The case for gender equality in the Muslim world
In the Muslim world, economic advancement depends upon women's empowerment.
by:Maha Akeel
Maha Akeel is the Director of the information department at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
"If you want to go forward, you have to give education to girls. And once you educate girls, you change...
Somalia and Somaliland to benefit from new UK support to tackle locusts
By:British Embassy Mogadishu
Somalia is set to benefit from new UK funding to tackle this year’s unprecedented locust outbreaks across Africa and Asia.
The UK’s International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan today announced a further £18 million in response to the crisis. She made the announcement during...
Productive labor and Employment Creation for Somalia: Key Challenges and Strategies —HIPS
By: HERITAGE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
Somalia is a low-income country — one of the least developed in the world. However, there has been a slight acceleration in economic growth in the past few years. In 2018, real GDP growth increased to 2.8% from 1.4%...
The 64th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers held in Khartoum to discuss the South Sudan Peace Process
Horndiplomat-The 64th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers which took place in Khartoum on the 9th of August 2018 deliberated on issues that should be dealt with to prepare a full document of a Comprehensive Revitalized ARCSS based on the yearlong HLRF...
Ethiopia reports its first death of a COVID19 patient
By: Mohamed Duale
Ethiopia has reported its first death of a COVID-19 patient, a 60-year old woman who was in treatment at a hospital in the capital since March 31. Horndiplomat reports
The country's Health minister Lia Tadesse has confirmed the first death of a COVID-19...
UPDATE:Al Shabaab attack on Somali government building ends with at least 15 dead
BY:REUTERS
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia’s al Shabaab stormed a government building on Saturday, detonating a suicide car bomb in the heart of the capital Mogadishu with at least 15 people, including an assistant minister, killed during the ensuing gun battle.
In the latest bombing claimed by...
Professor Gees urges the fledgling of established democracy and shunning of tribalism
By M.A. Egge
Veteran respected politician and politician Professor Mohamed Said Gees has underscored the importance of a peaceful and harmonious setting and called for the shunning of clannish tribalism and the fledgling of democracy as a precursor for...
UAE steers discussion about humanitarian crisis in Horn of Africa with UN partners
NEW YORK, 24th December, 2017 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates Mission to the United Nations in New York, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has hosted a briefing to engage Members States in evaluating the...
Sports: South Sudan goal spree dumps out Djibouti, Uganda returns June
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Sudan thrashed Djibouti 6-0 in Juba on Tuesday to reach the group stage of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.
Trailing 2-0 from the first leg last Wednesday, the South Sudanese led after 12 minutes of the return...
Somaliland: court gives journalist Dirir one year and a half jail sentence
On 8th October 2017, journalist Mohamed Adan Dirir has been sentenced to one year and six months in jail. A judge at Hargeisa Regional Court heard a criminal case against Dirir without the presence of his lawyer and family members. The judge, Ahmed Dalmar...
