Africa

The Republic of Somaliland is a sovereign state in the Horn of Africa sharing its borders with Republic of Djibouti, Federal Republic of Ethiopia and Somalia to the east. The country is known of its mountain ranges rising up to seven thousand feet. The...

Strategically placed at the entrance to the Red Sea, Djibouti is home to more foreign bases than any other country. DJIBOUTI — “World War III will start here.” We had been driving around the streets of this African city for more than an hour, and my...

Diyanet Foundation restored Mogadishu's Sheikh Sufi Imam Hatip High School 6 years ago By Munira Abdelmenan Awel ANKARA  Turkiye Diyanet Foundation (TDV) on Tuesday said the Sheikh Sufi Imam Hatip High School in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, which it restored six years ago, currently hosts 500 students. According to...

Authorities Arbitrarily Shut Down TV, Radio Coverage (Nairobi) – Kenyan authorities stopped news outlets from covering a planned public event by a political opposition leader on January 30, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The Communications Authority of Kenya switched off three television stations and their affiliated radio...

Somaliland looks to be on the verge of enacting a bill that would punish anyone found guilty of a sexual offense. It's not that rape is legal in Somaliland, a self-declared republic that broke away from Somalia in 1991 but is not recognized internationally. The...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Government declares new droughts in several regions affecting 1.7 million people, many need emergency assistance. Authorities cite low rainfall for recurring droughts.Horndiplomat Reports The chairman said  1,755,000 people affected by the drought currently in Somaliland. The chairman of the Disaster Preparedness and Food Storage agency,...

NAIROBI —Thousands of members of Kenya’s opposition party gathered in downtown Nairobi on Tuesday to protest the results of last year’s election, launching what they called a parallel government. The event was purely ceremonial and does not bestow any formal authority on opposition leader Raila...

EXCLUSIVE: Pioneering project in Somaliland delivers first harvest of lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers - all grown using only sea water A ground-breaking project to grow vegetables with seawater has produced its first harvest in Somaliland, green tech start-up Seawater Greenhouse announced today. The UK firm has reaped...

Horndiplomat-In cooperation with the Somaliland Attorney General Office (AGO) and under the umbrella of the Counter Piracy Coordination Office, EUCAP organized and funded the fourth round of a Maritime Legal workshop in Hargeisa, Somaliland from January 28-30. Participants from the Judiciary (judges and prosecutors), Police,...

The new African Union chairperson, Paul Kagame, has said that ‘Free Movement’ for Africans ‘is achievable in 2018’. Free Movement which is part of the African Prosperity Agenda would entail the implementation of continent-wide visa free regimes including issuance of visas at ports of entry...