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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its fourth case of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). In a televised address on Tuesday afternoon, Health minister Mutahi Kagwe said the patient—tested at a private hospital in Nairobi—arrived in the country from London on March 9. He, however, did not reveal the nationality...

Ethiopia has confirmed its 6th case of coronavirus today, bringing the total to six. A 59-year-old UK diplomat, who had arrived in Addis Ababa from Dubai yesterday, has tested positive for the virus, said the Ministry of Health. She is now in an isolation centre for...

By: MoDuale Somaliland on Tuesday closed schools across the country and banned all public gatherings, including sports events, for 4 Weeks. The decision was announced by Somaliland National preparedness committee on Coronavirus. The statement also mentioned the suspend of flights from eight countries such as China,...