Africa

Addis Ababa, May 3, 2018 (FBC) –Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to jointly develop and manage Port Sudan. Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed, who arrived in Khartoum for a two-day working visit yesterday, held talks with President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan on bilateral and...

Horndiplomat-Marking World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, today commended the courage and dedication of the country’s journalists who operate in one of the world’s most dangerous environments for media workers. According to UNSOM press statement. “I salute the hundreds of...

Horndiplomat -The President of semi-autonomous regional state of Puntland, Abdiweli Ali Gaas, on Wednesday, fires top officials at Ministry of Fisheries over corruption.According to the presidential statement. The list of officials Mohamoud Mohamed Ali (gabax)  deputy minister  of Fisheries and Marine Resources Ali Hersi  Farah Mohamoud director general...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Hinda Jama Hirsi said they have completed a census of foreign nationals in the country. Hinda said in a statement on Tuesday that the International Labor Day celebrated on May 1, said  "The Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs,...

Horndiplomat-Mariam Abdullahi, a WHO logistics officer for polio vaccinations in southern regions of Somalia was looking forward to getting married soon, friends say. She came from Baidoa to Mogadishu to buy items for her upcoming wedding. On Tuesday afternoon gunmen assassinated in Bakara market. The...

As forecasters warn of more heavy rain to come, Kenyans are blaming the government for exacerbating the situation due to water mismanagement. At least 15 people have died and numerous families have been displaced across Kenya following two days of heavy rainfall, according to officials. The...

ADDIS ABABA, May 1 (Reuters) - Ethiopia will take a stake in the Port of Djibouti, its main gateway for trade, under a deal reached between the two countries, state media outlets said on Tuesday. Djibouti had been seeking investors for its port since it...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world’s unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on one side, with Qatar backed by Turkey on the...

Despite Somalia’s protestations, DP World and Somaliland are set to expand Berbera port. Some in the neighbourhood are excited. Others are worried.  Despite officially being banned from operating in Somalia this March, DP World is set to begin a project later this year that could have far-reaching...

On 22 May 2018 the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), in collaboration with MEP Frank Engel, will organize a conference entitled Somaliland - Negotiating Statehood, Perspectives through the 2017 EOM Report. This conference is the fruit of the recent democratic expression of the November 2017...