Africa

By: Horndiplomat and Business Africa Somalia’s attempts to have Kenya reprimanded at the regional bloc, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), fell through after leaders at the Summit largely disagreed with the severance of diplomatic ties. Instead, the heads of state and government gathered in Djibouti City...

Chinese investment in Djibouti can turn the smallest country on the African Horn into a Mecca for tourists, according to Osman Abdi Mohamed, managing director of the National Tourism Board. Sputnik takes a look at the recent developments in Djibouti. “The Chinese military base will...

The Somalia Mogadishu Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Training and Research Hospital announced the birth of quintuplets, one of the rarest births in the world. “A mom gave birth 5 little babies (quintuplets) in our hospital, one of the rarest births in the world,” the hospital...

National Assembly Majority leader Aden Duale on Friday dismissed assertions that the Somali and Muslim communities use ill-gotten cash to start businesses in the city. He said Muslims, especially the Somalis, have been condemned and negatively profiled because of their increased investment within the Central...

By M.A. Egge Horndiplomat-The state has sent a strong message to the perpetrators of skirmishes in the recurrent rivalry between resident chansmen of El-afwein, Dararweine and Dogoble in Sanaag region. In a stern and hard hitting statement delivered through the press, the Presidency minister Hon. Mohamud...

Investment will establish Somaliland as a regional trading and maritime hub and create a container terminal with a capacity to handle up to 1.25 million TEUs a year In April 2016, the Republic of Somaliland, an African nation situated in the Horn of Africa, proudly announced...

Matthew Gordon, SOAS, University of London While the rest of the Horn of Africa region is making waves on the battlefield, the tiny, self-declared republic of Somaliland has been having its presence felt where representative democracy and open debate lurk. In the halls of the UK...

By:MoDuale International partners have called on Somaliland’s political leaders to clarify the way forward for the upcoming elections The partners include the European Union, United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden praised the successful Somaliland combined local and parliamentary elections. "Following the successful Somaliland combined local and...

Following a meeting with State Grid Corporation of China, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed oversaw the signing of a USD 1.8 billion investment agreement which covers provision of energy transmission and distribution lines. This project will supply power for up to 16 industrial parks; the...

By:INDIA TODAY doctors at Yashoda hospital in Hyderabad saved the life of Faduma, a 5-year-old girl from Somalia, who was suffering from Wilm’s tumor, a very rare type of kidney cancer. The 5-year-old patient was brought to the hospital by her family where she got diagnosed...