Africa

Abdirahman Ibrahim Warsame ‘Qawdhan’, a long-serving, former Assistant Minister of successive Puntland State of Somalia administrations decried unfounded criticism which a Puntland member of parliament fired at the African remittance giant, Dahabshiil, last week, calling the MP to apologize. Mr. Qawdhan described Dahabshiil as a high-achiever...

Ethiopia and Italy have signed a €30 million loan agreement aimed at supporting the implementation of Inclusive and Sustainable Development of Agricultural Value Chain project in Oromia and Southern Nation, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). The agreement is part of the 2017-2019 Ethio-Italy Framework signed...

By ELIAS MESERET ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A deadly explosion struck a huge rally for Ethiopia’s reformist new prime minister on Saturday shortly after he spoke and was waving to the crowd that had turned out in numbers unseen in recent years in the...

New York, June 21, 2018--Authorities in the breakaway state of Somaliland should immediately lift a ban on the operations of Waaberi newspaper, a privately owned daily, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A Hargeisa regional court issued an order suspending the newspaper on June 19 on allegations...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia says it has unblocked 246 websites and TV channels in the latest reform under its new prime minster, whose chief of staff says "freedom of expression is a foundational right." Chief of staff Fitsum Arega announced the news on...

Addis Ababa, June 21, 2018 -Leaders of IGAD memeber states are arriving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to take part at the 32nd Extra-Ordinary Summit of IGAD scheduled to take place today. Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and President of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, have arrived...

Horndiplomat-In 2013 the international community signed a “New Deal Compact” with the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), setting out the priorities and principles governing the partnership between donors and the FGS up until 2016. At the London Conference in May last year, this agreement was replaced by...

The Government of Ethiopia in its efforts to resolve the border problem with Eritrea in a peaceful manner has previously announced its keenness to implement the Algiers Agreement and the decisions of the Ethio-Eritrea Border Commission unconditionally. Following this call, the Eritrean Leader President Isaias...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eritrea's president announced Wednesday he is sending a rare delegation to neighbouring Ethiopia for peace talks, days after Ethiopia's new prime minister took a major step toward calming deadly tensions with its decades-long rival. This is the first such delegation since 1998...

Horndiplomat-King Osman Aw Mohamoud aka (Burmadow) who was sentenced to five years in prison, has been released today on a presidential pardon.  On 26th April 2018, Hargeisa regional court has sentenced Boqor Osman aw Muhumed Mohamed to five years in prison. A judge at Hargeisa...