Africa

BY: BLOOMBERG Somalia summoned Kenya’s ambassador after a Kenyan-registered plane landed in the port city of Kismayo in the southern state of Jubaland without “official permission,” amid a simmering maritime-border dispute between the neighbors. Jubaland won some political autonomy in 2013 and is among Somalia states...

By: UNSOM Mogadishu – To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, 30 survivors of sexual violence completed business skills training to improve their lives under a UN-supported initiative. The survivors underwent three months of training in tailoring and clothes dyeing and...

by Patrick Gathara When Kenyan troops crossed the proverbial Rubicon and entered Somalia nearly six years ago, it caught almost everyone by surprise. It was Kenya’s first sustained and significant foray into its troubled neighbors territory and ran counter to the country’s historic pacifism -at...

Only a third of Africans believe that votes in elections are always counted fairly, according to a survey conducted by Afrobarometer. As many an African can attest, this is a major problem as a disputed poll can become tinder for violent protests and instability, and...

Djibouti's foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of occupying a disputed territory along their border shortly after Qatar peacekeepers left the location this week. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf said on Friday Djibouti's military was "on alert" and that it has lodged complaints to the United Nations...

By:Afp Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh has returned home to the Horn of Africa country, his office said Sunday, after rumours that the 73-year-old had been hospitalised in Paris. Re-elected for a fifth term in April, Guelleh has ruled Djibouti since 1999 and has used his...

Horndiplomat-Construction work on the development of the multi-purpose Berbera port in Somaliland has started with a special ground-breaking ceremony to mark the occasion. President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi and DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem launched the first phase of...

By: TES MAGAZINE Tomas Duckling A trip to the Horn of Africa reminded this school leader how education can be a force for good in the world When I embarked...

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built two training greenhouses with irrigation systems and provided the necessary equipment and consumables for the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Hargeisa in Somaliland. The opening ceremony of the greenhouses was attended by Mohamed Haji Osman Jama,...

Horndiplomat-The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has lifted the sanctions that were imposed on Eritrea the past years after countries in the Horn of Africa have opened a historic new chapter of normalizing their relations. The Somalia president Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed "Farmajo" reacted on lifting of...