Somalia

The States of Djibouti and Somalia have signed a cooperation agreement in the field of air and land transport. According to the Djibouti Information Agency (ADI), which relayed the news on Wednesday (May 2nd), the agreement will allow the two countries to exploit the Djibouti-Mogadishu...

By: Abdow Jama Horndiplomat correspondent in Puntland  Horndiplomat- A large delegation from UAE arrives in Puntland’s Qardho town to meet traditional leaders and politicians; comes as Puntland leaders try to ease tensions created recent spat between UAE and federal Govt of Somalia. The Puntland's traditional leaders...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Puntland and other Somali regions are using new procedures to recruit young graduates University graduates joined as interns or volunteers while waiting for posts to open up More women are working in parts of the civil service than was once the case...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Warns National Committee for Reconciliation Appointed by Somalia's President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo.   The following statement was issued today by the Somaliland Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Government of the Republic of Somaliland would like to respond to the Government of Somalia’s recent announcement of what it...

For the third time since 2012, leaders from around the world met to talk about Somalia in London earlier this month. Somalia’s new president requested a lifting of the arms embargo on the country’s army, but Western countries worry those weapons could fall into the hands...

BBC Africa Editor Mary Harper meets Somalia's most beloved poet in a rare glimpse into the country's soul. In Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, everyone knows the nation's most famous living poet - Hadraawi. They call him their Shakespeare. His work...

By: MohamadDuale Horndiplomat- Somalia to appoint Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, a Somali citizen as the next central bank governor of Somalia. Abdullahi has financial management and banking experience. For the last 2 years he worked as a senior economic policy adviser to the office of the Prime minister...

By The Informer A new battlefront between Somalia and Somaliland is emerging over the control of the airspace. This comes after Somalia signed agreements to transfer complete management of Somali airspace to Federal Somalia with International Civil Aviation Organisation and International Air Traffic Authority, the former having...

Horndiplomat-Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo welcomes Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at Mogadishu Aden Ade airport and the two leaders headed to the presidential palace.   https://twitter.com/fitsumaregaa/status/1007888512073551872?s=19 https://twitter.com/M_Farmaajo/status/1007909320128950272?s=19 This is a developing story, Please check back at the Horndiplomat for Updates. By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale SOURCE:HORNDIPLOMAT

Somalia is the most corrupt in the world, Denmark the least, while America's falling score is a 'red flag', according to a global corruption watchdog. Transparency International highlighted Hungary and the United States in their Corruption Perceptions Index for 2018, with America being knocked from...