UN to ‘limit’ personnel presence in Mogadishu
Horndiplomat-UN to ‘limit’ personnel presence in Mogadishu following mortar attack on January 1 which wounded 3 personnel, per notice. U.N. personnel who were schedule to travel to Mogadishu on Sunday were told to remain in Nairobi. Move only applies to personnel assigned to Mogadishu.
An...
SOLJA Hosts the 4th Somaliland Media Summit and Announced the winners of annual awards
By:MoDuale
The 4th Somaliland Media Summit (SMS) and Awke Media Award arranged by Somaliland Journalist Association (Solja) held at Mansor hotel, Hargeisa.Horndiplomat Reports
The two-day Somaliland Media Summit attended by Somaliland Vice President, Ministers of Information, telecommunication, Political parties and over 120 Journalist across Somaliland.
The Somaliland...
Satterfield to replace Feltman as the U.S. special envoy for Horn of Africa
By:Staff writer
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced veteran diplomat and former senior State Department official Ambassador David Satterfield will serve as U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa.
Blinken had underlined the ongoing instability in the Horn of Africa and the region’s...
Somaliland Executes six men convicted of murders
By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor
Somaliland Government on Wednesday executed six convicts who had been sentenced to death for murder.
Khadar Abdikarim, a police officer in Somaliland told Anadolu Agency over the phone."All of them were convicted of murder. Two of them were additionally accused of...
Silk Way Airlines implements first Baku-Djibouti cargo flight
Azerbaijan’s Silk Way Airlines has carried out the first cargo flight from Baku to Djibouti, which has become the beginning of a big program on the implementation of weekly regular flights between the two countries.
The company reported that countries of Eastern and Central Africa...
Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea Confirm new cases of COVID19
By: Mohamed Duale
Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea on Friday confirmed new cases of the coronavirus.
Somalia Ministry of Health confirmed the third case of Coronavirus disease 2019 (#COVID19). The affected person is UN commercial contractor engaged by the United Nations has been diagnosed with the novel...
Somaliland: Hargeisa to join Air Arabia’s African network
Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, is looking to expand its international route network with a new service to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.
Starting July 4, the new service will operate twice a week, on Tuesdays and...
IGAD Establishes Taskforce on the Redsea and The Gulf of Aden
Horndiplomat-IGAD Committee of Ambassadors today established a Taskforce on the Redsea and Gulf Of Aden in line with the decision of the 46th Ordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers in Djibouti in Feb '19. It will coordinate its efforts with the African...
Uk’s position remains that it is for Somalis themselves to reach an agreement on Somaliland’s status through dialogue-Harriett Baldwin
Horndiplomat-MP Jim Cunningham (Labour, Coventry South) asked Harriett Baldwin Uk's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs questions related to Somaliland.
Mr Jim Cunningham Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Somaliland on (a)...
Scholars call for Somalia to be protected from foreign interference
The Commission of Somali Scholars called on Sunday for politicians to protect their country from “foreign interference” and to respect its sovereignty, Anadolu reported on Sunday.
In a statement issued in response to the latest upheaval, the scholars expressed their concerns about the “unstable political situation” in...
