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 British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday became the first UK leader to visit Kenya in 30 years, bringing security and development funding to East Africa’s commercial hub and neighboring Somalia as Britain seeks to boost economic ties ahead of a bumpy exit from...

Abdirashid Duale is a British-Somali entrepreneur who has founded companies worldwide. He is the Chief Executive of the international funds transfer company, Dahabshiil. As Prime Minister Theresa May starts her visit to Africa, he believes the continent is a place she cannot afford to overlook. Africa is...

South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar on Tuesday refused to sign a final peace deal with the government that aims to end a brutal civil war, a Sudanese mediator said. "The main South Sudanese opposition groups, including the SPLM-IO (Machar faction), refused to sign the...

 It is a war fought indirectly between superpowers with the aid of Third World nations. During the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union allied with many smaller nations as a way to fight these wars. Third World nations were not allowed to...

On August 14th, the (Somaliland) Minister of Investment Mohamed Ahmed Mohamoud and a Maxtor Bank, a major Chinese bank has signed a billion dollar Memorandum of Understanding. The press event featured the bank’s leadership and the minister signing the deal where they both gave details...

Somália has joined al-Shabab - but not in the way you might think. Wergiton do Rosario Calmon, better known as Somália, has spent the past three years with France's Toulouse FC. But the 29-year-old Brazilian has now signed with Saudi football team Al-Shabab FC. While al-Shabab, meaning...

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...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian President Dr. Mulatu Teshome President Tran Dai Quang of Vietnam on Thursday (August 23) oversaw the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding on Cooperation and Investment Cooperation as well as an Agreement on Mutual Visa Waivers in a bid to deeply explore the...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu met with a US delegation led by Mr. Chris Smith, Chairman of the United States of America House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday (August 23), during which both sides reiterated their commitment to advance...

The government of Somalia is paying a US lobbying firm Sh40 million ($400,000) through the end of this year to help it gain renewed funding for the country's army and to lift the Trump administration's ban on Somalis' travel to the US. The agreement with...