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By:Sarah Ahmed Yusuf Integrity, transparency, equality of opportunity and equality are headlines that governments are trying to inject into the ears of their overwhelming people, but the case, as the old Arab proverb said: I hear grinding and I do not see a mill, I...

By Mohammed Dhaysane Mogadishu-Somali police and international police known as (Interpol) have arrested Jubaland security minister Mr. Abdirashid Hasan Nur a.k.a. Janan at Adan Adde international airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu, On Saturday, for crimes he had committed in Southwestern province of Gedo, government officials...

On Thursday, 45 Somali refugees returned to the Horn of African country from Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya as part of the voluntary repatriation program, the United Nations Refugee agency announced. The repatriations come following a move by the Kenyan government to close the refugee...

By:Mohamed Duale Horndiplomat-A delegation led by Canadian Ambassador to Ethiopia Mr. Antoine Chevrier is in Jigjiga for a day long official visit. The delagation is received by Ethiopia's Somali regional State president Mustafa Muhumed Omer and top regional government officials at his office in Garabcase presidential...

The Second Ethio-Japan Business and Exhibition Forum aiming at promoting trade and investment opportunities to Ethiopia was held on 30 August 2019 on the sidelines of the TICAD 7 Conference in Yokohama. On the occasion, remarks were delivered by  Mr. Gedu Andargachew, Minister of Foreign...

BY:Nikkei Asian Review TOKYO -- Africa's Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority, operator of the strategic East African country's ports, is seeking $11 billion in investment for upgrades, and new facilities such as airports. In an interview with Nikkei Asian Review on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on...

By:The EASTAFRICAN The Kenyan government on Thursday expressed disappointment at the decision by the United Nations Security Council to block its push to toughen sanctions on Somali militant group Al Shabaab. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau told The EastAfrican that he was dismayed that the countries that...

All planes flying to Kismayo Airport will first have to land in Aden Abdille International Airport in Modadishu, federal government of Somalia has announced. The directive comes amid deteriorating relationship between Kenya and Somalia, with Nairobi accused of meddling in the internal affairs of Modadishu. Last...

By:Mohamed Duale Horndiplomat-U.S State Department has revised it is Ethiopia travel advisory-Horndiplomat Reports On July 30, Somali regional state asks the US Embassy in Addis Abeba to retract July 29 travel warning issued based on what the region said was an "outdated" data. Mohamed Olad, Media and Communications...

Uganda’s national airline has launched commercial operations with a flight to the Kenyan capital. Uganda Airlines’ inaugural flight to Nairobi on Tuesday carried mostly government and airline officials following a ceremony to re-launch the carrier that collapsed in 2001. Uganda Airlines owns two planes. Four more...