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Press-Release Taiwan-Somaliland healthcare cooperation is kicking off: For mutual assistances, for mutual benefits and for a better life To enhance the health care cooperation between Taiwan and Somaliland, Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland held a virtual conference on “Maternal and Infant Health Care...

By: Staff writer The Somaliland Football Tournament that opened on 26 October in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, concluded with an exciting match between Maroodijeeh region and Daadmadheedh region. The Daadmadheedh region won the match 2-1, with an estimated crowd of 20,000 people packing Hargeisa Stadium. The...

By:Anadolu Turkey and Somalia plan to further enhance cooperation in media and information, Turkey's envoy to the Horn of Africa country said on Sunday. Ambassador Mehmet Yilmaz met with Osman Obokar Dubbe, the Horn of Africa nation's Minister of information, culture and tourism to discuss cooperation...

BY: REUTERS Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said on Monday it had captured another town in the northern Tigray region after nearly two weeks of fighting in a conflict already spilling into Eritrea and destabilising the wider Horn of Africa. Hundreds have died, at least...

SOURCE: BBC AFRICA Sudan and Egypt over the weekend started joint air exercises, dubbed The Nile Eagles 1, at the Merowe airbase in northern Sudan. The joint drills will continue until 26 November. It's the first of its kind military exercise between the two North Africa neighbours...

By: Staff Writer The U.S. State Department’s top diplomat for Africa on Sunday strongly condemned attacks by Ethiopia’s Tigray region on neighboring Eritrea. “The United States strongly condemns the TPLF’s unjustifiable attacks against Eritrea on November 14 and its efforts to internationalize the conflict in Tigray,”...

By: Associated Press The leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighbouring Eritrea’s capital and is threatening more, marking a huge escalation as the deadly fighting in northern Ethiopia between Tigray forces and the federal government spills across an international border. Tigray...

SOURCE: BLOOMBERG Ethiopian security officials have arrested 14 suspected members of al-Shabaab and ISIS accused of planning terrorist attacks in the capital Addis Ababa and other parts of the country, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp. reported, citing a statement from the National Intelligence and Security Service. The...

BY:swissinfo and Horndiplomat Switzerland has expressed its concern about developments in Ethiopia, calling for a de-escalation of violence and a return to dialogue. It has also advised against travelling to the Tigray region in the northern part of the country. In a statement on Friday, the...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, Demeke Mekonnen, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the state of Israel, Gabi Ashkenazi spoke over the phone yesterday on issues of mutual interest. According to Ethiopia state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC), During the discussion, Demeke briefed...