Somalia

Following his recent efforts to achieve normalisation with Eritrea, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed embarked on a shuttle diplomacy mission across the Horn of Africa. Since the signing of the landmark June 2018 peace agreement between the two long-warring nations, Abiy held several bilateral and tripartite...

Asmara, 05 September 2018- President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed of the Federal Republic of Somalia has arrived in Asmara in the evening hours of today, 5 September. Upon arrival at the Asmara International Airport, President Mohammed Abdullahi was welcomed by President Isaias Afwerki and Prime Minister...

Uganda's President pays visit to Ugandan troops based in Mogadishu, commends them for their diligence: President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has commended Ugandan troops serving under AMISOM for the critical role the are playing in restoring peace in Somalia. President Museveni addressed the troops after...

By. Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale   Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Foreign Minister  Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu and Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed Arrive in Mogadishu.Horndiplomat Reports Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,  Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu and the Foreign Affairs Minister of Eritrea,  Osman Saleh Mohammed where warmly received...

Until recently, when Somalia made worldwide headlines, it was usually because of piracy. Somali pirates have become infamous for hijacking ships, holding their crew and cargo hostage, and collecting millions in ransom as they disrupt international shipping and trade. Somalia's  The country has been in...

Hundreds of Somalians in the capital Mogadishu trooped to the Banadir Stadium on Friday evening to witness the country’s first football match under floodlight in three decades. Since the start of the civil war, no football match has ever been played at night and the...

Horndiplomat- Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari “resigns” - that is according to Somali Constitution Minister Abdirahman Hosh Jibril who broke the news in a tweet. https://twitter.com/HoshAbdi/status/983210567056920576 The Somalia's Parliament speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari resigns after a power struggle with the executive branch, he’ll address the House on Wednesday...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber has blown himself up at a military checkpoint in northern Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland, killing at least four people. Col. Ahmed Hussein says the bomber approached soldiers at a checkpoint Tuesday and detonated...

A security guard who works for the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital of Mogadishu kidnapped the German nurse who went missing earlier this week, the country’s security minister revealed yesterday. Garowe Online reported Abdalaziz Ali Ibrahim saying: “One of the security...

Horndiplomat-Unique facial and body markings are used across the Horn of Africa to enhance female beauty, reports James Jeffrey adding that though popular and colorful, “ some are more controversial than others” Elegant touch In Somaliland, where woman have a reputation for elegance and paying attention...