Africa

Djibouti, an increasingly strategic nation in the Horn of Africa, has condemned last week’s call by Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed for the lifting of U.N. sanctions against Eritrea. During his three-day visit to Eritrea’s capital last week, the Somali president urged an end to...

DP World’s concession agreement to operate Doraleh Terminal remains “valid and binding”, arbitrators rule DUBAI: The Djibouti government’s seizure of control of Doraleh Container Terminal from DP World was illegal, an Arbitral Tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration ruled on Thursday. As a result DP World’s...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief @HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi officially launches the Global Partnership for Education grant 2018-21 to provide quality education and boost the enrollment of girls and boys from different marginalized communities in primary and secondary schools. The three-year grant will support Somaliland’s Education Sector...

The Djibouti base has boosted China’s ability to sustain its naval units in the Indian Ocean — a region the Indian Navy considers its backyard India is keeping a close eye on China’s military deployments at the neighbour’s first overseas outpost in Djibouti, with a...

Horndiplomat-Sanctions Committee Chair Briefs Security Council on Somalia, Eritrea Developments as Delegates Air Views concerning Peace in Horn of Africa. Asmara’s Representative Calls for Lifting of Embargo without Preconditions On the heels of the landmark rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which ended two decades of hostility, the...

The leaders of Eritrea and neighbouring Ethiopia have declared the end of a more than 20-year-long war, and it's hoped that it will help boost economic growth in East Africa.     SOURCE:ALJAZEERA

The Security Council today received the 120 day’s briefing by the Chair of the Somalia-Eritrea Sanctions Committee, including the outcome of his recent visit to the region which took him to Djibouti, Somalia and Ethiopia. Below is the statement delivered by H.E. Ambassador Tekeda...

Horndiplomat- Statement by Mr  Mohamed Siad Doualeh the Republic of Djibouti's Permanent Representative to the United Nations before the Security Council on the Situation in Somalia and Eritrea-Horndiplomat Reports   Statement Mr. President, At the outset, I wish to thank the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief @HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale Horndiplomat-The Djibouti government Reacts to the concerns of the political analysts that new era of peace and prosperity for the Horn of Africa would be Isolated in Djibouti. The Djibouti Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Yusuf posted on his twitter said countries in the...

By: Chriss Downsen Horndiplomat’s Foreign Correspondent Tweets @Chriss_Africa  Horndiplomat-On Saturday, the United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Somalia Raisedon Zenenga and IGAD Special Envoy Mohamed Ali Guyo visited in Garowe The capital of Somalia's semiautonomous region of Puntland. The delegation as part of ongoing efforts to find peaceful...