Africa

Turkish TV series attracts Somali cinema audiences as Ankara's soft power spreads across the Horn of Africa country. by Nuur Mohamed Mogadishu, Somalia - It used to be Hollywood. Then it became Bollywood. Now Yesilcam, as Turkey calls its film industry, has taken over silver screens in Somalia. Turkish...

Ijara Member of Parliament Sophia Abdinoor has won a top African female leadership award. The award, which was given by Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment Foundation in Africa (Waele Africa), recognised strategic role the lawmaker played towards African women emancipation. The accolade dubbed 'Pride...

Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Three international aid agencies on Saturday expressed concern over a recent ruling by the government of Somaliland hat encourages female genital mutilation (FGM). In a joint statement, Save the Children, CARE International, and International Rescue Committee (IRC), said the Feb. 6...

Horndiplomat-The International Organization for Migration says it has repatriated 150 Somali migrants stranded in Libya this past week. Most had been held in government-run detention centers for months under abysmal conditions. IOM Statement Tripoli/Mogadishu – This week (30/05), IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in collaboration with the...

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: Nizar Manek Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise is emerging as the flag bearer of plans by Africa’s fastest-growing economy to open up to foreign investors after decades as a closed shop. While new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ruling Politburo has said a minority stake in the continent’s largest carrier...

By:Mohamed Duale Horndiplomat-Eritrea's senior delegation met Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf in Riyadh today.Horndiplomat reports According to Eritrean Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel‏  The talks between the two sides focused on concrete measures to grow and consolidate mutually beneficial development, trade and investment ties. The two sides...

In a letter to the Speaker of the Somali Federal Parliament, Abdulkarim Buh,the Parliamentary Secretary, stated that the impeachment motion against the Somali President failed to meet the requirement that least 92 MPs can ask the Parliament to consider impeachment motion....

By:EGYPT TODAY 3 February 2022: The management of the Aswan International Women Film Festival decided to grant the Somali Hibaq Osman the Note Award for achievement in the field of women’s issues, and to honor her at the opening ceremony of the festival's sixth edition...

Djibouti has ended a contract with Dubai's DP World, one of the world's biggest port operators, to run its Doraleh Container Terminal, the president's office said on Thursday. "The Republic of Djibouti has decided to proceed with the unilateral termination with immediate effect of the...