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By: REUTERS  A commercial vessel hijacked by unknown assailants remains off the coast of Somalia raising fears of further instability for global shipping as attacks escalate in the Red Sea, maritime security sources said on Monday.

Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a crushing defeat despite last-ditch effort to rally support from parliament. Members of the UK parliament voted against Theresa May's Brexit agreement on Tuesday, complicating UK's departure from the European Union on March 29. The vote plunges the already divived country...

BANJUL-The Gambia's army chief on Wednesday reaffirmed his loyalty to President Yahya Jammeh despite the threat of a regional military intervention if the strongman refuses to step down. Lieutenant General Ousman Badjie used a New Year message published in the pro-government Daily Observer newspaper to...

Hordiplomat-Somaliland International Marathon Run, which is expected to become a yearly event, is the first time such an international event to be held in Somali territories since 1991. The event was largely organized by a team from Untamed Borders Ltd led by James Wilcox, including co-organizers Enda...

By:Kalkidan Yibeltal An analysis on what the rising ethnic nationalism among the historically powerful Amhara means for the country's future. Amba Giorgis, Ethiopia - Etenesh* sits alone on a worn cow skin in her mud-walled home in Amba Giorgis, a small Ethiopian market town in the...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Politicians have been peeling off wads of hundred dollar bills to buy votes. Others have shown up for parliamentary races standing next to a political nobody who was bribed or coerced into running against them, to make the race look fair....

By:Somtribune In the first of several matches scheduled for the visiting Sindo United FC of Kenya, the first division Municipality FC beat the Kenyan side 3 to 1. Sindo United, a second division of the formidable Kenya soccer scene, arrived Friday and was welcomed to the...

Somali-American Halima Aden is competing for the title of Miss Minnesota USA and she’s hoping to diversify the archetypal image of beauty pageant contestants. Born in a Kenyan refugee camp, Aden moved to Minnesota ― home to one of the largest Somali communities in America...

By: Staff writer Somaliland's Ministry of Water has issued a statement revealing that it has implemented 13 wells, boreholes, well fields, and 5 dams across Somaliland. The Ministry statement says that the projects will be implemented by...

Horndiplomat-the UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash has commented the recent development and progress of the Horn of Africa and the role of government of United Arab Emirates. Dr.Gashgash Post on his Twitter says the Emirates government hard work to supporting...