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By: Business Daily Dar es Salaam, Djibouti and Berbera ports have toppled Mombasa in the World Bank’s latest ranking on the most efficient ports, highlighting the competition fears that Kenya has had over Tanzania becoming a preferred route...

By: MoDuale Taiwan and Somaliland have signed an agreement to set up representative offices in each other's territory, the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced Wednesday. The agreement was signed in February, and will help foster Taiwan's cooperation with African countries and expand Taiwan's presence...

By: Horndiplomat staff writer Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi received on Tuesday US Congressional Staff Delegation at the presidential palace. During the meeting, Somaliland President and the US delegation profoundly discussed Somaliland-US relations, regional development, democracies and elections in Somaliland. "Very honoured to receive the US Congressional Staff...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Workneh Gebeyehu Negewo of Ethiopia as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). He succeeds Hanna S. Tetteh of Ghana who was appointed as Special Representative to the African Union and Head...

Heavy fighting broke out early Tuesday in a disputed part of Sool region, leaving at least four people dead, a security official told VOA. The fighting between Somaliland and Puntland erupted outside the village of Tukaraq. It lies between the main towns of Las Anod...

By: Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority In April, Djibouti Shipping Company acquired its first ship, M/V Africa Sun, a common user feeder vessel with 1118 TEU capacity. Sailing with the Djibouti flag, the ship set sail from the Port of Mersin in Turkey and arrived in...

By. Abdirashid Jeeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia announced that “the Federal Government of Somalia has decided to cut all diplomatic relations with the Republic of Guinea.” According to the articles 4,7,8,9,10 and 11 of Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations (1961), there are principles...

By Bashir Goth Somalis have always regarded poetry as the pinnacle of their literary heritage but the elegance of the poetic expression came through singing in folklore dances. Before the arrival of the Arabian oud, the ears of the Somali people were trained to the beat of...

Horndiplomat- LiveAtState with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy answers questions on U.S. Africa policy including the Trump administration's new Africa strategy at the Department of State on December 21, 2018. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98flT1c3N74&w=560&h=315]

Horndiplomat-The President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi,Somali region of Ethiopia Preisdent Mustafa Muhumed Omar and Khalifa Al Qubaisi, Deputy Director General of ADFD inaugurated the 245km road construction linking Berbera port to Ethiopia on Thursday. https://youtu.be/8qlDX5Hxr-I Construction of Berbera corridor was part of a broader deal...