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Joint communique by FGS, FMS and FAO on the critical desert locust situation and Emergency response in Somalia

Somaliland:Ministry of Agricultural Development Announces Locust Swarms Awdal and Sahil Regions in Somaliland
On 3rd of February, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Federal Government of Somalia together with Federal member state (FMS) ministers from Jubaland, Hirshabelle and South West States, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a meeting in Mogadishu...

Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh will not face prosecution on leaving office: opposition

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will not face prosecution on leaving office, a spokesman for the opposition coalition that backed president-elect Adama Barrow told AFP late Tuesday. Jammeh led the Gambia for 22 years but conceded defeat in polls this month before reversing his position and...

Kenya’s IEBC approves Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga

Raila Odinga SOURCE,AFP
By:BBC WORLD While Raila Odinga comes from a famous family in Kenya, the political crown has eluded him throughout his decades-long career - just as it eluded his father, who served as vice-president after independence from the UK. Aged 77, Mr Odinga will make his fifth...

The IGAD Council of Ministers holds its 61st Extraordinary Session(Communiqué)

The IGAD Council of Ministers held its 61st Extra-Ordinary Session on March 26, 2018 in Addis Ababa under the Chairmanship of ; H.E Hirut Zemene, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia representing the Chairperson of IGAD Council of...

Ethiopia Preparing 30-Year Spatial Plan

Addis Ababa, January 4, 2019 (FBC) – Minister of Urban Development and Construction, Jantirar Abay, said his office is preparing a 30-year spatial plan of Ethiopia. This was revealed at a meeting organized here today to raise awareness on the plan. The event attracted members of...

Canada’s top long-distance runner Mohammed Ahmed given key to City of St. Catharines

Mayor Walter Sendzik presented Olympic silver medalist Mohammed Ahmed, with a Key to the City of St. Catharines yesterday. (Photo: St. Catharines)
By:INSAUGA Canada’s most successful long-distance runner, Mohammed “Moh” Ahmed, was presented the Key to the City by St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik yesterday (September 13). Those who remember last year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics might...

Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya Leaders arrive in Mogadishu for security summit

Djibouti, Kenyan, Ethiopian Leaders arrive in Somalia to attend regional security Summit
By: Staff writer Djiboutian President, Ismael Omar Guelleh, Kenyan President, William Ruto, and  Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday arrived in the Somali Capital Mogadishu to attend the regional security Summit. The...

Ethiopia, Qatar Keen to Strengthen Cooperation

Ethiopian Foreign Minister  Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu met with State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, Soltan Bin Saad Almoraikhi on the margins of the 32nd Extraordinary AU Summit today (February 11). Both parties have underlined the importance of further strengthening the bilateral...

Renzi ally Gentiloni named as new Italy PM

With a brewing banking crisis as a backdrop, Paolo Gentiloni was named Italy’s new prime minister on Sunday, filling a void left by close ally Matteo Renzi, who quit after a crushing referendum defeat. Renzi’s softly-spoken foreign minister, Gentiloni, 62, was asked by President Sergio...

The Islamic State Is Losing in Africa

STIG JARLE HANSEN On Oct. 26, Islamic State fighters seized control of the ancient port town of Qandala in northern Somalia, marking the group’s most significant territorial acquisition to date in that country. In a propaganda video released the following day — and described in...