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By:Staff reporter Somalia Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled on Sunday received United Kingdom Ambassador to Somalia, Mrs Kate Foster at his office in Mogadishu. The two sides discussed a wide range of topics including the current political situation, strengthening relations and cooperation btw the two...

By: REUTERS - Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health minister said on Sunday.

Turkey suspended 1,218 gendarmerie personnel on Thursday, an official from the interior ministry overseeing the force said, as part of investigations into a failed coup in July. Turkey has already sacked or suspended more than 110,000 civil servants, judges, prosecutors, soldiers and others over suspected...

After the Republic of Somaliland, the UAE and the Federal Republic of Ethiopia signed a tripartite agreement to invest and develop Berbera port as a regional hub for trade, the Farmajo- lead so-called government in Mogadishu issued floods of televised threats trying to intimidate...

Horndiplomat-Villa Somalia Chief of Staff Dr. Nur Dirie Hersi has confirmed that Somalia will not attend the expected meeting between Somaliland and Somalia in Nairobi. "Somali govt representatives will not participate in the expected Consensus Building Meeting in Nairobi. However, we would like to confirm...

Will the appointment of a new Ethiopian prime minister only act to save the ruling party, or usher in deeper reform? by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Hailemariam Desalegn's snap resignation as Ethiopia's prime minister last week set off a dramatic chain of events in a country that has seen mass,...

REPORT BY: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations A Tropical Storm currently centred in the north Indian Ocean near the coast of Puntland is expected to intensify further and move in a southwestern direction and cross Mudug coastal areas between Hobyo and Eyl...

On Monday, May 20, Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Amb Ahmed Isse Awad Received at his office Turkey Ambassador to Somalia, Amb. Mehmet Yilmaz. During the meeting, Minister Awad praised Turkey's historic positions and its standing with the Somali people, who highly...

 On 15th November 2017 demonstrations occurred in parts of Hargeisa, Buroa and Erigavo after members of Waddani opposition party held a press conference in which they made allegations of "irregularities". On 13th November 2017, Somaliland held a presidential election competed by three political parties. Two civilians...

By David Millward The anti-immigration Progress Party is objecting to Hassan Ali Khaire holding dual nationality, The Local reported. Whereas the overwhelming majority of countries in Europe allow dual nationality, including the rest of Scandinavia, it is outlawed in Norway. Mr Khaire, 46, arrived in Norway in...