Africa

Human Rights Centre is publishing its second quarterly report for the months of May-August 2021. The report emphasizes human rights abuses have occurred for the past 4 months in Somaliland. These violations comprise police brutality, arbitrary detentions, issues related to freedom of expression and...

By:BBC AFRICA There is a growing rift between Somalia’s president and prime minister over the disappearance of a female intelligence agent, Ikraan Tahliil, in the capital, Mogadishu. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble publicly suspended the head of the intelligence agency over his handling of the case...

By: Staff writer Kenya has deployed Benson M. Mwaliko as Head of Liaison office in Hargeisa. Horndiplomat reports last week, a high-level delegation from the Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs visits in Somaliland capital of Hargeisa to finalise plans to open up a Kenyan consulate in the...

By:BBC AFRICA More than 100 trucks of food aid have arrived in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region after weeks of the blockade, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said. It has had difficulty getting the aid through to the region. Tigray has been destabilised by a 10-month conflict...

By:BBC The fate of Guinea's President Alpha Condé is unclear after an unverified video showed him in the hands of soldiers, who said they had seized power. They appeared on national TV claiming to have dissolved the government. However, the defence ministry said the attempted takeover had...

By:M. Mohamed Abshir When speaking about Somaliland, Hargeisa has become a metonym for it, a symbolic representation of SL’s hopes and realities. I have always wanted to sightsee and travel there. This year, my dream came true. I went to participate in the 14th annual...

By:ANADOLU AGENCY The defence ministers of Turkey and Somalia discussed bilateral and regional issues in a meeting on Friday. Hulusi Akar welcomed Hassan Hussein Haji at Turkey’s National Defense Ministry in the capital Ankara. The ministers first held a one-on-one meeting before chairing talks between their delegations. They...

By:@MoDuale Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi on Friday received Ethiopian State Minister political Affairs Redwan Hussien accompanied by Ethiopian Ambassador to Somaliland, Amb Said Mohamed, at his residence at the Presidential palace. The two sides discussed security and immigration issues at border areas and ways to...

By: MoDuale Ethiopia's state minister of foreign affairs Redwan Hussein has arrived in Hargeisa for an official working visit. Upon arrival at the Hargeisa Egal International Airport, he was received by Somaliland Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Liban Yousuf Osman https://twitter.com/RedwanHussien/status/1433397398919864321?s=19 During his visit, The...

By:BUSIWEEK A delegation from the Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa to finalise plans to open up a Kenyan consulate in the Horn of Africa nation. Reports indicate the team has been in Hargeisa over the last fortnight working on the final plans that...