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Living my dream” are the words that hijab-wearing “influencer” Ruba Zai uses in her bio on Instagram, where she goes by the name HijabHills. It’s an apt statement. Within three years, the 23-year-old has gone from being a little-known Muslim fashion blogger in the Netherlands,...

A program initiated in 2014 for the UAE to pay and train Somali soldiers has been disbanded by the government Somalia disbanded a program by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to pay and train some of its troops as relations soured following the seizure of...

 By:FANABC General Adem Mohammed, Chief of Staff of Ethiopia’s National Defense Forces, met with Chief of Staff of Qatari Armed Forces, Lt-Gen Ghanem bin Shaheen al-Ghanim, in Doha. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral military relations between the two sides. According to the Gulf Times, the two...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland foreign minister Dr Saad Ali Shire explains Somaliland-UAE historical relationship , Dr shire told Alain media in Hargeisa. SOURCE:ALAIN

DUBAI: A senior United Arab Emirates official said on Saturday Turkey's policy towards Arab states was not reasonable and advised it to respect their sovereignty. Relations between the two countries have been strained by Ankara’s support for Qatar after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and...

Mohammed bin Salman tells the Guardian that ultra-conservative state has been ‘not normal’ for past 30 years Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has vowed to return the country to “moderate Islam” and asked for global support to transform the hardline kingdom into an...

By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent Tamim Bin Hamad, Emir of Qatar, appointed Dr Abdullah Salem Nasser Al Holi Al Nuaimi as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Somalia by replacing Ambassador Hassan Hamza Asad Hashem, who assumed...

The Gulf crisis and the scramble for military outposts in the Horn of Africa are exacerbating regional tensions that risk triggering a conflict. In this Q&A, Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa Project Director Rashid Abdi untangles the complex web of relations that tie the...

Ethiopian Ambassador to Qatar, Metasebia Tadesse held a brief session with Qatari Businessmen organized by the Ethiopian Embassy in Doha.( January 18) Ambassador Metasebia appreciated and thanked Qatar Chamber’s efforts to pursue and cooperate with Ethiopia, support business relations, deepen duo communication between business communities...

A leading Somaliland politician says his son, who joined the Islamic State militant group five years ago, was killed in Syria. Faysal Ali Warabe, leader of the UCID party who ran for president of the self-declared republic during the November 13 election, says his son...