Egyptian president visits Djibouti, builds case on Nile dam
By:Anadolu agency
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Thursday arrived in the Djiboutian capital on a state visit to the tiny strategic Horn of African nation.
Al-Sisi met his newly-reelected Djiboutian counterpart, Ismail Omar Guelleh, and discussed bilateral and regional issues, including the Ethiopian renaissance dam on...
Kofi Annan, the only black African to become UN secretary-general, dies at 80
The 80-year-old "passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness", the foundation named after him said.
His home country, Ghana, has declared a week of national mourning. Annan served two terms as UN chief from 1997 to 2006, and was awarded a Nobel Peace...
Somaliland:DP World’s Berbera Port Gets Election-Year Attention
By MarEx 2017-11-09 20:00:25
The Port of Berbera's future may depend in part on the results of Somaliland's upcoming presidential election. Opposition party candidate Abdirahman Irro has criticized the current government's $440 million deal with DP World for a 30-year lease on the port, and he has...
Dahabshiil is planning to develop a mobile application for oversees customers
On the dusty streets of Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, Mohammed Ahmed Ismail is arranging paper money in his tidy, waiting for clients who wish to exchange foreign currency.
Ismail has more than five years experience in the trade.
Together with his colleagues, they stack notes in wheelbarrows...
Somalia: Jubaland accuses Farmaajo of plan to deploy foreign troops in Gedo
By ELIUD KIBII, The Star
The election standoff in Gedo region seems far from over after Jubaland accused Somalia President Mohamed Farmaajo of planning to deploy foreign troops.
This comes barely three days after reports of a closed door security meeting in Dolow centre by Ethiopian...
Somaliland:High level Delegation of Somaliland International Partners on the Forthcoming Presidential Election Visited in Hargeisa
By:Mohamed Duale Tweeted @ MohamadDuale
Horndiplomat-Large Delegation from Eu,Uk ,Denmark , Netherland,France and finland Arrived in Hargeisa on Wednesday, The international Donor Delegation Meets with Somaliland's President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo , National Electoral commission and Three Presidential Candidates.
Statement by International Partners
A high level delegation of...
Somaliland delegation arrives in Uganda
By: MoDuale
A high level delegation led by the Deputy Speaker of Somaliland House of Representatives Ahmed-yasin Sh. Ali Ayanle arrived Uganda today and was welcomed at Entebbe Airport.
The Somaliland Delegation will attend inauguration ceremony of the Atiak Sugar Factory by the prominent Tycoon, Amina...
Ethiopia earns 38 mln USD in export revenues from its flagship Chinese-built Hawassa industrial park
Ethiopia has earned 38 million U.S. dollars in export revenues from its flagship Chinese-built Hawassa industrial park in the last two years, an Ethiopian official said on Wednesday.
Built by China Civil Engineering Corporation (CCECC), the Hawassa industrial park...
Qatar-Gulf crisis spreads to Africa
The Qatar-Gulf crisis is now affecting Africa after Saudi Arabia called on a number of countries, including Somalia, to join its boycott of Qatar. However, not every country is prepared to obey orders from Riyadh.
Somalia has maintained good relations with Qatar despite Saudi Arabia, the...
Ethiopia Says Somaliland Displaced Thousands of Oromo People
Ethiopia accused neighboring Somaliland of illegally displacing more than 3,000 long-term Oromo residents in the wake of clashes on the boundary between two of Ethiopia’s regional states.
The semi-autonomous northern territory of Somalia displaced the Oromos, who belong to Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group and are...
