Africa

BY: BLOOMBERG Ethiopia’s government said talks to resolve an impasse over a hydropower dam it’s building on the Nile River reached a “major common understanding” and further negotiations are planned. A meeting convened by the African Union on Tuesday paved the way for a “breakthrough agreement”...

Hundreds of people who are allegedly responsible for the death and displacement of people in the conflict between Oromia and Somali regional states have been apprehended, Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO) said. Minister of GCAO, Dr. Negeri Lencho told the media today that the suspects...

Horndiplomat-Officials from Saudi chamber of commerce had a meeting with Somaliland delegation led by the vice president Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail "Saili" at Jeddah. The two sides focusing on the meeting to strengthen the relationship between Saudi Arabia Somaliland and to create a new environment of business...

Horndiplomat-The 3d Somaliland Media Summit (SMS) arranged by Somaliland Journalist Association (Solja) and supported by a National endowment held at Ambassador hotel, Hargeisa.Horndiplomat Reports Annual Media Summit and Awke Award 2018 commencement meeting will have discussed positive and negative impacts on Somaliland journalists. At the end of...

The US Department of State and the European Union have slammed Nasa leader Raila Odinga’s January 30 ‘swearing-in’ and the shutdown of television stations. In separate press statements posted on their websites on Thursday, they emphasised that all leaders and the government should obey the Kenyan Constitution...

The European Union held a ground-breaking ceremony to launch the Berbera Beach Development, part of the EU funded Urban development project that was launched in 2020. Today, the European Union held a ground-breaking ceremony to launch the Berbera Beach Development, part of the EU funded...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat is monitoring the recent developments in Ethiopia closely, following the killing of the Ethiopian Artist and musician Haacaalu Hundeessaa. The violence has claimed many lives so far with scores of people injured. The Chairperson wishes...

Abdirashid Duale, Dahabshiil Group Chief Executive, infinitely pleased women and youth entrepreneurs by announcing that Dahabshil Bank International and its microfinance department will, in future, encourage them through very much lowered services to ease access to financial services. "Women and youth are at the top...

By:REUTERS An Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday, killing all 157 people onboard, was trailing smoke and making a strange sound before it came down, two witnesses said. Malka Galato, the farmer whose land the plane crashed on, told Reuters he saw small items that...

Claim and counter-claim emerged on Wednesday after at least 22 soldiers were killed and 15 other people wounded in an alleged U.S. airstrike which hit a Somali army base. Reports from the region said the incident took place early Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) east...