Africa

Suhayb Abdirahman, 12, works as a porter in Gobanimo market in Hargeisa. He works more than 12 hours a day ferrying goods weighing up to 40 kg for customers on his handcart. He takes around $5 home with him. The family lives around four kilometres...

Horndiplomat- Turkish Airlines officially launches first commercial flights to Somaliland Soon ,according to Turkish consul Ali Noyan met with Foreign minister. On Thursday,The Turkish Consulate in Hargeisa Amb.Ali Noyan meets with Somaliland foreign minister Dr.Saad Ali shire at Ministry of foreign affairs office the sides discussed...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan and Qatar will sign a $4 billion agreement to jointly develop the Red Sea port of Suakin off Sudan’s coast, Sudanese media quoted Transport Minister Makawi Mohamed Awad as saying. Awad made the announcement during a visit by Qatari officials to...

Move is in retaliation for wave of ejections of Russian officials after alleged poisoning on ex-spy and daughter. Russia has expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries as the dispute over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Britain worsens. The move on Friday was...

Written by Evgeny Satanovsky; Originally appeared at VPK, translated by AlexD exclusively for SouthFront In considering the situation in the Middle East, including the African part of the region, attention should be drawn not only to the external forces but also to the processes of the local elites, as demonstrated...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Dr Sa'ad Ali Shire met with Turkish consular to Somaliland Ali Niyon at his office the meeting was discussed a key important issues between the two countries. The Turkish counsular underlined how Turkish government is committed to...

  For nearly three decades, since the disintegration of the former Somali central government in 1991, Somalia has exemplified the deficiency of statelessness and lawlessness. The previous governments of Somalia as well as the current administration have entirely failed to create and develop a rules-based...

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (known as Farmajo) was elected Somalia's president by parliament on 8 February 2017. During the campaign he promised to renew the fight against corruption and suggested that he would be open to talks with al-Shabaab. He came into office with a...

Lawyer Miguna Miguna has been deported, again, despite a court order directing the government to release him from detention at Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi. The fiery lawyer and National Super Alliance (Nasa) activist was ejected on Wednesday evening after spending more than 72 hours in a tiny room...

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, March 28 -- The day after Somalia in the UN Security Council complained of Somaliland engagement with the United Arab Emirates, Inner City Press asked UN Spokesman Farhan Haq for the UN's position. He said it is a bilateral...