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Al-Shabab Claims The Twin Explosions in Galkacyo Town in Central Somalia

Horndiplomat-The Local government headquarters and emergency responders targeted in Galkayo, leaving at least 13 people dead. On Sunday Twin terrorist bomb attacks are reported to have taken place in Galkacyo town in Mudug region of central Somalia. The first vehicle explosion on Sunday targeted the local...

Somaliland:The chewing Of Khat In Horn of Africa

It is estimated that 90% of Somaliland’s adult male population – and about 20% of women – chew khat for mirqaan, the Somali word for the buzz it can give. In 2014, khat sales generated 20 per cent of the government’s $152m budget, according...

Uganda: MPs to get Sh150m (U.S.$44,500) each to buy new vehicles

This is a Africa Reports:-August 18, 2016 — Barely three weeks after it emerged that Uganda invested U.S.$88,000 in a “porn-detection machine”, news which riled many Ugandans, the country is making headline again for a controversial plan to pay members of parliament (MPs) Sh150m...

25 years on, Somaliland struggles for recognition

Twenty-five years after declaring its independence, Somaliland has everything a country would require: An elected government, an army, its own currency and a flag. But it's still not recognized internationally. "It's been a strategic decision by international actors and the African Union which is trying to...

KENYA’S RAILA ODINGA ON WHY 2017 WILL BE HIS YEAR

BY CONOR GAFFEY Kenya’s establishment as an independent nation, free from British sovereignty, was dominated by two nascent political dynasties. Jomo Kenyatta, affectionately remembered as the father of the East African nation, spearheaded a long campaign for independence, eventually becomingKenya’s first post-independence president in 1964. In...

For 3 Days, Books Replace Blasts in Somali Capital

The capital of Somalia is one of the most dangerous cities in the world, but this week fear of blasts has been overcome by a love for books. Organizers say about 2,000 people turned out on the first day of the Mogadishu Book Fair to...

Rwanda: ‘Indoro’ Video Hits One Million Views Super Record

Charly & Nina are now smiling all the way to the bank and to various shows as their music video of 'Indoro' hits record views of over one million now. In history, it becomes the first local track to hit a million of views...

Zimbabwean Singer Soul Jah Love Injured in Car Accident

By Tawanda Marwizi Dancehall musician Soul Musaka, popularly known as Soul Jah Love, was involved in a car accident in Gweru yesterday. The musician was travelling with his band to Victoria Falls for a gig. Four people, including the "Hove Huru" hitmaker were seriously injured and...

Moving 500 elephants – Africa’s elephant population is under threat from poaching and habitat loss

Horndiplomt-(CNN)In the Liwonde Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, the elephant population is struggling to survive. The growing local human population is edging ever closer to their reserve, sometimes entering it to poach bushmeat or fish, or using the land to grow crops. On the elephants' side of...

PRAN honours Somaliland importer

Horndiplomat-PRAN, a leading food processor and exporter in Bangladesh, on Thursday awarded an importer of Somaliland for his outstanding contributions to popularise PRAN products in the African country. Md Eleash Mridha, director of PRAN Group, handed over the award to Mohamed Omar Abdi, proprietor of...