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Ethiopia’s Tigray region appoints new interim leader, Tigrai TV reports

Tigray delegate Getachew Reda attends the AU-led negotiations to resolve the conflict in northern Ethiopia, in Pretoria, South Africa, November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
By: REUTERS The dominant party in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has nominated its spokesman Getachew Reda to be president of a regional interim administration called for in a peace deal that ended a two-year war in the...

Taiwan and Somaliland Hold First Joint Energy and Mineral Resources Cooperation Working Group Meeting

Taiwan and Somaliland Hold First Joint Energy and Mineral Resources Cooperation Working Group Meeting
By: Taiwan Representative Office of the Republic of Somaliland The 1st Taiwan-Somaliland Joint Working Group on Energy and Mineral Resources Cooperation Meeting was held at the Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MOEM) of the Republic of Somaliland...

Blinken, in Ethiopia, Highlights Importance of Tigray Peace Deal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 15, 2023.
BY: VOA U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen on Wednesday as part of his one-day working visit to the country. During brief...

Somaliland-The Light that Shines from the Dark of the Moon- Dr. Edna

Somaliland-The Light that Shines from the Dark of the Moon- Dr. Edna
By: Dr .Edna Aden Dr. Edna Adan Ismail clearly elucidated Somaliland’s place in the world today to the international community & why it must act now to recognize it once again as it did before on the 26th...

Afwerki, Hemetti discuss Eritrean Sudanese relations

President Isaias Afwerki shakes hands with the visiting Sudanese deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council Mohamed Hamdan Daglo Hemetti on March 13, 2023
By: SUDAN TRIBUNE  Sudan’s Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council Mohamed Hamdan Daglo “Hemetti” and Eritrean President Isaias Afwreki on Monday held talks on bilateral relations, according to the statement by the two countries.

Somaliland: 50 More Cheetahs Rescued from Avaricious Smugglers

Somaliland conservationists fight cheetah trafficking
By: The National More than 50 cheetahs rescued from the illegal wildlife trade have been relocated to a compound in Somaliland, East Africa, amid a report that reveals global demand for exotic pets remains high.

Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa: WHO

Internally displaced Somali women queue for relief food at a distribution center organized by a charity after fleeing from drought stricken regions in Baidoa, west of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, April 9, 2017. (File photo: Reuters)
By: AFP Nearly 130,000 people in the Greater Horn of Africa are “staring death in the eyes” from catastrophic hunger, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday. Some 48 million people in the...

Blinken to travel to Ethiopia, Niger next week

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosts the 17th annual International Women of Courage Award Ceremony on International Women’s Day at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
BY: REUTERS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia next week, the State Department said on Friday, as concerns linger over the implementation of the peace agreement following the conflict in the Tigray region that...

Breaking barriers: Hodan’s journey to improve water accessibility in Somaliland

Hodan was an active contributor to the success of Oxfam's water, sanitation, and hygiene program
By Abdiaziz Adani , OXFAM Hodan Mohamed, a public health engineer at Oxfam, has been making significant contributions towards improving water accessibility in Somaliland. She joined Oxfam in October 2019, hoping to give back to her community...

The view from Somaliland: the power of education

education access program for Somaliland
By: TES MAGAZINE Tomas Duckling A trip to the Horn of Africa reminded this school leader how education can be a force for good in the world When I embarked...