Africa

By: Islington Media Councillor Rakhia Ismail has been chosen as Islington's Mayor for 2019 - 20 at Islington's Annual Council meeting (Thursday 16th May).   The Holloway ward councillor is the first Somali-born woman to hold the position of Mayor in the UK. Her husband, Yassin, will...

GAROWE, PUNTLAND 23 May 2019: Just one in four children in Puntland, Somalia, have access to sufficient food, a new assessment by Save the Children reveals today. These children are far more likely to succumb to the impact of yet another drought which is...

Somaliland political parties leaders and  Junet of Kenya National Parliament met with former Kenyan Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Amollo Odinga at his offices in Capital Hill Square, Nairobi. During the meeting, Somaliland delegation and former Kenyan Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Amollo Odinga discussed...

Horndiplomat-Somalia Government says recent actions by Kenya to detain MPs and members of the cabinet, confiscate their passports, as well as a separate measure to institute mandatory stopover for direct flights from Mogadishu “contravene the neighbourly bond” between Somalia and Kenya - statement The following...

On Monday, May 20, Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Amb Ahmed Isse Awad Received at his office Turkey Ambassador to Somalia, Amb. Mehmet Yilmaz. During the meeting, Minister Awad praised Turkey's historic positions and its standing with the Somali people, who highly...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland political parties leaders Met with IGAD Special Envoy for Somalia and the Red Sea Dr Mohammed Ali Guyo in Nairobi. During the meeting, Somaliland delegation and IGAD Special Envoy for Somalia and The Red Sea discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to development...

Suffice to say I am Somali, but from Somaliland, just next to Somali regional state in Ethiopian Federal Democratic Republic (EFDR), and I visit Jigjiga more often, to get more additional time to follow up the political maneuverings in the region. Therefore; I am...

Horndiplomat-a large delegation from the two of Somaliland’s political parties, UCID and Kulmiye Arrives in Nairobi on Sunday. The Somaliland political parties leaders, Kulmiye party chairman Mohamed Kahin Ahmed and UCID party chairman Faisal Ali Warabe held a round table meeting with the European Union...

By: Horn Diplomat & Standardmedia Three Somali officials with diplomatic passports were denied entry at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi on Monday evening in a tiff that seems to be escalating between Somalia and Kenya. A Somali based radio station Dalsan FM identified the three...

Mogadishu, May 19h, 2019   At least 1.7 million people in Somalia face acute food shortages due to delayed and insufficient seasonal rainfall, humanitarian aid agencies have warned, calling for urgent humanitarian support to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of families at risk. The...