Africa

By: MoDuale  Somaliland Innovation Zone officially launches today. It is the first joint accomplishment of the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) and the Somaliland Ministry of Information Communication and Technology. It symbolizes an important milestone in the ICT cooperation between Taiwan and Somaliland. TaiwanICDF...

By Mo Duale- Chief Editor-Horn Diplomat After being closed for five months, schools in Somaliland reopened in mid-June 2020, students started their academic year that was disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Human right watch, many students shared feelings of stress, anxiety,...

By: Mo Duale Somaliland imposed widespread closures of educational institutions in March 2020, with the partial reopening for examinations in June. According to researches during the pandemic, due to socioeconomic factors such as loss of household income, the number of children unable to return to school...

By:IOM Obock, 7 Oct 2021 – After risking his life to return home from Yemen, Kofi* arrived on the shores of Djibouti looking deeply confused and agitated. Unable to speak coherently, he appeared to be unaware of his surroundings and simply walked around in a daze. At just...

By:BBC AFRICA Zambia’s new government has revealed that the country owes Chinese lenders more than $6bn (£4.4bn). Since the defeat of President Edgar Lungu in August there has been a lot of speculation around the country’s debts. The new President, Hakainde Hichilema, told the BBC last month...

Mogadishu, 8 October 2021 — As Somalia continued with electoral preparations, the month of September saw a round of United Nations-backed training completed for Somali journalists on reporting on elections and the importance of women taking part in the country’s political life. The UN Assistance Mission in...

By:Jama Hassan, Horndiplomat staff Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland celebrated the 110th National Day of the Republic of China(Taiwan) with more than 150 participants, including  Abdulrahman Ismail Saylici, Vice President of Somaliland,  ministers, government officials, MPs, members from the business sector, academia,...

By:TRT WORLD In a decrepit Bossasi camp where 108,000 internally displaced people live, Hijar Ali saves youth from falling prey to human trafficking and gives hope to his children and fellow migrants that one day they will all return home. Hijar Ali arrived in Bossaso, a...

By:Techcruch Google plans to invest up to $50 million in African early- and growth-stage startups via its Africa Investment Fund, ramping up efforts to support more businesses on the continent. Google made known its plans today in a virtual event where CEO Sundar Pichai announced the...

Somalis in Tech announce the launch of their second annual virtual Hackathon with a specific focus on Climate Change. The community organisation Somalis in Tech have announced they will launch a second hackathon later this month. This year the theme is climate change an issue...