Africa

A US congressman is seeking to halt Kenya's pending $418 million weapons purchase from an American contractor. Nairobi aims to acquire ammunition, machine guns, rocket launchers, and guided bombs mounted on 12 Air Tractors converted agricultural aircraft intended to bolster the Kenya Defence Forces' campaign...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Puntland and other Somali regions are using new procedures to recruit young graduates University graduates joined as interns or volunteers while waiting for posts to open up More women are working in parts of the civil service than was once the case...

Africa has been having a crisis when it comes to disposal of its wastes. In urban areas, the situation has become unbearable to many residents. There are heaps of urban wastes seen in major cities. This is due to the high population that is...

A Chinese Long March 4B rocket (CZ-4B) today blasted off into space carrying onboard Ethiopia’s first remote sensing satellite, ETRSS-1, at 03:21 GMT from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China. The flight which was earlier scheduled for 17 December was scrubbed for three days...

BY ANADOLU AGENCY As Ankara places increasing emphasis on its ties with the continent, Turkey and Africa are set to hold another comprehensive summit, focusing on media and communication strategies to boost their images and bilateral cooperation A two-day summit marking May 25, Africa Day, organized...

By Mohammed Dhaysane International community welcomed the Galmudug reconciliation conference which is going on in the town of Dhusamareeb, the administrative capital of Galmudug state. The international community who issued statement posted by UN assistance mission in Somalia Known as (UNSOM) are Denmark, Ethiopia, European Union...

By M.A. Egge The President of the Republic of Somaliland Musa Bihi Abdi has once again reiterated and maintained that the country is destined to hold elections since the funds for the exercise have already been...

By:Afp Two explosions hit Uganda's capital Kampala on Tuesday, injuring a number of people in what police termed an attack on the city, the latest in a string of blasts targeting the country. The explosions occurred in the central business district of Kampala near the central...

Horndiplomat-Joint Statement on the Eritrean-Ethiopian-UAE Tripartite Summit in Abu Dhabi. Joint Statement At the end of the tripartite meeting between His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, HE the President of...

By: Horndiplomat Staff writer The Coast Guard of Somaliland in Saylac has found a crashed drone belonging to the US Military that crashed on the coast of Saylac on November 15th. "Somaliland Coast...