Africa

GAROWE – The semiautonomous northern Somalia state of Puntland faces a potential leadership split just a month before the region holds the much-awaited presidential election after the vice president challenged the president over the formation of a new electoral dispute resolution committee, appointing his...

Self-exiled Somali opposition leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame has said he plans to return to Mogadishu this month to mark the first anniversary of his arrest. Mr Abdishakur said he intended to hold a big rally in the Somali capital, which will also be used to...

Kenya has a big role to play in Somaliland’s economic development if local investors venture in the Horn of Africa nation. Somaliland’s Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister Yasin Mohammed Hiir has encouraged Kenyan investors to take advantage of the investment opportunities in his country. "Come...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse biihi Abdi Receives EU delegation led by EU Charge d’Affaires, Fulgencio Garrido Ruiz.Horndiplomat Reports The two sides Discussed issues pertaining to Somaliland and Somalia talks, the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa, EU role on Berbera Corridor and upcoming elections. On the other...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale  Horndiplomat-Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh Receives in his office US. a delegation led by the US. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs Tibor P. Nagy.Horndiplomat Reports President Guelleh accompanied by his Foreign Minister Mohamoud Ali Youssouf. " Had a chance to meet w/ President Guelleh and Foreign...

The 1st China-Africa Expo opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the exhibition center today. The event will focus on deepening a comprehensive partnership of Ethiopia and China to encourage the cooperation of industry and commerce of the two countries. In his opening remark, Engineer Melaku Ezezew,...

This study was prepared ahead of the second African girls' summit on ending child marriage organized by the African Union in Ghana. It is adapted from a recent global study on the cost of not educating girls (Wodon et al., 2018), and also relies...

Somaliland, an unrecognised former British colony in the Horn of Africa, has been described as the African miracle that nobody knows about. It lies in a region facing severe challenges: political instability, the rise of extremism and conflict. But Somaliland has, somehow, managed to...

Horndiplomat-Eucap handing over Somaliland coastal guards three fast and modern boats with trailers and spare parts donated by Sweden on December 2nd.Horndiplomat Reports Press-Release EUCAP’s Maritime Operational Capability Project reached a milestone today in Berbera, when the Somaliland Coast Guard (SLCG) received three fast and modern boats...

Horndiplomat-(JOINT PRESS RELEASE) European Union and UNICEF Inaugurates Urban Water Project-Horndiplomat Reports Joint Press-Release Tog Wajaale, 2 December 2018 – Safe, affordable water is now being delivered to hundreds of thousands of families in areas of Somaliland thanks to a sustainable water system inaugurated today by the...