Africa

Ethiopian Ambassador to Qatar, Metasebia Tadesse held a brief session with Qatari Businessmen organized by the Ethiopian Embassy in Doha.( January 18) Ambassador Metasebia appreciated and thanked Qatar Chamber’s efforts to pursue and cooperate with Ethiopia, support business relations, deepen duo communication between business communities...

Horndiplomat-The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat released Press Statement on the Situation in Sudan. The following statement was issued today by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC). Addis Ababa, 11 April 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission,...

Horndiplomat Editorial On the 13th of November, the Republic of Somaliland went to the polls to elect its fifth president in its third one person one vote Presidential Election. In this election Somaliland made history by becoming the first country that uses iris recognition biometric...

Somalia is unlikely to benefit from the China's Africa initiative, argues Liban Ahmad    Sino-Somali cooperation dates back to 1960s, when  Somalia was in its first decade of independence, and China in its second decade of communism under  Chairman Mao Zedong. The National Theatre in Mogadishu...

By: BBC Somalia has launched a new TV channel named Daljir to counter al-Shabab’s propaganda as the government intensifies its media campaign against the al-Qaeda-allied militant group. The state media reported that President...

By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban SUDAN-Ethiopia and Egypt have called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to suspend International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations against Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir. The call was made by top diplomats of the respective countries at the UN. Omar al-Bashir is wanted...

Somaliland looks forward to having stronger diplomatic, economic, and trade ties with Egypt, Somaliland’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Liban Yousouf Osman, told Daily News Egypt on Saturday. Osman confirmed to DNE that a high-level Egyptian delegation visited Somaliland last week. The delegation, he added, held...

This article, written by Mikael Torstensson, Somaliland’s Special Envoy to the EU, explains why it is time for the international community to officially recognise Somaliland. Not only has it implemented a strong model of democracy that distinguishes it from other countries of the Horn of Africa...

By Benjamin Moscovici in Somaliland Somaliland has managed what neighboring Somalia has failed to do for years: It has established peace and stability and successfully driven out terrorism. And it has done so with very little international aid. How did it succeed? Pizzerias, burger joints and cafés with...

MOGADISHU, Somalia –  The African Union says it has begun its withdrawal from Somalia and will cut 1,000 troops by the end of this year as security responsibilities start to shift to the local military. The continental body said Tuesday that the move comes at...