Water Mission Joins Fight Against Global Spread of COVID-19
Water Mission Joins Fight Against Global Spread of COVID-19
Emergency resources available for developing countries with vulnerable healthcare systems
Charleston, SC – March 16, 2020– In response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Water Mission, a nonprofit Christian engineering organization, is bringing urgently needed safe water and hygiene solutions to under-resourced communities in developing nations. Water Mission is meeting emergency-related water and...
Press Release: Somali NGO community takes the threat posed by COVID-19
This virus does not care if you have already been affected by drought, locust and conflict. It doesn’t care where you live in or if you have access to healthcare. The virus doesn't care, but we must.
The Somali NGO community takes the threat...
Somaliland Closes Borders To Prevent Spread of COVID19
By: Mohamed Duale
Somaliland closes all land borders and halts movements except Food commodities, fuel and Medicine amid fears of COVID-19. Horndiplomat reports
The government of Somaliland also imposed all Airport arrivals will be placed in a compulsory quarantine for 14 days of their expenses.
"We close...
Op-Ed: If The Somali Region Wants To Become A Respected Partner In Any Future Coalition Government In Addis Ababa, It Must Learn From The Lessons Learned
Written by: Awale Shirwa twitter: @Awale11
The aim of this short article is to highlight challenges and opportunities facing the Somali Region (DDS) in this critical juncture. It also tries to support the argument which claims the Somali Region was allocated fraction of the investments...
Ethiopia closes all its borders to prevent COVID-19 spread
By:MoDuale
Ethiopia closed all its borders to prevent the spread of COVID19, state TV quoted Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as saying.
According to Addisstandard, This is besides the 14-day mandatory quarantine for air travelers arriving in Ethiopia effective today. The government has also allocated 5...
Eritrea, Uganda confirm first cases as COVID-19
By:Jama Farah ,Horndiplomat Contributor
Eritrea has confirmed its first coronavirus case, in a traveler arriving from Norway, its information minister said on Saturday.
"The Ministry of Health announced this evening the first confirmed case of a coronavirus patient who arrived at Asmara International Airport from Norway...
Digital Nomads: In Somaliland where 95% of the country has internet
It’s past the close of work on Friday evening when I receive *Richard’s email. It’s a few minutes after we publish Martha’s experience across five African cities.
Richard, a business and tech journalist tells me he would like to share his experience of living in Somaliland...
The Mandera triangle crisis: Somalia and Kenya diplomatic face-off
While the COVID-19 was morphing from an epidemic into a catastrophic global pandemic, captivating the global news, a diplomatic confrontation is unfolding in the horn of Africa between Somalia and Kenya.
On 2 March, fighting between the Somali National Army (SNA) and the regional Jubaland...
UAE to suspend entry for residency visa holders for 2 weeks
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...
Djibouti confirms first case of COVID-19
The Djibouti Ministry of Health (MoH) on Wednesday disclosed it has confirmed its first case of COVID-19.
The ministry said a Spanish national who arrived in the Horn of Africa nation on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19.
“The patient was a member of the Spanish Special...
