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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...

Ethiopia writes letter to UN Security Council protesting Arab League’s meddling on GERD

Ethiopia writes letter to UN Security Council protesting Arab League’s meddling on GERD
By: Ethiopia foreign affairs Ethiopia rejects the unwelcome meddling by the League of Arab States on the matter of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) following the League’s submission of a letter to the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly to intervene in the...

Somaliland: War-Torn To Democratic State

Old woman casts her vote in Buroa , Credit adnan abdo
By:Abdirahman Warsame Nour 18th May 1991 was a game-changer for Somaliland. This was the date when Somaliland gained its independence from Somalia. The location of this grand conference was Burao, a town in the Togdheer region of Somaliland. Since then, the Somalilanders have exercised democracy...

Ethiopia’s Tigray demands troop withdrawals for ceasefire talks

A tank damaged during the fighting between Ethiopia's National Defense Force (ENDF) and Tigray Special Forces stands on the outskirts of Humera town in Ethiopia July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo/File Photo
Ethiopia's Tigray region wants a full withdrawal of troops from Eritrea and the neighbouring state of Amhara before it can engage in any talks with the federal government about a ceasefire, it said in a statement on Sunday. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the...

After Sudden Defeat, Captured Ethiopian Soldiers Are Marched to Prison

Captured Ethiopian government soldiers on Friday.Credit...Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times
BY:NEWYORKMES Thousands of Ethiopian prisoners of war were paraded through the regional capital of Tigray on Friday as jubilant crowds lined the streets to jeer the captives and cheer the Tigrayan forces who only days earlier had routed one of Africa’s most powerful armies. Many of...

Somali Heritage Week inspires hope for the next generation

Mayran Kalah at the opening of Somali Heritage Week at Winnipeg's Central Park on June 25. (Fartun Abdi)
By: CBC   Mayran Kalah acted as an interpreter to help grandmas group share history, knowledge with next generation Mayran Kalah is a Somali language interpreter and also acts as an essential human channel that connects her Somali community in Winnipeg intergenerationally. Kalah is part of the Somali...