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By: SOMTRIBUNE Calling Somalia’s ill-timed bluff and claim of jurisdiction over territories and resources within the Republic of Somaliland’s boundaries, the country’s ministry of energy and minerals establishes that no one other than the government of Somaliland had...

Seventeen military officers arrested for “treason” and helping TPLF, an armed group in northern Tigray region, to attack the national army, local media report. Ethiopia has arrested 17 army officers for treason, accusing them of colluding with authorities in the northern region of Tigray, where...

HARGEISA, 19 March – Women in Somaliland have less then half the opportunities of men in economics, politics and education, reveals the first ever comprehensive assessment of the gender gap in Somaliland. Based on 1,200 surveys across Somaliland and qualitative data, inequality is highest in...

SOURCE: BBC AFRICA Sudan and Egypt over the weekend started joint air exercises, dubbed The Nile Eagles 1, at the Merowe airbase in northern Sudan. The joint drills will continue until 26 November. It's the first of its kind military exercise between the two North Africa neighbours...

  By Abdi Latif DahirAugust 5, 2018 The news of the attack was revealed first on Twitter. On Aug. 2, Mohamed Mohamoud Sheik, 31, an entrepreneur and youth activist, was assaulted by unknown gunmen near the Benadir junction in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. He was later pronounced dead...

In this explainer, learn what political, social, and cultural forces forged Somalia's golden age of music, what caused its demise, and why a new golden age is happening right now. SOURCE:OKAYAFRICA

Somaliland Vice President Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismael Sayli’i met with several prospective UAE investors who paid him a courtesy call in his hotel at Dubai on Friday. The Vice President who was flanked by Somaliland UAE representative Ambassador Munir Abdillahi Abusite welcomed the entrepreneurs who proposed...

Press Release The UK yesterday signed an agreement with the Government of Somaliland and the Netherlands to support the implementation of Phase II of the Somaliland Development Fund (SDF2) programme, which aims to improve the lives of local people through the delivery of essential public...

Prominent economist Abdalla Hamdok has been sworn in as Sudan's new prime minister, leading the country's transitional cabinet months after a mass protest movement forced the military removal of long-time authoritarian President Omar al-Bashir. Hamdok's formal appointment on Wednesday came hours after the swearing-in of military and civilian members...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somalia's government forces ended Mogadishu's Hayat hotel's siege last midnight, after more than 24 hours, Al-Qaeda's terrorist-linked group Alshabab militants claimed responsibility for the Hayat hotel attack, per a statement the...