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A COVID-19 phenomenon: Cutters now move from door to door in Somaliland

A COVID-19 phenomenon: Cutters now move from door to door in Somaliland
According to a recent report, the awareness of the harms of FGM/C has increased significantly amongst parents in Somaliland. Even though there is an increasing number of parents who want to abandon tradition, COVID-19 has caused FGM/C cases to surge. According to a recent report,...

Kenyan cargo plane crashes at airport in Mogadishu

Kenyan cargo plane crashes at airport in Mogadishu
Witnesses say a cargo plane has crashed at the international airport in Somalia’s capital. There was no immediate confirmation of any casualties. Photos posted from the scene show the plane’s cockpit crushed against a concrete barrier just steps from the sea. The Somalia Civil Aviation Authority...

Somaliland Will Prosper Through Unity amongst the Citizens-Former President Dahir Rayale Says

Hargeisa -The Former President Of Somaliland H.E Dahir Rayale Kahin Has Called On The People Of Somaliland To Show Unity He Also Sent A Message Of Peace To The People Of El-Afwein Town To Stop The Fighting And Bury Their Hatchet. The Former President Was Speaking...

Getting To Know The Controversial ‘Mayor Of Mogadishu’

BY:JOSHUA HAMMER In 2000 Andrew Harding became sub-Saharan Africa correspondent for the BBC, based in Nairobi. Soon he was making regular trips to one of the most perilous corners of the continent: Somalia. Wracked by war, famine and clan-based strife since the early 1990s, the...

Ethiopia PM Appoints Officials

Prime Minister Abiy during the press conference
Horndiplomat-The Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed today appointed the following officials: 1. Hailay Berhane- National Security Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister 2. Dr Epherem Tekle- Commissioner of Job Creation Commission

The UK response to Somalia’s looming famine is painfully slow

A baby is treated for severe acute malnutrition at a special hospital in Mogadishu CREDIT: Ed Ram/Getty Images
By: Telegraph This week, after two years of devastating drought and soaring food prices, the UN warned that without action, famine will hit Somalia within the next few weeks. With half a million children...

Eritrea To Rejoin IGAD Next Week

Eritrea To Rejoin IGAD Next Week
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...

Taiwan and Somaliland Hold First Joint Energy and Mineral Resources Cooperation Working Group Meeting

Taiwan and Somaliland Hold First Joint Energy and Mineral Resources Cooperation Working Group Meeting
By: Taiwan Representative Office of the Republic of Somaliland The 1st Taiwan-Somaliland Joint Working Group on Energy and Mineral Resources Cooperation Meeting was held at the Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MOEM) of the Republic of Somaliland...

China builds new facility in Djibouti base for anti-piracy operations

China will construct a facility at its base in Djibouti for anti-piracy purposes to safeguard peace and stability in the region and the world, the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday after Western media reported that China was building a dock for naval...

Somaliland Says UAE Can Launch Attacks From New Base

A top official said Friday that forces from the United Arab Emirates could soon be flying fighter jets from a new base in the breakaway republic of Somaliland. Somaliland Foreign Minister Saad Ali Shire said the UAE could use the base in the town of...