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By:Africa Business In significant news for the nearly 6m inhabitants of Somaliland, an unrecognised state located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, Caafisom, a healthtech startup based in the capital city of Hargeisa, has completed...

Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed meets with the leaders of Afar and Somali regional states to discuss security-related issues - reports state-affiliated media. The meeting comes amid deadly clashes over border areas between Afar and Somali regions. October 14/2019 – Armed men killed at least 16 people...

By: TUKO Kenya President William Ruto has dismissed critics claiming the decision to reopen the Kenya-Somalia border has resulted in a surge in al-Shabaab attacks. Ruto argued the decision the government took was...

Press-Release Human Rights Center condemns the arbitrary arrests of journalists, Youth and politician in the Sool region. We are deeply concerned over the deteriorating situation of press freedom in Somaliland, where three journalists were detained in jail their reporting on a public interest issue. As previously...

Somaliland-Somalia talks that failed earlier would be resumed. But good news is that Switzerland is ready to host talks since Turkey has been accused of lacking neutrality among the two sides. According to Somaliland foreign minister Sa’ad Ali Shire told local media in Hargeisa...

By:Hassan Jama Horndiplomat regional contributor Turkish-made ventilators produced with technological advances will be breath of life for our Somali brothers, says president The Minister of Health and Social Care of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr Fawziya Abikar Nur, on Saturday received a shipment of medical...

The elections marked an important moment for democracy in Somaliland: after significant delays to both polls, they marked the first time that national and local elections have been held together. Look here the Independent international team observing Somaliland’s final report Says Professor Michael Walls of DPU,...

By Tim Cocks and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin | DAKAR In an upmarket suburb of Senegal's seaside capital, a branch of Iran's Al-Mustafa University teaches Senegalese students Shi'ite Muslim theology, among other subjects. The branch director is Iranian and a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

MILWAUKEE — At a time when the United Nationssays the world has never seen so many refugees, with tens of millions displaced by war and persecution, Milwaukee teenager Zeynab Ali is just one more. Born in a refugee tent village in Kenya to parents forced to flee...

BY:BBC Sudan's rulers have agreed that those wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) will appear there. The commitment came at peace talks between Sudan's government and rebel groups from the Darfur region. The decision paves the way for ex-President Omar al-Bashir to be sent to The...