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The East Africa Bank has initiated an ambitious expansion plan. The bank, which seeks to become one of the top financial institutions in the east African region, is targeting to venture into Ethiopia and other countries in the region. EAB Chief Executive Officer Ibrahim Rashid Jaffar...

Written by: Abdirahman A. Adam Dhere In the present, the cultural and religious climate in the Somalis as well as other parts of the region are affected by retrograded and old model customs and believes which seems to be an antithetical approach to the understanding...

By: Saad M. Aareeye The horn of Africa is a volatile region and is affected by piracy, terrorism, civil wars and growing protest which are related to either political marginalization or inflation. The Gulf crisis that started June last year has had negative impact on the...

By: Taiwan News Somaliland's president has reportedly rejected a conditional offer by a delegation of Chinese "wolf warrior" diplomats to cut ties with Taiwan and added that he is taking steps to strengthen relations with the country. On Monday (Aug. 3), news broke that President Muse...

Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have planned to build an oil pipeline linking Eritrea’s port city of Assab and Addis Ababa. This was revealed today during a meeting between Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and Reem Al Hashimy, UAE’s Minister of State for...

Every nation in the world has the responsibility to manage the way to forward its economic goals by taking advantage of the availability of natural endowment at its disposal. The earlier economic thinkers in the 18th century believe the intervention of economy by the...

Horndiplomat-Since China started market reforms in 1978, under the leadership of "Deng Xiaopin," China shifted from a centrally planned economy to a market based economy. GDP growth has averaged nearly 10 percent annually, and has driven poverty out of 1.3 billion populations. The increase...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday held a meeting with the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Zaynab Abdi Moallim, at State House Entebbe.  During the meeting, the two leaders discussed issues of mutual interest between their two countries. Abdi Moallim is in Uganda...

Somali academic and documentary filmmaker Hodan Osman Abdi is helping to shatter misconceived stereotypes by promoting cross-cultural understanding and appreciation between China and Africa. Her uncle was a longtime resident of Yiwu, an export hub in eastern China's Zhejiang province, and often shared stories about...

Indian military base in Djibouti might be realized thanks to the proposed defence pact with Japan. Indian PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Shinzo Abe will hold the 13th India-Japan summit in Tokyo on October 28 and 29. They are expected to sign an...