an official visit in Eritrea. Upon arrival at the Massawa International Airport, President Alpha Conde was awarded warm welcome by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and other...

Horndiplomat-Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki to day, 8 February met and held talks with Mr. Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development. President Isaias and Mr. Neven discussed on the cooperation ties between Eritrea and the EU within the framework of the recent peace...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu met High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Vice President of the EU Commission, H.E. Federica Mogherini today(February 9). The two sides discussed on a plethora of issues of regional peace and security,...

Ethiopia and the People’s Republic of China have agreed to further bolster their cooperation in bilateral, continental and international issues of mutual concern. This has been emphasized this morning (February 9), during a meeting between Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu and Assistant...

Horndiplomat-The Ogaden Liberation Front (ONLF) has today disarmed 1,740 of its armed members. As per an agreement ONLF and Somali regional state signed late this afternoon, the disarmed members will be reintegrated into the regional state either as security forces or as civil servants.  In addition...

Somalia is set to inch close to oil exploration with the unveiling of the block delineation, legal and regulatory framework to guide the sector on Thursday. The move is the first in over three decades, when the industry descended into chaos. The unveiling of...

The 34th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has begun at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, today (February 7). A high-level Ethiopian delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, is taking part in the two-day...