Africa

Police have detained a Mombasa-bound ship that sailed from the Somalia port from Kismayu. They also detained Kenyan and Tanzanian crew of the Kenyan-registered vessel that had sailed into Kilifi's port. Police say the Tanzanians are deemed to have entered Kenya illegally aboard the...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today expressed concerns and condemned the restrictions to the coverage of the ongoing indirect elections in Somalia by journalists of the independent media. Presidential elections are due to be held on 28 December 2016 in Somalia, as decided by National Leaders Forum...

By: Abdiaziz Ali Hussein Ethiopia in bid to protect and reduce the spread of Covid-19 closed schools on 16 March 2020 and sent 26 million-plus pre-primary, primary, secondary, and tertiary-level learners at home. It was last week when this 100 million-plus complex nations and nationalities...

Horndiplomat-U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy underscored that the Horn of Africa is now the Hope for Africa. Minister of Foreign affairs, Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu received Assistant Secretary Nagy later today (November 29) at his offices. On the occasion, Secretary Nagy thanked...

By Mohamoud Walaaleeye A Republic of Somaliland Diplomat met with the Chairperson of the African Union H.E. Moussa F. Mahamat at AU premises, Addis Ababa, where the AU‘s ordinary summit was underway. Ambassador Ayanle Salad Dirie, deputy Amb of Somaliland Mission at Ethiopia meeting with new...

This part is about the process of unification between the independent states of Somaliland and Somalia and the fallacies, technical mistakes and legal loopholes in the so-called Act of Union involved. By Dr. Hussein Mohamed Nur The Council leaders of Somaliland and Somalia briefly met in Mogadishu during...

By:UNSOM Hargeisa - Even before a visitor sits down in the office of Nafisa Yusuf Mohamed, they are fully aware of her views. There is a hard-to-miss, large poster on a wall in her office, which reads: "Being a woman is more than biology.” The 44-year-old mother of...

By: Horndiplomat & africanews Somalia – Somaliland relations have gained traction on social media with the current buzz centering around a photo. Top cabinet ministers of Somalia including the Foreign Affairs and Finance Ministers met and took a photo with a Somaliland delegation – led by...

By: AFP Three people were killed on Friday when police clashed with worshippers outside Addis Ababa's largest mosque, Ethiopian security forces said. Several Muslim places of worship have been destroyed on the outskirts...

Mogadishu, 16 February 2019 – Top military commanders of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have agreed on key operations and activities to be executed under the Mission’s new Concept of Operations (CONOPS), approved late last year by the Military Operations Coordination Committee (MOCC). The...