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By: Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat Contributor Danish delegation led by the Denmark Ambassador to Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea and the Seychelle Mette Knudsen arrives in Somaliland on Tuesday. The delegation to discuss the importance of parliamentary and local elections with stakeholders, including government, political parties, and civil society. The...

By: BBC AFRICA Somalia's ministry of foreign affairs office has told the BBC that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump's criticism of the country during a campaign rally on Saturday night. While bashing Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born US congresswoman,...

By: Staff writer Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel, President Donald Trump said on Friday, a dramatic move aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East. Trump tweeted out the news after he spoke by phone...

Hordiplomat-International observation mission to Somaliland’s 2017 presidential election launches final report and looks forward to parliamentary elections scheduled for March 2019. International Observers Final Report The international election observation mission (IEOM) to the poll on 13 November 2017 assembled 60 observers from 27 countries at the...

Horndiplomat-The 32nd Assembly of the Union Of African states Opens In Addis Ababa today, February 10.  In recognition of challenges and prevailing need to recognize links between displacement and peace and security and the development dimension, the 32nd African Union (AU) heads of state and...

 Introduction An inclusive democracy means that all citizens should feel represented and be heard. However, many political systems sometimes exclude women and minority from the decision-making platforms, while other countries elect women to be their head of states or head of governments. As of June...

Horndiplomat-Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland blames Somalia's federal government for siding with Somaliland. Horndiplomat The Puntland administration described as illegal for a one million US dollar (1Million) that federal government of Somalia assists to people's affected a tropical cyclone and heavy rains hit in Somaliland last month. Puntland interior minister, Abdullahi...

Horndiplomat -The President of semi-autonomous regional state of Puntland, Abdiweli Ali Gaas, on Wednesday, fires top officials at Ministry of Fisheries over corruption.According to the presidential statement. The list of officials Mohamoud Mohamed Ali (gabax)  deputy minister  of Fisheries and Marine Resources Ali Hersi  Farah Mohamoud director general...

The countries that made the List of Top 10 growing Economies in Africa will surprise you. Check them out! Let’s face it, Africa really has the ideal conditions for steady economic growth. A skyrocketing population made up...

On Sunday 27th January, it was decided by the CONIFA Executive Committee that the 2020 CONIFA SportsBet.io World Football Cup will be hosted by Somaliland. Somaliland is an independent state in the Horn of Africa, which is not recognised by any other country. It declared sovereignty in 1991. https://twitter.com/CONIFAOfficial/status/1089772397807525890 The...