Op-Ed: Somaliland’s diplomatic efforts
By:Gulaid Yusuf Idaan
In 1960, Somaliland gained its independence from the United Kingdom and become an independent state, but the parliament voted to join former Italian-ruled Somalia. In 1961, a national referendum was held wherein a majority of northerners...
Cuba thanks Somalia for supporting the return of kidnapped doctors
By: Prensa Latina
Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez thanked on Monday his Somali counterpart, Ahmed Isse Awad, for the efforts of his government to guarantee the return of the two Cuban doctors kidnapped more than a year ago in Kenya.
On Twitter, Cuba's foreign minister referred...
Somaliland is an Interesting place is a Save Country -Dp World CEO Ahmed Bin Sulayem
DPWorld Group Chairman & CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem shares his views on a rising Africa's role in global Trade in the midst of the US-China trade war. He says "Somaliland is an Interesting place is a save country.-DP World CEO Ahmed Bin Sulayem
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Facebook shuts down accounts targeting Ethiopia, Sudan, Turkey
BY:BBC AFRICA
Tech giant Facebook says that it has removed more than a dozen accounts and pages on Facebook and Instagram "from Egypt that targeted Ethiopia, Sudan and Turkey.
"We removed 17 Facebook accounts, six Pages, and three Instagram accounts from Egypt that targeted Ethiopia, Sudan,...
Mpls. residents shoot down HBO’s request to film controversial show
By Euan Kerr
Cedars resident Abdi Mohammed speaks against allowing HBO to do three days of filming for the controversial show "Mogadishu, Minnesota." HBO producer Jonathon Filley and translator Miriam Hussein listen. Euan Kerr | MPR News
A resident group in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood in...
Djibouti ready to pay compensation to settle DP World dispute
Djibouti would be prepared to pay DP Worldcompensation of “more or less half a billion dollars . . . as early as next week” to settle a dispute over control of the city’s Doraleh container terminal.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Aboubaker Omar Hadi, chairman of Djibouti Ports...
William Ruto sworn in as Kenya’s fifth President
By:Zakariye Ahmed
William Samoei Arap Ruto has been sworn in as Kenya's fifth president with his deputy President Rigathi Gachagua today at Moi International Sports Centre in the country's capital of Nairobi.
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Eritrea responds statement by German Foreign Minister on Human rights
Horndiplomat-The Government of Eritrea responds recent statement by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Bundestag that alleged Eritrean government continues to maintain compulsory national service as a key means of controlling society. Horndiplomat reports
Germany foreign on his recent statement by German Foreign Minister Heiko...
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’
By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTINOCT
Hillary Clinton and her allies sprang onto a war footing on Saturday, opening a ferocious attack on the F.B.I.’s director, James B. Comey, a day after he disclosed that his agency was looking into a potential new batch of...
Somalia’s lower house of parliament votes to cancel presidential term extension
By:Reuters
Somalia's lower house of parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to cancel a two-year presidential term extension it approved last month, after clashes in the capital Mogadishu and between factions of the security forces divided over the issue.
The crisis has raised fears that al Qaeda-linked...