Africa

Horndiplomat-Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs official accused Somaliland on the continuous terror attacks in Mogadishu. Ali Abdi Hoshow, the head of the Press & Public Relations at the Ministry said on his official tweet that Somaliland is behind the terror attacks in Mogadishu citing...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with VOA AFRICA ETHIOPIA-Federal security forces in Ethiopia on Thursday opened fire on residents in a town located in Oromia region and in the process killed four people, American broadcaster VOA’s Horn of Africa service has reported. The incident took place in...

MOGADISHU, Somalia—The death toll from a truck bomb in Somalia’s capital has risen to 53, security and medical sources said Sunday. More than 60 others were injured, authorities said, as hospitals struggled to cope with the high number of casualties. Some residents of the city called...

By Dawit Endeshaw An Ethiopian national recently displaced from Somaliland has been identified as the suspect behind an arson attack on the Offices of the Representative of Somaliland in Addis Ababa, police has revealed. The incident occurred October 8, 2017 between 8pm and 9pm, damaging the...

Somalia’s al Shabaab militants took over a town close to the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, officials said, after government troops withdrew from the area. Bariire, in Lower Shabelle, is about 50 km (30 miles) from Mogadishu. In late August 10 Somalis - including three children...

Police in western Kenya shot dead two opposition protesters who allegedly threw rocks at a police station, while officers used tear gas on rallies in the capital and elsewhere demanding reforms ahead of a looming presidential vote re-run. In the town of Bondo, the rural...

  Under the shadow of that threat, one aid group is making a difference for the many Somalis who have lost loved ones and their homes. When it struck in 2011, the Turkish Red Crescent was among the first international aid groups to help. And it...

Nairobi, October 10, 2017--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the conviction and sentencing of Somaliland journalist Mohamed Adan Dirir during a one-day trial held without the journalist's lawyer. A regional court in Hargeisa sentenced Mohamed on October 8 to 18 months in jail on...

Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission has released the total number of registered Voters with Identification Cards to vote in the upcoming November election. The data which was released at a news conference Tuesday put the total number of registered and eligible voters in Somaliland at 704,089. Speaking...

International Debates -Inspire Group (IG) is organizing and hosting the first ever Somaliland Presidential Election Debate (SPED). The Debate is a platform that will provide the best possible information to voters - hopefully enabling them to better evaluate the standing candidates of Somaliland’s Presidential...