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Letter written by Kenya MoFA says a recent letter by the UN envoy to Somalia James Swan was not based on “consensus” by the international community. Kenya is demanding that the letter be “withdrawn”. Kenya says Amb Swan only copied Ethiopia and was “selective”...

By:GulfTimes The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met on Monday with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Ali Khayre during Sheikh Mohamed's visit to Somalia. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations...

By: Bloomberg Qatar plans to build a new port in Somalia’s central town of Hobyo, ministers from the two nations said during a visit by a government delegation from the Middle Eastern nation. Construction will begin soon, Somalia’s Minister for Airports Maryan Aweis Jama and the...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland opposition party Waddani withdrew from the agreement reached by the political parties. Horndiplomat reports The leader of Waddani party  Hersi Ali Haji Hassan announced that his party withdrew from the agreement reached by the political parties over the composition of the National Electoral Commission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQVRdDWRWPk&feature=youtu.be Waddani...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat political editor Horndiplomat-Somaliland House of Representatives rejected a bipartisan motion tabled to approve an agreement reached by the political parties over the composition of the NEC. The agreement was signed by the three parties in Somaliland and was submitted to the house...

Horndiplomat- Somalia's Jubbaland Parliament re-elects Sheikh Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman as Speaker ahead of the region’s leadership election. Abdirahman got 55 votes out of the 73-member parliament, his rival Hussein Shiinow Ali received 18 votes.according to Harun Maruf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-VPwBeZBKU The members of the parliament have also unanimously elected...

BY:VOA Analysts warn that tension could rise as a U.N. hearing nears on a Kenyan-Somali territorial argument. Kenya's parliament recently called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to send troops to the Indian Ocean to protect the country's territory from what it calls Somalia's aggression. "In the event that...

By: XINHUANET The African Union and UN have called for peaceful and credible elections in Jubaland, southern Somalia, saying the polls slated for Aug. 24 are critical for the country's stability. Senior representatives from African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the UN reiterated the...

How schools are kept afloat in Somaliland First school Sunshine of Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital city. Free Wind 2014/Shutterstock Tobias Gandrup, University of Antwerp and Kristof Titeca, University of Antwerp In 1991, following a civil war that led to the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic, the northern part...

By: PRWeb Somtel, a leading telecommunications company from East Africa, and Kirusa, a global leader in communication solutions over data networks, today announced the launch of Somtel ReachMe, the first-ever unlimited calling package to Somalia making it easy and affordable for Somalians living abroad to...