Africa

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed will hold discussions on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, with leaders of opposition parties registered in Ethiopia. Those parties that have returned back to the country at the invitation the Prime Minister will also take part at the discussion, according...

Somalia Parliamentary Committee on Finance and Budget have opened an inquiry into 'missing' funds amounting to about $42M. How could a country like Somalia with the Somali Shilling going for 580 to a US Dollar say about 24.4 Billion Somali Shillings under the control...

A former judge and leading opposition figure has been sworn in as the head of Ethiopia's electoral board. Birtukan Mideksa is the latest significant appointment of a woman to a key public office. Ms Birtukan returned to Ethiopia earlier this month after seven years in exile...

by Guleid Ahmed Jama, Jordan Street In Somaliland, judges and civil society have never had the opportunity to sit down and discuss how to improve justice provision for all citizens. But in September 2018, these two groups sat down together in September in a participatory workshop funded...

Horndiplomat-The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) army returned to Somali regional state from their base in Eritrea after the Front had reached agreement with the government of Ethiopia. ONLF rebel fighters receive a huge welcome in Somali regional capital, Jigjiga after departing from Asmara, Eritrea,...

Horndiplomat-US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Tibor P. Nagy will travel to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, and Germany from November 27 to December 8, 2018. During his trip, Assistant Secretary Nagy will focus on promoting stronger trade and commercial ties between...

By: Mohamud Aden Samatar Somaliland welcomes the waves of political change taking place in the Horn of Africa, the democratization of Ethiopia spearheaded by Dr Abiy Ahmed and the normalization of relation between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and also the easing of the alleged accusation of...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) last Monday approved additional resources to Ethiopia’s Basic Services Transformation Program in the form of a 123- million US dollars grant. The Basic Services Transformation Programme Supplementary Financing (BSTP-SF) will be for the fiscal years 2018/19 to 2019/20, according...

Horndiplomat-On Nov 19, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched the La Gare integrated community development project. Eagle Hills, an Abu Dhabi-based private real estate development company, has announced its foray into the Ethiopian market with the launch of its 360,000-sq-m project La Gare. Located in the capital of...

Police have seized 50 Kalashnikov rifles, a grenade launcher and several ammunitions in Debre Birhan town, about 100 km north of the capital Addis Ababa. According to the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), the illicit weapons entered Ethiopia via the Gambella regional state. The weapons...