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BY:BBC Sudan's rulers have agreed that those wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) will appear there. The commitment came at peace talks between Sudan's government and rebel groups from the Darfur region. The decision paves the way for ex-President Omar al-Bashir to be sent to The...

By Kassahun Addis It is famously noted that the African Union (AU) summit is an opportunity for demagogues and dictators of the continent to come together and congratulate each other for surviving yet another year at the helm of pyramids of oppression that subject their...

By: FANA Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde held talks on yesterday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada. Prime Minister Trudeau and President Sahle-Work discussed opportunities to deepen trade and investment linkages, creating jobs and opportunities for people in Canada and Ethiopia. The Prime Minister expressed Canada’s interest...

Minerals and Energy Minister of Somaliland Jama Mohamoud Egal, is in the south Africa for a four-day visit. His visit aims to mend relations with the South African government as currently, the people of Somaliland are unable to do business with nor travel to...

By: HORNDIPLOMAT & FANABC The 33rd African Union (AU) Ordinary Summit opened today in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The summit is being held with the theme “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development.” In his opening remarks, AU Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, congratulated...

By:Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat Contributor U.S. Department of State issued a statement today (February 5) announcing that U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo will travel to Germany, Senegal, Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Oman from February 13-22, 2020. According to the statement, the Secretary will travel...

BY:AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the leader of Sudan on Monday and said they began talks on normalization, a major diplomatic breakthrough with an Arab and African state two days after the Arab League rejected a U.S. Mideast initiative that heavily favors...

By: AP A federal judge in Virginia has refused to vacate the life sentence handed down to a Somali man convicted in a 2010 attack on a U.S. Navy vessel off the coast of Africa. A judge in Norfolk issued a ruling Friday rejecting Mohamed Abdi...

By:REUTERS Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan said on Friday a final agreement will be signed by the end of February on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam that sparked a years-long diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa. The countries have been at odds over...

By:BW The increasing population of African youth is presenting the world with an important opportunity to do business and invest in the continent. African countries have been looking to a much wider range of partnerships recently, including most notably with China, which has a much...