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.Following sweeping reforms that the United Arab Emirates made to its visa and immigration rules on Sunday, Abdirashid Duale, CEO of the global remittance giant Dahabshiil, said this provided an unprecedented window of opportunity for Somali investors. "Somalis had been trading with the UAE in...

Horndiplomat-Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi is a billionaire, and by most estimates, one of the richest African-born people in the world. But he now finds himself in the midst of an anti-corruption sweep in Saudi Arabia. He was arrested in the Saudi kingdom last year. According to...

Audiences across the Arab world are gearing up for the biggest month of the TV calendar as Ramadan approaches. Production companies invest major budgets to secure the region's biggest stars and win the mantle of hottest series. The holy month of Ramadan is one for...

Tropical Cyclone Sagar is churning through the Gulf of Aden and is expected to make landfall on the coast of the Horn of Africa and parts of southern Yemen on Saturday, bringing with it high winds and heavy rainfall. Direct Relief is in the process...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani today meets the visiting Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to discuss the distinguished fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries besides Arab and international issues of common concern. This is the Somali president’s second official visit...

Horndiplomat-The government of the Islamic republic of Iran released press statement on  US government withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action -Horndiplomat Reports IRAN Press-Statement STATEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN ON U.S. GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWAL FROM THE JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Military transport planes from the United Arab Emirates landed on the sleepy Yemeni island of Socotra last week, unloading tanks and troops as part of the Gulf Arab state’s drive to extend its influence over a strategic waterway flanked by...

Despite Somalia’s protestations, DP World and Somaliland are set to expand Berbera port. Some in the neighbourhood are excited. Others are worried.  Despite officially being banned from operating in Somalia this March, DP World is set to begin a project later this year that could have far-reaching...

Somali troops have taken over a military base in the capital Mogadishu run by the United Arab Emirates. The order to end military cooperation between Somalia and UAE comes amid growing bilateral tensions. It follows the closure of a UAE-funded hospital last week. Al...

The Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen said Monday that their political leader, Saleh al-Sammad, was killed last week in a Saudi-led airstrike. Sammad was the most senior Houthi official to be killed by the coalition since it intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 to...