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BY TOM GARDNER The Ethiopian prime minister’s opponents fear that he’s an African Erdogan. His rhetoric and policies suggest he’s more of a liberal democrat. Earlier this year, when Abiy Ahmed was seeking the leadership of Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), he...

Indian officials hailed the deal, which was signed during an official visit to the UAE by the country’s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, as 'sig The UAE has agreed to collaborate with India to launch joint aid projects in Africa. Indian officials hailed the deal, which was...

The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repatriated 400 Ethiopian nationals whose lives were at jeopardy in Yemen. About 300 of the returnees were males, it was noted. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in tandem with IOM, provided medical facilities to the returnees. The Ministry is also...

Nairobi-The United States has renewed a "permanent diplomatic presence" in Somalia, the State Department said, nearly 30 years after the U.S. embassy was closed as a civil war raged in the Horn of Africa country. Somalia has been trying to recover from the conflict that...

Horndiplomat-Asmara, 04 December 2018- Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki received and held talks yesterday, 4 December at Denden Hall with the US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Mr. Tibor Nagy. President Isaias and Mr. Tibor discussed on bilateral as well as regional and global issues...

GAROWE – The semiautonomous northern Somalia state of Puntland faces a potential leadership split just a month before the region holds the much-awaited presidential election after the vice president challenged the president over the formation of a new electoral dispute resolution committee, appointing his...

Self-exiled Somali opposition leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame has said he plans to return to Mogadishu this month to mark the first anniversary of his arrest. Mr Abdishakur said he intended to hold a big rally in the Somali capital, which will also be used to...

Kenya has a big role to play in Somaliland’s economic development if local investors venture in the Horn of Africa nation. Somaliland’s Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister Yasin Mohammed Hiir has encouraged Kenyan investors to take advantage of the investment opportunities in his country. "Come...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse biihi Abdi Receives EU delegation led by EU Charge d’Affaires, Fulgencio Garrido Ruiz.Horndiplomat Reports The two sides Discussed issues pertaining to Somaliland and Somalia talks, the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa, EU role on Berbera Corridor and upcoming elections. On the other...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale  Horndiplomat-Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh Receives in his office US. a delegation led by the US. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs Tibor P. Nagy.Horndiplomat Reports President Guelleh accompanied by his Foreign Minister Mohamoud Ali Youssouf. " Had a chance to meet w/ President Guelleh and Foreign...