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Turkish president hails dialogue with Iran on region

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani join Iran-Turkey High Level Strategy Cooperation Council discussions via video conference photo credit Turkish presidency
By: ANADOLU AGENCY The president of Turkey on Tuesday praised his country's dialogue with Iran to find possible solutions to problems in their shared region. "Dialogue between Turkey and Iran has played a determinant role in resolving many regional problems," said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking at...

Somaliland to open its representative office in Taiwan Wednesday

Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (right) with Somaliland representative Mohammed Omar Hagi Mohamoud (Twitter, MOFA photo) 
 The self-declared East African nation of Somaliland will open its representative office in Taipei on Wednesday (Sept. 9), starting a new chapter in relations between Taiwan and Africa. While neither side has yet agreed to move on to the next stage and open full diplomatic...

Trafigura to invest in improving Berbera Oil Terminal to become a regional supply hub

Trafigura to invest in improving Berbera Oil Terminal to become a regional supply hub
Press release Geneva, 7 September 2020 – Trafigura Group Pte Ltd. (“Trafigura”), a market leader in the global commodities industry, has this week delivered a first shipment of low sulphur gasoil to the Port of Berbera, following the signing of a milestone storage agreement earlier...

Sudan: Lt. Gen. Al-Burhan Arrives in Asmara for visit

By: MoDuale The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, arrived in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea on Monday morning in an official one-day visit. According to the Yemane G. Meskel Eritrea Minister of Information, The President of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Gen. Abdul...

Somalia election: Old rivals unite to fight Farmaajo

Somalia President MohamedFarmaajo(centre) with his predecessors Sharif Sheikh Ahmed(right) and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) during his inauguration. Photo credit: File
By: DAILY NATION In Somalia’s political scene, the revolving door is brutal and not even presidents can be safe. Every sort of election held in and out of Somalia since the fall of Siad Barre has often produced a new leader, their legitimacy notwithstanding. In modern times,...

Somaliland: Allegations of propagation of Christianity are malicious, says Minister of Religious affairs

Minister of Religious Affairs Sheikh Khalil Abdillahi Ahmed.
By M.A. Egge Somaliland has vehemently denied that there is the propagation of Christianity in the country. The Ministry of Religion and Endowment lamented that he has been asked from within and without on the allegations that churches have been set up in the country and...

China-Taiwan Competition over Somaliland and Implications for Small Countries

China and Taiwan flag print screen on pawn chess with black background. Now both countries have economic and patriotic conflict.
Over the past two months, the very public rivalry between China and Taiwan has moved into the Horn of Africa over-representation in unrecognized Somaliland. On July 1, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had signed a deal with Somaliland to establish reciprocal representative...

Danish NGO, FairFishing To Set Up Production Plant In Somaliland

Danish NGO, FairFishing To Set Up Production Plant In Somaliland
A former Danish minister and a Non Governmental Organisation operating in the Horn of Africa are planning to set up a fish production plant in Somaliland. Christian Friis Bach who served as the minister for development cooperation in Denmark says Somaliland has a great potential...

Somalia Acting PM Meets With Turkish Ambassador

Somalia Acting PM Meets With Turkish Ambassador
By: MoDuale The acting prime minister of the Federal government of Somalia, Mahdi Mohamed Gulled (khadar) received on Monday at his office in Mogadishu, the Ambassador of Turkey in Somalia, Mehmet Yilmaz. During the meeting, The two sides have discussed with him the strengthening of bilateral...

Qatar Airways resumes flights to Mogadishu, Somalia

Qatar Airways resumes flights to Mogadishu
By:The Peninsula Qatar Airways has announced the resumption of three-weekly flights to Mogadishu, Somalia from September 6, 2020. Service to the capital city of Somalia will be operated by an Airbus A320 featuring 12 seats in Business class and 120 seats in Economy class. The airline will...