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British Prime Minister Theresa May became the first UK leader to visit Kenya in 30 years to boost economic ties

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday became the first UK leader to visit Kenya in 30 years, Photo by AP
 British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday became the first UK leader to visit Kenya in 30 years, bringing security and development funding to East Africa’s commercial hub and neighboring Somalia as Britain seeks to boost economic ties ahead of a bumpy exit from...

Somaliland, Taiwan sign Health Information Management Project

Somaliland, Taiwan sign Health Information Management Project in Somaliland
Press-Release Since Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland established in August in 2020, this Office implemented the "Maternal and Infant Health Care Improvement Project" under the framework of the “ICDF (International Cooperation and Development Fund) Technical Cooperation...

Somaliland responds to the EU Berbera project signed by Somalia govt

Somalia, EU Signs €23 million inclusive support and sustainable developments Project of Mogadishu and Berbera
By:STAFF Horndiplomat-Somaliland government has responds to the recent EU Berbera project signs with Somalia Government. On August 31,the Federal Government of Somalia and the European Union (EU) signed the Financing Agreement for the EUR 23 million inclusive support inclusive and sustainable developments Project of coastal cities, which is...

On Second Visit, UN Independent Expert Highlights Cross-Cutting Nature Of Human Rights In Somalia

On Second Visit, UN Independent Expert Highlights Cross-Cutting Nature Of Human Rights In Somalia
Mogadishu – Wrapping up her second visit to the Horn of Africa country, the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia today highlighted the interlinkages of human rights and other developments in the country. “It is important...

Ethiopia: Tigray Rebels Accuse AU Of Bias

Abiy promised a swift victory, but the war has instead dragged on for months, triggering a humanitarian crisis in Tigray Yasuyoshi Chiba
By: BBC AFRICA Rebel forces from Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region have accused the African Union of bias, days after the bloc appointed the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as a mediator. A spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Getachew Reda, accused the AU of...

Somaliland Vice President Visits UAE

Somaliland Vice president Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail
By: Staff Writer Horndiplomat-Somaliland Vice president Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail has embarked on a visit to Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.  In his departure statement, the Somaliland Vice President said "Somaliland and UAE are close friends and strong allies. We work together to promote regional...

Secretary-General Appoints Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon Special Envoy for Horn of Africa

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon as his Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. Mr. Onanga-Anyanga brings with him extensive experience with the United Nations, having served most recently as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General...

Somaliland Representative to Kenya attends 25th Commemoration of The Rwanda Genocide

Somaliland Representative to Kenya Bashe Awil Omar attends 25th Commemoration of The Rwanda Genocide
By: Mohamed Duale Horndiplomat- Somaliland's representative to Kenya Bashe Awil Omer attends the 25th commemoration of the Rwanda Genocide against Tutsi and Moderate Hutus at United Nations Offices Nairobi.  "We stand today with the people of Rwanda in commemorating the 1994 genocide during which 800,000 men,...

Reviving Somali Culture through Folk Dances

Most Somalis has long been pastoral nomads scattered through the wider region of Horn of Africa. Often moving with their livestock to get them more water and better pasture and in this unsettled lifestyle folklore dances were not only a source of entertainment but...

Protesters killed by Security forces in Southern Tigray Region,Northern Ethiopia

Protesters killed by Security forces in Southern Tigray Region,Northern Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, Oct. 22/2018 – Tigray regional state communication bureau confirmed that at least three protesters were killed yesterday by security forces in Alamata, some 758 km from Addis Abeba, in southern district of the Tigay regional state in northern Ethiopia. But residents who spoke to the...