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All valid holders of UAE residency visas will not be allowed to enter the country for the next two weeks, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The UAE will enforce the suspension from 12 noon today (Thursday) as part of its...

Ethiopian government has taken a 19 percent stake in Somaliland's Port of Berbera. Dubai's state-owned DP World said on Thursday the Ethiopian government had taken a 19 percent stake in Somaliland's Port of Berbera. The port operator said it would retain a 51 percent stake in...

Several African countries have downgraded ties with Qatar, which has wielded influence in the continent since the 1990s   Cairo: Nearly four months on, the Gulf crisis is reshaping alliances in Africa and placing pressure on wavering countries in the continent, analysts have said. In June, Saudi...

By:BLOOMBERG The Red Sea state of Eritrea contracted DP World Ltd. to upgrade its ports as regional peace brings increased business to its shores. Formerly isolated Eritrea is normalizing foreign relations after signing an historic peace deal in July 2018 with neighboring Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous...

An apparent Saudi-led coalition attack on a boat carrying Somali civilians off the coast of Yemen highlights the need for accountability on the second anniversary of the Yemeni armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.Several witnesses reported that on March 16, 2017, a helicopter...

Yemen's ousted leader Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed by Houthi rebels near the capital, Sanaa, a development expected to have major implicationsfor the war in the Arab world's poorest country. The death was first announced on Monday by the Sanaa-based interior ministry, controlled by Saleh's allies-turned-foes, the Houthi...

Horndiplomat-The Ethiopian Premier Dr Abiy Ahmed welcomes HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi . Premier Dr Abiy Ahmed welcomed HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi today (June 15) on EidAlFitr. https://twitter.com/fitsumaregaa/status/1007656481498517504?s=19 https://twitter.com/fitsumaregaa/status/1007633548227088384?s=19 https://twitter.com/fitsumaregaa/status/1007604762882297856?s=19 Mohamed Bin Zayed is...

Somali officials at Bosaso airport insisted that 'heavy bags' be checked, resulting in hours-long row, local media say. Somali officials are said to have stopped a plane from the United Arab Emirates from leaving the country after Emirati military trainers on board refused to hand over their...

Horndiplomat-The President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi,Somali region of Ethiopia Preisdent Mustafa Muhumed Omar and Khalifa Al Qubaisi, Deputy Director General of ADFD inaugurated the 245km road construction linking Berbera port to Ethiopia on Thursday. https://youtu.be/8qlDX5Hxr-I Construction of Berbera corridor was part of a broader deal...

At least 21 people have been killed in an explosion inside a church in the Egyptian Nile delta city of Tanta, local media reported, as state television said another explosion killed 11 in front of a church in Alexandria. The first attack occurred in the...