Africa

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) elects longtime foreign secretary Abdirahman Mahdi as the new chairman following a conference in Godey town as the incumbent Admiral Mohamed Omar Osman retires. Mahdi received 340 votes, his challenger Ahmed Yasin got 247. The...

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...

By: Mohamed Duale, Horndiplomat Editor Horndiplomat- Genel Energy has presented Somaliland opportunities last week at the African Oil Week conference in Cape Town. Genel has identified multiple stacked prospects, with each of them estimated to have resources of c.200 MMbbls. A program of surface oil seeps...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-US Department of state added their visa category on Somaliland Document after they reveal a better system on record keeping. The US government says that documents from Somaliland, such as birth certificates or other documents, should be given due consideration because...

By: Mohamed Duale, Horndiplomat Editor Horndiplomat- EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga today handed over School facilities comprising 10 new schools, 65 new classrooms, 30 renovated classrooms and school furniture to the Somaliland Ministry of Education and Science. The following statement was issued today by the...

HornDiplomat-The EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga launches the inaugural EU Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Programme at an outreach event held at Hargeisa University. Ambasador Berlanga encourages students to apply ERASMUS: “ I have ambition: at least 20 students of University of Hargeisa to have scholarship...

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines launched a platinum co-branded card payment. The bank was able to facilitate the sale of Ethiopian e-tickets worth nearly 260 million Birr within ten months through its digital payment channels in 2019. During the...

By:Jama Farah ,HornDiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-IGAD's Consultative Meeting on the Peace Process in South Sudan Begins. A consultative meeting among ministers of IGAD member states and leaders of South Sudan Peace Agreement signatory parties begins today (November 09) in Addis Ababa. In her opening speech at the session,...

By:Jama Farah Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met this afternoon with the outgoing Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Amb. (Eng) Mahboub Maalim, as well as the incoming Executive Secretary Dr. Workineh Gebeyu. According to Ethiopian PM Office, Ethiopian Prime Minister...

By: Mohamed Duale Horndiplomat-New Executive Secretary of IGAD  Workneh Gebeyehu has formally assumed duty On Thursday.  Earlier on November 6, during his meeting with delegates from IGAD Member States, Dr. Workneh expressed his eagerness to work for the betterment of the region. The Executive Secretary commended...