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Addis Abeba, Oct. 22/2018 – Tigray regional state communication bureau confirmed that at least three protesters were killed yesterday by security forces in Alamata, some 758 km from Addis Abeba, in southern district of the Tigay regional state in northern Ethiopia. But residents who spoke to the...

Kenya on Sunday repatriated 17 Somali nationals who caused disturbance at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when they were denied clearance to travel to Uganda. The passengers, according to Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa, landed from Mogadishu but they could not be cleared because of security concerns...

Turkey's agriculture and forestry minister has said construction of the "Ambouli Friendship Dam" in Djibouti is halfway through. Underscoring the dam will strengthen the Turkish-Djiboutian relations even further, Bekir Pakdemirli told Anadolu Agency that 50 percent physical realization has so far been achieved in the...

By. Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale   Horndiplomat-ONLF and Ethiopia agreed to end hostilities towards each other; ONLF to pursue objectives through peaceful means. Horndiplomat Reports Delegates from Ethiopian federal government and the Ogaden National Liberation Front ONLF met on 21 October 2018 in Asmara, Eritrea. The delegation from the...

Horndiplomat- Press Release on the Collapse of the Dialogue between Government and Opposition Political Parties regarding House Representatives and Local Council Elections.Horndiplomat Reports Press Statement The Somaliland Civil Society Organizations are worrying about the collapse of the dialogue between the ruling part of the government and...

Horndiplomat-On 19 October 2018- President Isaias Afwerki met and held talks today at the State House with Russian delegation headed by Mr. Mikhail Leonidovich Bogdanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the meeting, President Isaias underlined Eritrea’s readiness to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation in...

The United Kingdom has officially addressed reports that it had at a point supported Ethiopia’s notorious paramilitary unit, the Liyu Police. The head of the British Department for International Development, DFID, Christian Rogg met with Somali Regional State, SRS, leader Mustafa Omer earlier this week. The...

Horndiplomat-According to East African Business Week The expansion of Somaliland’s port of Berbera is brewing tension between the Somaliland government and Somalia over the ownership of the territory. But Somaliland president Muse Behi Abdi maintains that Somalia should at all costs keep off his country’s affairs as...

Horndiplomat-According to SomalilandDaily In a press statement issued yesterday, 18th October 2018, women rights activists called the president of Somaliland to respect the constitution and end gender inequality in his government. The statement said: "all civil society organizations particularly Somaliland women organizations clearly express their...

By Nizar Manek The Red Sea state of Eritrea may play a key role in DP World Ltd.’s plans in the Horn of Africa, where a dozen ports could be needed to service the region, Chief Executive Officer Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem said. The Dubai-based state-controlled harbor...