Africa

Support for technological advancement on the continent is reflected by the African Union's inclusion of the Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa Strategy. Somaliland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, was the guinea pig for iris-recognition technology at a presidential poll, according to election spokesman Saed...

"Special side event on "Innovations in Electoral Democracy in Africa" KIGALI, Rwanda, April 16, 2018/ -- A nation’s ability to raise its productivity and compete in the global market, its growth and income sustainably over the long term depends largely on its capacity to innovate....

Horndiplomat-Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Ethiopia next week at the invitation of Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu. The Chinese Foreign Minister will also visit the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Burkina...

By:Horndiplomat reporter Over 32,900 Somaliland Secondary and Primary students sat today for their final school examinations. 19,175 are boys while the girls are 13,674. Somaliland Minister of Education and Science Mr Ahmed Mohamed dirie said that more than 30 thousands of students, consisting Form-Four classes of the...

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemn in the strongest terms possible the targeted killing of the state-owned Radio Mogadishu journalist and director, Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled (popularly known as Abdiaziz Africa) and the injuries of two other colleagues in Mogadishu, on...

By:Sa’ad Mohamed Abdi Gedo Introduction:   Since 1991, for over two and half decades, The African Union as an institution and its member states has been reluctant to consider Somaliland’s legal right for diplomatic recognition, failing to acknowledge the same historical context within which Somaliland came...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-Nigeria's Chief of Intelligence Ahmed Rufai Abubakar on Tuesday arrived in Mogadishu and will be in the country on a 2-day visit. The spy chief, Abubakar, has met his Somali counterpart, Fahad Yasin, according to the Somali National Intelligence &...

By: Horndiplomat staff writer Somaliland marks 30 years since regained Independence from Somalia 18 may 1991. President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Dr. Tsai Ing-wen has extended best wishes and congratulations to the Government and people of the Federation for achieving another independent milestone.  In...

By GEORGE OMONDI omondi@ke.nationmedia.com Kenya is eying a free visa pact with Somalia as part of a diplomatic offshoot of the recent miraa export row with the Horn of Africa nation. At the moment, Kenyans and Somalis have to pay Sh5,000 ($50) to obtain visas that...

Horndipomat-The President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi is scheduled to meet with Somalia president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo ahead the resumption of Somalia-Somaliland talks. Speaking at press conference on Saturday in Hargeisa, Somaliland foreign minister, Sa'ad Ali Shire said the leaders will hold a meeting in...