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By: Staff writer Somalia parliament votes to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's government mandate for two years. 149 MPs voted by a show of hands to approve. One-man, One vote elections to be held in under 2 years.  The resolution gives National Independent Electoral Commission Somalia...

BY: addisstandard The federal Attorney General Berhanu Tsegaye told local media today that the police have detained 59 individuals suspected of embezzling millions from three public institutions. He also said individuals suspected of plotting terror attacks were detained in the last two weeks. According to Berhanu, as...

Eight years ago, when Fatimah Hussein started working at Minneapolis’ Brian Coyle Center, she often saw teenage boys playing basketball in the gym, while girls at the center passed the time roaming in the library room or the computer lab. The reason, she said, was...

BY: BBC WORLD Logistical delays and a failure of the identification kit in some parts of the country marred a largely peaceful election day in Kenya. Polls are now officially closed but voting has...

BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - AFP As instability and famine continue to threaten the war-torn Horn of Africa country, Somalia's newly elected parliament met on Saturday for the first time, taking the country a step closer to the appointment of a new president. Elections in Somalia follow...

Horndiplomat- Press Release on the Collapse of the Dialogue between Government and Opposition Political Parties regarding House Representatives and Local Council Elections.Horndiplomat Reports Press Statement The Somaliland Civil Society Organizations are worrying about the collapse of the dialogue between the ruling part of the government and...

Authorities Arbitrarily Shut Down TV, Radio Coverage (Nairobi) – Kenyan authorities stopped news outlets from covering a planned public event by a political opposition leader on January 30, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The Communications Authority of Kenya switched off three television stations and their affiliated radio...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Isaias Afwerki have arrived in Juba, South Sudan. During their stay in Juba, they will hold discussions with President Salva Kiir and other higher government officials on regional peace, economic ties and infrastructure development. In addition they...

Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu delivered a message from Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed to the President of the Republic of the Sudan, Omar al-Bashir today (December 31). The two sides discussed on bilateral and regional issues of common concern for the mutual benefits of...

A ceremony in New York is honouring journalists around the world who've faced intimidation, harassment and imprisonment. The ceremony celebrating press freedom recognised journalists from a variety of nations, such as Cameroon, Thailand and Mexico, including an award for Afrah Nasser, a Yemeni reporter...