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By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor Horndiplomat-Six members of Somaliland’s new electoral commission have sworn at the presidential palace. Chief Justice Adan Haji Ali Ahmed presided over the swearing-in ceremony with the presence of Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi. The swearing ceremony comes as there is a dispute...

By M.A. Egge The government of Somaliland is taking before the International Court of Justice a legal case related to the recognition of the Republic of Somaliland which the country has justifiably been in pursuit for quite...

By:AFP Somalia’s regional leaders of South West and Galmudug State have arrived in Mogadishu in a bid to end an ongoing public spat between President Mohamed Farmaajo and his Prime Minister Hussein Roble. Presidents Abdiaziz Hassan Laftagareen of South West and Ahmed Abdi Karie Qoorqoor of...

BY YUSUF HASSAN For Somalia to achieve peace and democracy, state-building must be the new federal government’s cornerstone policy. Somalia was supposed to have a new parliament in August, followed shortly thereafter by parliamentarians voting in a new president on September 10. This imperfect system has...

Ethiopia’s goverment held peace talks with members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) in Asmara, Eritrea’s information minister, Yemane G. Meskel said on Tuesday. Meskel tweeted information from a statement issued by ONLF after the meeting, indicating that ‘the parties reached a common understanding...

Horndiplomat-On Nov 19, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched the La Gare integrated community development project. Eagle Hills, an Abu Dhabi-based private real estate development company, has announced its foray into the Ethiopian market with the launch of its 360,000-sq-m project La Gare. Located in the capital of...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed received the Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday (January 09). Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed noted that the visit by the Prime Minister of the Republic of...

Horndiplomat-Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo welcomes Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at Mogadishu Aden Ade airport and the two leaders headed to the presidential palace.   https://twitter.com/fitsumaregaa/status/1007888512073551872?s=19 https://twitter.com/M_Farmaajo/status/1007909320128950272?s=19 This is a developing story, Please check back at the Horndiplomat for Updates. By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale SOURCE:HORNDIPLOMAT

Puntland President-elect can learn a lot from his predecessors if he owns up to his business-political baggage, argues Liban Ahmad  Mr Said Abdullahi Deni will be the sixth Puntland President when takes office soon. His win proves the rota-based system,  that makes the Puntland Presidency rotate...

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has secured bipartisan pledges of increased US support for his self-declared state during his visit to Washington D.C. this week, even as formal recognition remains off the table - for the time being. In...