Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic, rising levels of hunger and malnutrition, and growing swarms of locusts are the backdrop for the 31st Session of the Regional Conference for Africa, starting today, convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. More than  80 Ministers and...

By: Hassan Jama, horndiplomat contributor Thousands of protesters have marched through Somaliland's second capital Buroa, calling for a boycott of French products as anger over President Emmanuel Macron’s defence of cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad mounts in the Muslim world. the protesters burned the French flag, chanted...

By: BBC AFRICA Somaliland court has ordered the deportation to Somalia of a popular social media star after a video was released of him drinking tea which was decorated with the image of the Somali flag. Bilal Bulshawi, who is known by Somalis as "the president...

By: Staff Writer Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad, received on Sunday at his office in the Ministry in the capital Mogadishu, Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Mr. Qin Jian, and discussed with him bilateral relations and ways to enhance cooperation...

In this article, I will elaborate on the power of the youth and areas require widely consideration and frequently keep in mind. According to Somaliland national population survey in 2014 shows that 72% of Somaliland’s population is below the age of 35 years, so the...

By: Staff writer The government of Somaliland suspended cooperation with UN agencies completely until further notice. The Ministry of Planning and National Development, in a statement it sent out to all partners on Sunday, made it known to the UN and other international partners that all...

By: MODuale Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi receives with Allen Chengwa Lou Taiwan’s Representative to Somaliland. The two sides had in-depth discussions on Education, Trade, Health, ICT and the ways to bolster common shared principles and ties between Somaliland and  Taiwan. This year, Taiwan and Somaliland established...

By: staff Writer  The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, encourages dialogue and compromise in bringing a solution to the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. "The negotiation of an arrangement to pave...

By: Staff writer Somalia parliament present at today’s session voted to approve the new cabinet recently appointed by Somalia new prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble. Somalia Parliament Speaker, Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman said that 188 members voted in favour of Prime Minister's request to have his cabinet...

By: STAFF WRITER The colourful ceremony on Thursday (October 22, 2020) was witnessed by both Uganda and Somali top government officials, including Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia Mahdi Mohamed Gulleid, Somalia's First Lady Saynab Abdi Moallim and Somaliland delegation led by the deputy chairman of...