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All valid holders of UAE residency visas will not be allowed to enter the country for the next two weeks, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The UAE will enforce the suspension from 12 noon today (Thursday) as part of its...

The Djibouti Ministry of Health (MoH) on Wednesday disclosed it has confirmed its first case of COVID-19. The ministry said a Spanish national who arrived in the Horn of Africa nation on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19. “The patient was a member of the Spanish Special...

Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its fourth case of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). In a televised address on Tuesday afternoon, Health minister Mutahi Kagwe said the patient—tested at a private hospital in Nairobi—arrived in the country from London on March 9. He, however, did not reveal the nationality...

Ethiopia has confirmed its 6th case of coronavirus today, bringing the total to six. A 59-year-old UK diplomat, who had arrived in Addis Ababa from Dubai yesterday, has tested positive for the virus, said the Ministry of Health. She is now in an isolation centre for...

By: MoDuale Somaliland on Tuesday closed schools across the country and banned all public gatherings, including sports events, for 4 Weeks. The decision was announced by Somaliland National preparedness committee on Coronavirus. The statement also mentioned the suspend of flights from eight countries such as China,...

By:MODuale Somalia has confirmed first case of CoronaVirus. A Somali citizen who returned from one of the countries affected by #COVIDー19 tested positive; the person is being held in isolation since arriving the country. Somalia's health ministry said the country registered its first case of the...

Xaqdoon Law Firm published legal update covering two topics: 1. Legal Pluralism: Complementarity or competition; and 2. Death Penalty in the Somali Penal Code. Xaqdoon Law Firm updates are intended to contribute to the legal development in Somaliland and Somalia. The aim is to...

The Ethio-Kenya Electricity Highway Project is expected to be ready for testing and commissioning at the end of this Ethiopian year, according to Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP). Upon completion, the project will promote power, trade, and regional integration, and contribute to the Eastern Africa Power...

By:Hassan jama, Horndiplomat Contributor Ethiopia has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus. Horndiplomat reports Takele Uma Banti, the mayor of the capital Addis Ababa, tweeted that a Japanese citizen was the person affected. "We should avoid meetings and hand contacts," the mayor wrote on Twitter. According...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat regional contributor The Somaliland government has refuted the Ethiopian capital newspaper report that stated the Ethiopian government suspended its 19 per cent share on the new development of Berbera Port. Somaliland Minister of foreign affairs Yasin Hagi Mohamud Faraton told The local newspaper...