Africa

BY:Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it is “now abundantly clear to all” that Eritrean troops are operating throughout Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and “well-corroborated” reports suggest they are responsible for atrocities. “Eritrean Defence Forces must leave Ethiopia, and they must...

By REITZ MUREITHI Did you know that donkey meat has been legalised and certified for human consumption in Kenya? Well, the Meat Control (amendment) Act 2012 documented donkey alongside horse as a food animal in Kenya. While butcheries have not been licensed to sell donkey meat, interested...

Hargeisa - A high-level police conference was held in the “Somaliland” capital of Hargeisa yesterday and focused on strengthening the “Somaliland” Police Force. The conference discussed the implementation of comprehensive reforms that would complement the Police Act, which was recently signed into law by the President...

By Bashir Goth, Special to Gulf News Somalis see no reason to trust this week’s conference in London after similar initiatives in the past did little to address the core issues. n a deja vu situation that does not excite many Somalis, the United Kingdom announced...

Horndiplomat, Mogadishu-A group of Somalia’s international partners welcome the successful discussions on debt relief and financial governance between the Federal Government of Somalia, the Federal Member States and the Banadir Regional Administration, held on 14 September in Addis Ababa. The group of international partners are...

By: Sultan Ahmed Bin SulayemGroup Chairman & CEO of DP World Last month, I joined Muse Bihi Abdi, President of Somaliland, Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Dagmawit Moges, Minister of Transport of Ethiopia, and Mustafa Mohammed Omar, President of the Somali Regional State...

By: Staff reporter Expressing concern over the lingering electoral impasse in Somalia, the UK on Saturday urged the Somali leaders to reach a consensus on the electoral process. "The UK underlines the urgent need for Somali leaders to come together and reach a consensus on implementing...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that African countries should be careful not to forfeit their sovereignty when they accept loans from China, the continent’s biggest trading partner. Tillerson is using his first diplomatic trip to the continent...

By:Hassan Jama Horndiplomat regional contributor Turkish-made ventilators produced with technological advances will be breath of life for our Somali brothers, says president The Minister of Health and Social Care of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr Fawziya Abikar Nur, on Saturday received a shipment of medical...

Few years ago, millions of Somalilanders were unable to access basic financial services - such as opening a bank account due to political constraints they also could not transfer money nor get microcredit. Today, one of the world’s most ambitious experiments in mobile money...