Africa

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Thursday's meeting in Djibouti with the foreign ministers of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia with the Djiboutian head of diplomacy. The meeting, held on 6 September in Djibouti, resulted in the signing of a cooperation agreement between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Through...

Hambantota port was signed over to Beijing on a 99-year lease because Sri Lanka cannot repay Chinese loans it took out to build the port in the first place Sri Lanka has formally handed control of a strategic port on its southern coast to China as part...

A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of a district headquarters in Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein says the large blast has badly damaged the compound of the Hodan district’s headquarters. There are no immediate reports of...

Horndiplomat-Somali regional leaders to suspend working relationship with the Federal Government “until all the previous agreements are implemented” - according to an official communique released at the conference. At the end of a crucial four-day conference in the southern coastal city of Kismayo, the leaders of...

Horndiplomat-The UK's Ambassador to Somalia David Concar said his government announced £27m of aid for electoral and constitutional reform in Somalia, Amb Concar said after meeting with Somalia's National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC). Somalia has since held three polls. But regular Somalis are yet to cast any ballots. The...

Lawmakers in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali regional state have voted to restore a flag that was changed by the erstwhile president Abdi Mohamoud Omar a.k.a. Abdi Illey. Harun Maruf, a Somali journalist with the Voice of America, VOA, reported that the parliament in the regional capital Jijiga...

The steps taken are a major milestone in Africa’s endeavour to silence the guns by 2020 and promote deeper regional and continental integration, in line with Agenda 2063. The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomed the signing of...

The final signing ceremony of South Sudan revitalized peace agreement will take place in Addis Ababa next week. Eritrea will rejoin the East African bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), at an event to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia next week. Eritrea suspended its...

Horndiplomat-CGTN Interviews with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on unfolding regional developments: Brief but insightful remarks: Eritrea looks to recoup opportunities lost over past 20 years. The normalisation of ties between Ethiopia and Eritrea after 20 years is expected to have a positive impact on the...

MOGADISHU, September 6, 2018—The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the World Bank launched the flagship infrastructure project in Somalia. The Somali Urban Resilience Project (SURP), worth US$ 9 million, will be the country’s first national test case for municipal infrastructure delivery. “The World Bank’s role...