Africa

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s prime minister-elect Abiye Ahmed will be sworn in on Monday, its parliament said, after the ruling coalition chose him to succeed Hailemariam Desalegn as its chairperson. The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition on Tuesday voted in the 42-year-old,...

Khartoum, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Sudan announced that an economic coalition will be created among the countries of the Horn of Africa during a summit of its member countries on April 12th. The summit will be held in this capital city...

The Chinese investors who have placed their fingerprints on the  railways, roads , manufacturing , and the Turkish and Indian  investors in textiles and the coming of European and American  businesspeople to work in industry is a  good witness  to show that much has...

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...