Joint Press Statement between the Federal Government of Somalia and the State of Eritrea
MOGADISHU, Dec. 14, 2018: President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and President Isaias Afwerki, President of the State of Eritrea, held a two-day consultation meeting in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 13th-14th 2018.
The two Presidents held bilateral discussions at...
Somalia,Qatar sign pacts to strengthen bilateral ties
The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Qatar Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani and the Prime Minister of Somalia Hassan Ali Khayre witnessed the signing of a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between the governments of Qatar and...
Ethiopia unveils cross-border electricity interconnections with Somaliland, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Sudan
Ethiopia has earned over 28.4 million US dollars from electricity export to Sudan and Djibouti in five months (June-October).
From the total earnings, 17.5 million dollars was obtained from export to Djibouti and the remaining from Sudan, according to the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP).
Ethiopia is...
Ethiopia restructures its defense force
Horndiplomat-Ethiopia has restructured its defense force.
Accordingly, it has downsized the number of regional commands to four from six. The new regional commands are Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern.
It has also set up a committee tasked to reestablish a naval force and a special operation...
Punishment of good deeds
One event can change the history of lives, counties, continents or the world. In the late 1970’s, a loose group of Doctors, Engineers, Teachers, business people with the name of Uffo tried to contribute to the development of the Republic of Somalia, by volunteering...
Political Rift Can Deprive Somalia of Fragile State Rating
Constructive engagement between the executive and legislative branches is the viable option to prevent undoing progress in Somalia , writes Liban Ahmad
The Somali Federal Parliament Speaker, Mohamed Mursal, issued a statement to the effect that the impeachment motion against President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo still stands. The Speaker's intervention...
Eritrea President arrives in Mogadishu for state visit
Horndiplomat-Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrives in Mogadishu for a working visit to the Federal Republic of Somalia.
President Isaias's historic visit is part and parcel of the consultative Tripartite Summits of the Heads of State and Government of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
The two Head of...
Somaliland Attends Francophone Economic Forum held in Daka
Horndiplomat-Somaliland Delegation led by the Director General of Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mr.Abdinasir Ahmed Hirsi accompanied by Somaliland's representative to France Ambassador Ali Ismail have attended Francophone Economic Forum held in Daka, Senegal which was aimed at strengthening and steering...
Somaliland:Behi’s Year in Review – Moved or not Moved Forward?
One year ago, Somaliland citizen went to polls to elect a new president to fix and strengthen the rule of law, tackle the soaring inflation and currency depreciation, create jobs, provide the basic economical infrastructures (roads, bridges, ports, schools and hospitals), route out the...
Somaliland: Finance recognizes GAMS, HAC as model taxpayers
The Vice Minister of the Somaliland Ministry of Finance Development, Abdulkadir Mohamoud Sheikh, Monday, awarded Gulf Marill Services Ltd (GAMS) and Hargeisa Automotive Company Limited (HAC) a Tax Identification Certification each.
The Ministry of Finance recognized the twin companies for their role as model taxpayers.
At...