Africa

An estimated 19,000 children continue to serve in the ranks of armed forces and groups more than four years after conflict erupted in December 2013 YAMBIO, South Sudan, February 7, 2018/ -- More than 300 children, 87 of them girls, were released by armed groups...

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gave a statement welcoming The Gambia re-joining the Commonwealth LONDON, United Kingdom, February 8, 2018/ -- The Gambia rejoined the Commonwealth on 8 February 2018, after the Commonwealth Secretariat confirmed their application had been approved unanimously by Commonwealth Member States. Foreign Secretary...

President Omar al-Bashir announced on Thursday the establishment of a program with Russia aimed at strengthening Sudan’s military capabilities, reported state media. The purpose of the plan is to develop the Sudanese army so that it can face any threat, said the head of state...

Cairo - Sudan's foreign minister says the country's ambassador to Cairo will return to Egypt "very soon." Ibrahim Ghandour spoke on Thursday, more than a month after Sudan recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultation, at the time signaling deteriorating relations. Ghandour's statements were made during...

Horndiplomat-On 7th February 2018, The President of Somaliland H.E. Muse Bihi Abdi received his office, a high-level delegation led by accompanied by Head of British office in Hargeisa Rosie Tapper, and head of DFID Phil Evans. https://twitter.com/DConcar/status/961683882184708096 The meeting was specifically focused on the enhancement of the...

Mogadishu – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in partnership with the Immigration and Naturalization Directorate of Somalia (IND), hosted a three-month long capacity building exercise, training 71 migration officials to enhance client service delivery and operations at the Mogadishu International Airport (MIA). The training included...

Minister: region is ripe for investment as new government aims to rebuild infrastructure destroyed during years of war A Somaliland government minister is in the UAE to drum up investment for power projects to stabilise the self-declared state’s precarious economy where energy costs are among...

President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has spoken out for the first time about the rendition of former ONLF commander, Colonel Abdikarim Musa Qalbi-Dhagah. Qalbi Dhagah was handed over to Ethiopia on August 28, 2017, following a raid by Somali force on his hotel in Galkayo, central...

Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland have issued a religious fatwa banning the practice of female genital mutilation and vowed to punish violators. The fatwa by the Ministry of Religious Affairs allows FGM victims to receive compensation. It does not say whether the compensation...

The workshop brings together twenty two alumni of U.S.-government sponsored exchange programs from Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, and Tanzania ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 7, 2018/ -- U.S. Ambassador Michael Raynor officially opened a three-day regional U.S. Alumni Global Health workshop on February 6, 2018 at...