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The Hargeisa International Book Fair (HIBF) concluded Thursday evening, the 27th of July, with a vibrant and jam-packed closing ceremony. This was after an entire week of countless mind-engaging and heart-warming activities and events held throughout the city in ten different locations to mark...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland House of Representatives passes a resolution against Somalia Administration’s interferences in regard to Somaliland airspace and International Agreements. Parliament Resolution Paper   By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief @HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale SOURCE: HORNDIPLOMAT

Mogadishu- Sunday 27 October 2019: Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) welcomed to Mogadishu three journalists working for the privately-owned Hadhwanaag online media who had fled their station in Hargeysa after repeated harassments and threats of imprisonment, as a result of their work, which has...

By: Jama Farah  ,HornDiplomat Contributor Somalia confirmed three more deaths from coronavirus in Mogadishu on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 5, according to the health ministry. A ministry statement said 20 people tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours, taking the...

By: Borkena The Federal High Court ruled that the former head of government of Somali Regional State, Abdi Muhammad Omar (aka Abdi Ille), should defend the case brought against him by the prosecutor, sources said. The court said...

The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, KF, has distributed food baskets to the students of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan School for Orphans in Somaliland. The gesture is in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al...

Security Council Press Statement on Somalia: On 24 January, the members of the Security Council were briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Michael Keating and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ambassador Madeira on the...

By M.A. Egge Somaliland Minister of Defense Abdiqani Mohamud Aateeye said he discussed security and trade cooperation with the Ethiopian Ambassador. Abdiqani who posted a message on his Twitter account on Tuesday said...

Ethiopia’s economy is booming, and despite the country’s current political turmoil, the IMF thinks the good times will last. In 2000, Ethiopia, the second-most populous country in Africa, was the third-poorest country in the world. Its annual GDP per capita was only about $650. More than...

By: CHIMP REPORTS The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Bagiire met and held discussions with Amb. Dr. Avv. Hersi Hagi Olosow; Director-General of Protocol and acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia. The...