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UN appeals for faster passage for aid convoys to Ethiopia’s Tigray

© WFP Humanitarian aid being delivered to the Tigray region of Ethiopia by a convoy of 50 trucks .
By: United Nations Unobstructed aid deliveries are crucial in the northern Ethiopian region where the World Food Programme (WFP) says that four million people need emergency food assistance, after more than eight months of conflict between regional and central government forces. In a related development, the UN...

Arbitration tribunal rejects Djibouti Port Company’s bid to escape contract with DP World

  Government of Dubai Media Office – 12 July 2021: An Arbitral Tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has ruled against Djibouti's port company, Port de Djibouti S.A. (PDSA), in its dispute with DP World, confirming the unlawfulness of its effort to terminate...

Somali journalist Hanad Ali Guled survives beating, knife attack

Somali journalist Hanad Ali Guled is seen after being beaten and attacked with a knife on June 23, 2021. (Photo: Somali Journalists Syndicate)
By:CPJ Nairobi, July 12, 2021 — Somali authorities should investigate the recent attack on journalist and press freedom advocate Hanad Ali Guled and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On the night of June 23,  four unidentified men attacked Hanad,...

Op-Ed: The Relationship between Government and CSOs in Africa: The case of Ethiopia

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By: Sadik A. Hirsi Ever being in human history, mankind has been making trial and error on how to organize and discharge common responsibility and goals collectively. It had been emanated from the household-level structure as it has been where an organization history emerges. Today,...

East Africa’s Ray of Hope in a Challenging Year for Democracy

People wave flags as soldiers and other military personnel of Somalia's breakaway territory of Somaliland march past during an Independence Day celebration parade in the capital, Hargeisa on May 18, 2016. MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
By: MUSA BIHI ABDI , PRESIDENT, REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND, NEWSWEEK key tenet of President Joe Biden's foreign policy is cooperation with like-minded, democratic partners that share America's goals. There has been no greater need than today for this new strategy, as conflicts simmer or flare up around...

Somaliland:3rd batch of Somaliland National Service Volunteers Graduate

Somaliland:3rd batch of Somaliland National Service Volunteers Graduate
By: Somtribune the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi, urged graduating members of National Service Programme units to stay on high moral rectitude standing by what is correct and upright. The President emphasized that by doing so the upcoming generations will ensure that...

At least 9 killed in attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu

Medical workers carry the body of a civilian who was killed in a suicide car bomb attack that targeted the city's police commissioner in Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, July 10, 2021. At least nine people are dead and others wounded after the large explosion, a health official at the Medina hospital said, noting that the toll reflected only the dead and wounded brought there. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
A large explosion in Somalia’s capital killed at least nine people and injured eight others, a health official said Saturday. Dr. Mohamed Nur at the Medina Hospital told reporters that the toll reflected only the dead and wounded who were taken to the facility in...

Hargeisa’s new mayor leading a campaign cleaning the city’s dry river

Hargeisa’s new mayor leading a campaign cleaning the city’s dry river
By: Horn Staff writer Hargeisa's New mayor Abdikarim Ahmed mooge on Thursday launched a special operation aimed at cleaning the city. Thousands of people including religious leaders, Political parties, youth groups and companies took part in the campaign. The Mayor of Hargeisa said that this is...

Somalia: FAO hands over fishing vessels to Jubaland

Somalia: FAO hands over fishing vessels to Jubaland
FAO handed over a new inshore fishing vessel to the Jubaland Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources after a groundbreaking delivery trip from Bosaso to Kismayo, a voyage of over 1,000 Nautical miles.  Three of these new vessels, designed by the Food and Agriculture Organization...

Ethiopian Ship Docks in Berbera Port After 20 Years

Ethiopian Ship Docks in Berbera Port After 20 Years
By:Ethiopian News Agency The Ethiopian ship, Gibe, has docked for the first time in Berbera Port of Somaliland after 20 years, according to the Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise (ESLSE). The enterprise announced today that the commencement of regular scheduled liner service at the Berera...