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Horndiplomat-On Saturday the Somaliland government officially announced they started of Somaliland national written examinations for primary eight grades and form four secondary students. "The Somaliland ministry of educating today's officially announced they started by conducting national written examinations for primary eight grades and form four students...

By ABDULKADIR KHALIF More by this Author Several world leaders Sunday congratulated Somalia as it marked 58 years of independence. US President Donald Trump sent a message, stating: “On behalf of the United States of America, I wish you and the people of Somalia a joyous 58th...

Ports operators says it has signed a number of agreements with Ethiopia DP World is planning to set up a logistics facility in Ethiopia to facilitate transport of goods to landlocked countries in Africa, DP World Group Chairman & CEO and Chairman of Ports, Customs...

Ethiopia said, its flag carrier will resume commercial flights to Eritrea starting in September as a sign of improving relationship between the two countries two decades after a border conflict upended relations between the Horn of Africa neighbors. “Ethiopian Airlines get ready because soon you’ll...

Most Somalis has long been pastoral nomads scattered through the wider region of Horn of Africa. Often moving with their livestock to get them more water and better pasture and in this unsettled lifestyle folklore dances were not only a source of entertainment but...

By Matthew Russell Lee, UNITED NATIONS, June 28 -- While UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says he is all about conflict prevention, when Inner City Press asked his spokesman Stephane Dujarric on June 28 about a recent letter to Guterres from the President of Somaliland that makes serious charges and...

At least 15 people are feared dead and more than 60 injured after a night fire, once again, gutted a section of Gikomba in the capital Nairobi on Thursday morning. Witnesses told the Nation that they counted at least six unidentified bodies that had been...

By: Abdow Jama Horndiplomat correspondent in Puntland  Horndiplomat- A large delegation from UAE arrives in Puntland’s Qardho town to meet traditional leaders and politicians; comes as Puntland leaders try to ease tensions created recent spat between UAE and federal Govt of Somalia. The Puntland's traditional leaders...

Horndiplomat-the ONLF commander Abdikarim Muse Qalbi Dhagah freed by Ethiopia. He was handed over to Ethiopia by the current Somali Govt in August last year in a move that stirred outcry. Traditional leader Fawzi Mohamed Ali tells Voa Somali that he was released 8am Thursday...

An Open letter to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Dear Prime minister, Imagine Agaro or Jimma town bombarded and destroyed by planes belonging to the Ethiopian Army whose whole and sole responsibility was to protect, not to bomb its people. What if MIG17 were to take off...