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Turkey is determined to strengthen its cooperation with African countries and regional organizations on the continent, said the Turkish foreign minister on July 20, visiting the West African country of Togo. In a joint press conference alongside his Togolese counterpart Robert Dussey in the capital Lome, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stressed...

 By:FANABC General Adem Mohammed, Chief of Staff of Ethiopia’s National Defense Forces, met with Chief of Staff of Qatari Armed Forces, Lt-Gen Ghanem bin Shaheen al-Ghanim, in Doha. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral military relations between the two sides. According to the Gulf Times, the two...

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A YOUTH POLICY FOR SOMALILAND Type of Contract: MIDA(2 individual expert) Duration of contract: Two and Half Months Date of Issue: 30th September 2016 Closing Date: 14th October 2016 Organizational Unit: IOM Somalia in collaboration with UNFPA Somalia. 1. Background Somaliland is one of the youngest countries in...

By: BBC AFRICA US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to allow targeted sanctions to be imposed against individuals and groups perpetrating violence and impeding humanitarian aid in Ethiopia. No individuals or entities were named. But it is the strongest warning yet from the US...

Roughly one year ago, Denise Wallace, executive co-director of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, received a phone call from 19-year-old Halima Aden asking if she could compete in the contest wearing her hijab. “Her photo popped up and I remember distinctly going, ‘Wow, she is...

Türkiye Diyanet Foundation donated 34,000 sheep to Ethiopia as hundreds of thousands of Muslims converged at the national stadium and nearby Meskel Square in capital Addis Ababa to celebrate Eid al-Adha or the “Feast of Sacrifice.” Türkiye Diyanet Foundation’s Africa representative Yüksel Sezgin said the Turkish humanitarian organization had distributed the sheep among the poor...

Will the appointment of a new Ethiopian prime minister only act to save the ruling party, or usher in deeper reform? by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Hailemariam Desalegn's snap resignation as Ethiopia's prime minister last week set off a dramatic chain of events in a country that has seen mass,...

On Sunday 27th January, it was decided by the CONIFA Executive Committee that the 2020 CONIFA SportsBet.io World Football Cup will be hosted by Somaliland. Somaliland is an independent state in the Horn of Africa, which is not recognised by any other country. It declared sovereignty in 1991. https://twitter.com/CONIFAOfficial/status/1089772397807525890 The...

The U.S. military said Monday it carried out a drone strike in Somalia that killed a member of the al-Shabab extremist group, while a Somali intelligence official said an al-Shabab leader was targeted but it was not clear whether he had been killed. A statement...

By:Abdirashid Abdi Jama Africa's potential as a growth market for business, military and Economically remains both underestimated and misunderstood as does the potential for business to play a transformative role in solving the continent's biggest challenge. Diplomatic  Chinese activities in Africa may grab the most headlines, but...