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By:XINHUA NET Berhane Haileyesus is excited to board the Chinese built 756 kms Ethiopia-Djibouti electrified rail line even though he has been a regular customer of the rail service ever since it was commissioned in January 2018. Contracted by two Chinese companies, the first 320 km...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Military Officers graduate from Ethiopian Military Academy, Won medals . According to Fana, Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College today graduated 100 senior military officers for the 13th time. About 21 of the graduates are from Djibouti, Somaliland ,Somalia and South Africa. The Prime Minister and...

Aden, Yemen (ANN)-Hamed Jama Hussein (aka حامد جامع) , a cultured intellectual, died in Aden, where he lived and lived the lives of ordinary people as a whole, her subsistence life. He only left for Aden on Monday when he died. He did not leave...

By: Busiweek This is a departure from the Kingdom’s previously long-held position of issuing visas on Somali passports holders and not Somaliland passports. The issuance of the visas to Somalilanders starts with those who will be heading for pilgrimage in Mecca this month. Already, the president of...

By: Hiiraan The Thai government announced this week that about 50 migrants have been detained on the beaches near Bossaso, Bari region. Thailand's foreign ministry spokesman Busadee Santipitaks said Wednesday that Puntland authorities and the federal government have responded positively to a request by their embassy...

By: REUTERS NAIROBI (Reuters) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $98 million financial package for Ethiopia for a road transport corridor project to neighboring Djibouti, it said late on Tuesday. The project’s total cost is $255 million, comprising an AfDB grant of $98...

By: MoDuale Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki today, 6 August, received and held talks with senior Saudi delegation led by Let. Gen. Prince Fahad bin Turki bin Abdulaziz, Commander of the Coalition Forces against Terrorism. The meeting that was held at the State Palace was focused on...

By: Yusuf Hassan, Horndiplomat Correspondent in Mogadishu Horndiplomat- US Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale met today with Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre in Mogadishu, Somalia. According to the US Mission to Somalia, The Under Secretary reaffirmed America’s commitment to assist Somalia with political...

By: Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat political editor  Somali state President Mr.Mustafe Muhummed Omar and Oromia regional Deputy Chief of Administrator Mr.Shinmelis Abdisa have visited development projects in Degehabur, Shimelis was presented with a gift of Camel from President Mustafa. The two regional states held a consultative forum...

By: Mohamed Duale The 2nd Conference on Reconciliation and Strengthening Cooperation in Somali and the Oromo Regional States has kicked off in Jigjiga capital of Somali state of Ethiopia, Sunday. The officials of the two regional states led by Somali state President Mr.Mustafe Muhummed Omar and...