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Sorry, but when I decide who to vote for on Election Day, it will be the person I think can best represent the country, not the candidate that will most impress my boyfriend.

US flight evacuated after another Samsung phone fire

  A Southwest Airlines flight leaving Louisville, Kentucky was evacuated Wednesday after a passenger's Samsung phone began emitting smoke. Flight 994 was evacuated on the runway prior to take-off after a passenger's Samsung Galaxy Note 7 — described as a replacement in Samsung's global recall of...

US President Biden revokes trade preferences for Ethiopia over military campaign

People walk in front of closed shops in Addis Ababa on October 21, 2021 amid war in the northern Tigray region (AFP/EDUARDO SOTERAS)
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday booted Ethiopia from a vital trade pact due to rights concerns as the historic US ally declared a state of emergency over rebel advances north of the capital. Frustrated after repeated warnings to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about suffering...

Russian Foreign Minister meets Eritrean President

Russian Foreign Minister meets Eritrean President
By: Horndiplomat Staff writer Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Eritrea on Thursday for a one-day visit, the information ministry announced, as part of an African tour aimed at drumming up support for Moscow.

Ethiopia commends the trilateral Talks on Nile waters

Tripartite Summit of Water Ministers of Egypt,Sudan and Ethiopia is underway in Cairo
By: Jama Farah Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-The government of Ethiopia commends the Water Affairs Ministers of Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt for convening in Khartoum to continue with the trilateral dialogue on Nile waters. Horndiplomat reports The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Prime...

Swedish minister condemns attack on mosque in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM Minister for Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke on Sunday condemned Saturday’s attack on a mosque in Stockholm. In remarks made to Anadolu Agency, Kuhnke said the Swedish government had launched an investigation into the incident. “I myself called Orhan Karan, the head of Setra Turkish...

How Coronavirus affected African Economy.

How Coronavirus affected African Economy
Till now, some countries in sub-Saharan Africa have officially been affected by the COVID-19 disease including Nigeria and Senegal which were the first sub-Sahara African countries affected by the virus. But the economic consequences of the coronavirus outbreak are already being experienced on the...

Turkey-Africa Media Summit to be held in Istanbul

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (C) and visiting foreign ministers at the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. 17, 2021. (AA Photo)
BY ANADOLU AGENCY As Ankara places increasing emphasis on its ties with the continent, Turkey and Africa are set to hold another comprehensive summit, focusing on media and communication strategies to boost their images and bilateral cooperation A two-day summit marking May 25, Africa Day, organized...

Super tanker anchored off Yemen coast is likely to sink or explode at any moment, UN says

Stock photo of a supertanker / AFP via Getty Images
The vessel was abandoned as the Middle Eastern country descended into civil war in 2015 and is now starting to fall apart. If the tanker explodes, it could cause an environmental disaster in the Red Sea. A...

Somalia denies backing Egypt in Nile dam row

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt
By: BBC AFRICA Somalia has denied siding with Egypt over Ethiopia in the dispute between the two countries over the Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (Gerd) built on the River Nile. In an interview with...

Ethiopia, Austria Agree to Strengthen Trade and Investment Ties

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali and Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz held bilateral discussions this morning (December 06), and the two sides have agreed to strengthen trade and investment ties as well as enhance technology exchange. According to the Office of the...