Africa

Think of your colleagues. Now imagine spending almost 24 hours a day with them - at work, after work, at meals. And imagine they are pretty much the only adults you see for months at a time. That's been Tauranga-raised teacher Andrew Neal's life for the...

Horndiplomat-The Chief Justice of Somaliland, Adam Haji Ali Ahmed, today received at his office participants of the Youth Leadership Program, a program which is intended to provide a leadership training to 24 young leaders selected from the six regions of Somaliland in a competitive...

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo renounces his United States citizenship despite Somalia constitution allowing for dual citizenship. According to Senior Journalist Harun Maruf, a statement released by Villa Somalia says legal experts, and nationalities and citizenship authorities from Somalia and US were involved in the...

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 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...

In the grand scheme of things the heated words or actions of politicians before and after Somaliland's Presidential Election will soon begotten. What will be remembered will be the remarkable spirit of unity that existed throughout the campaign. Somalilanders have embraced demographic debate with...

ADDIS ABABA- The normalization of Ethio-Eritrea diplomatic relations is exemplary to other countries in terms of solving African problems by African solutions and strengthening diplomatic ties with various countries in the domains of political, social and economic integration, President Dr. Mulatu Teshome said. Opening the...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hopes to expand healthcare access for the world's poor. But his tenure as former Ethiopian health minister has not been without controversy. Health representatives of 186 countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday to elect former Ethiopian foreign minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...

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...

Press-release by Human right center The sentencing of Mohammed Abdi Sheik Ilig and Abdijabbar Mohammed HusseinThe sentencing of Mohammed Abdi Sheik Ilig and Abdijabbar Mohammed Hussein"subversive or Anti-National Propaganda and Publication or Circulation of False, Exaggerated, or Tendentious News Capable of Disturbing Public Order" of...