Africa

By: MoDuale U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrived in Addis Ababa on Earlier, Monday (February 17). Horndiplomat reports The Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed held talks with Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State. According to Office of the Prime Minister-Ethiopia, The Prime Minister of...

By: Abdisamad H. Mohamed, Researcher and Governance Scholar   Abstract Unrecognized country for two decades in the Horn of Africa, the international donor helps to Somalia primarily focused on improving the security situation and the provision of humanitarian aid, the Self-declared Republic of Somaliland, though not...

By:Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi welcomes recent apology given by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo for 80s atrocities by previous government of Mohamed Siyad Barre. While addressing a joint session of Parliament in Hargeisa, President Bihi said Farmaajo’s apology was the first...

By: Muse Yusuf, Horndiplomat regional correspondent  Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki met with His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud today in Riyadh. According to Yemane G. Meskel Eritrean Information minister, King Salman stressed the long-standing relations and vital common interests between the two countries and...

By:BLOOMBERG The Red Sea state of Eritrea contracted DP World Ltd. to upgrade its ports as regional peace brings increased business to its shores. Formerly isolated Eritrea is normalizing foreign relations after signing an historic peace deal in July 2018 with neighboring Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous...

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns in the strongest terms possible in the killing of a young freelance TV and radio journalist, Abdiwali Ali Hassan (aka Abdiwali Online) who was shot dead in Afgoye town, 30KM south of Mogadishu, on Sunday evening 16 February, 2020. Unidentified...

By: FANABC & HORNDIPLOMAT Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed held discussion with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces. During the meeting which took place yesterday in the nation’s capital, Abu Dhabi, the...

By: Mohammed Dhaysane, Horndiplom Correspondent in Mogadishu Senator Ilyas Ali Hassan National resources, transportation and infrastructure committee of Somalia upper house Chamber director criticized Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo speculation plan to go to Hargeisa. Ilyas, who talks to Voice of America (VOA) said that there...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Somaliland has rejected a planned joint visit by Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. On 15 February,  Unconfirmed source indicates a proposed visit to Hargeisa by Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed and Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmaajo...

Somaliland and the United Arab Emirates have engaged in a joint effort to help camel farmers improve the quality and quantity of camel milk for the local and export market. Somaliland President Musa Bihi joined a delegation from the UAE in organizing a competition which...