Africa

By: Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will train Somaliland security forces as part of a deal to establish a military base in the semi-autonomous region, Somaliland’s president said on Thursday. UAE government officials could not immediately be reached for comment...

By: CAPITALFM  The Horn of Africa region is facing one of its worst droughts in almost a half century with crops failing, livestock dying and children being treated for malnutrition. Worst affected are...

Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed met here today with Mr. António Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration. The Premier’s appreciated IOM’s work and commitment to the orderly and humane management of migration, according to Fitsum Arega, Chief of Staff at the Prime...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Isse Awad have discussed the prospects of building up political and trade cooperation.   MOSCOW- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Isse Awad have discussed the prospects of...

By: Ismail Ahmed When aid agencies push false narratives to make a case for funding, it’s not just accuracy that’s the casualty. It’s the people that suffer, in very real terms. Recently, Save the Children reported that 90% of families in Somaliland and Somalia were no...

Addis Ababa   October 24/2018 The House of Peoples’ Representatives and House of Federation will hold an extraordinary joint session tomorrow to consider a resignation letter from the incumbent Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome. Dr. Mulatu Teshome who has been the fourth President of Ethiopia since 7 October 2013...

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has elected  Dr Edna Adan as its General Assembly president. Apart from being the first citizen of Somaliland, she is also the first woman ever to hold that position.

To say that the Ethiopian economy is cash-dominated would be an understatement. Many hotels and restaurants, particularly those outside the capital Addis Ababa, won’t accept credit card payments. That might be liberating for those tied to their plastic, but it becomes a problem when...

By MICHELLE SHEPHARDNational Security Reporter Once an Al Shabab leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys now lives in legal limbo, a case study in Somalia’s stumbling search for stability. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—A man who has been called everything from a terrorist, a visionary, a clan elder, a religious...

By:GulfTimes The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met on Monday with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Ali Khayre during Sheikh Mohamed's visit to Somalia. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations...