Africa

On Monday November 13, 2017 the people of Somaliland headed for the voting stations to cast their votes. What made Monday unusual was the iron will of the Somaliland people who participated in the process most obediently and most peacefully. The day concluded without...

By: Dhaka Trıbune The hijacking of MV Abdullah, the Bangladeshi-flagged bulk carrier and its crew of 23 by Somali pirates on March 12, while on a voyage from Maputo in Mozambique to Al Hamriyah in UAE, has highlighted...

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) nations called on China on Wednesday (Aug 3) to resolve tension around the Taiwan Strait peacefully. The comments come after China demonstrated its outrage over a visit to Taiwan...

Horndiplomat-a large delegation from the two of Somaliland’s political parties, UCID and Kulmiye Arrives in Nairobi on Yesterday. The majority leader of Kenya National Assembly Aden Duale invited the joint committee of the two political parties from Somaliland (UCID and Kulmiye), at the Kenya Parliament. During...

The United Nations Security Council has rejected a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose sanctions and an arms embargo on South Sudan. The measure received seven votes in favor, while eight countries abstained. The resolution needed nine votes to pass, as well as no vetoes by permanent...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has congratulated President Uhuru Kenyatta on his re-election in last week’s disputed poll. In a statement, Museveni said that Kenyatta’s win is a true indication that the will of the people was upheld and that the process was free and fair. “Your...

Horndiplomat- Somalia's Jubbaland Parliament re-elects Sheikh Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman as Speaker ahead of the region’s leadership election. Abdirahman got 55 votes out of the 73-member parliament, his rival Hussein Shiinow Ali received 18 votes.according to Harun Maruf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-VPwBeZBKU The members of the parliament have also unanimously elected...

By CHARLIE SAVAGE, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTINOV. 27, 2016 WASHINGTON — The escalating American military engagement in Somalia has led the Obama administration to expand the legal scope of the war against Al Qaeda, a move that will strengthen President-elect Donald J. Trump’s authority...

Heavy fighting broke out early Tuesday in a disputed part of Sool region, leaving at least four people dead, a security official told VOA. The fighting between Somaliland and Puntland erupted outside the village of Tukaraq. It lies between the main towns of Las Anod...

By:Abdifatah Nour Ali Cultural heritage is the essence of our identity: Having attended at an event in Hargeisa by Ministry of Trade, commerce and Tourism and Dr Sada Mire; I have learned much of our historic culture and past. This event lectured and commented by number...