Africa

By Chris WoodBBC News There may appear to be few similarities between Wales and a war-ravaged self-declared African republic where people suffering from mental health problems are chained up. Yet, a group of Cardiff men raising £100,000 to help them is just the latest chapter of...

By:Staff writer Foreign ministers of Somalia and Rwanda on saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost bilateral cooperation. The MoU was signed by Somalia Foreign Minister Abdisaid Muse Ali and his Rwandan counterpart Vincent Biruta, on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in...

The final signing ceremony of South Sudan revitalized peace agreement will take place in Addis Ababa next week. Eritrea will rejoin the East African bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), at an event to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia next week. Eritrea suspended its...

By Matthew Russell Lee, Video here UNITED NATIONS, April 18 -- When Ambassador Karen Pierce of the UK, the UN Security Council's "penholder" on Somalia, took questions on April 18 Inner City Press asked her about the United Arab Emirates suspending support to the Somali military, and the issue of...

The U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson said today (March 08) that U.S supports the considerable reforms being carried out by the Government, “all of which we know you will succeed in achieving, " adding that his Government recognized and shared concerns expressed by...

At 26 dall'unilaterale declaration of independence from the government in Mogadishu, Somaliland still does not receive the recognition as a state by the international community, to the detriment of its considerable political and economic successes TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE - The recent history of Somalia...

Somaliland today marks 60 years since gaining its independence from the British rule with the country exuding pride at the gains it has made over the years despite lack of international support and recognition. Today, the Somaliland liaison office in Nairobi will host a webinar...

Horndiplomat-Today The US  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Djibouti, to meet with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf to further our partnership and discuss cooperation on security issues. After Meeting The US Foreign Minister Rex Tillerson  holds a...

Hargeisa the most populated city in Somaliland has experienced exacerbated water shortage due to the lack of modern pipeline infrastructures that can transmit water to all districts in Hargeisa. Established by the British colony the pipelines transmitted enough water to satisfy the need of the...

There is a wave of national and international activism focused on gender quotas as part of the broader movement towards realising more political representation of women. The level of political representation of women in different countries around the world and Africa, in particular, varies....