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By : East African  What is the genesis of the problem between Somalia and Kenya? It is the territorial dispute over the delimitation of a 100,000 square kilometres territory in the Indian Ocean. Somalia and Kenya are claiming part of the territory off the Indian Ocean. While...

By: Mohamed Duale Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi ‘Farmajo’ arrived in Addis Ababa on Sunday for talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and his delegation this morning and held discussions at the Office of the Prime...

Liverpool claim their sixth European Champions League title with 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur An early goal from Mohamed Salah and a late one from Divock Origi gave Liverpool a 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday's all-English Champions League final as coach Juergen Klopp finally got...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of James Swan of the United States as his Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). He will succeed Nicholas Haysom of South Africa to whom the...

By: KENYANS In the midst of a diplomatic rift between Kenya and Somalia that saw the country bar Somali government officials from entering Kenya last week despite possessing a diplomatic passport, the actions of former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, will only bring more tension. The ODM party chief met with leaders from the autonomous...

By: Muse Abdi On 18 May in every year Somaliland which is self-proclaimed and unrecognized state of Somaliland celebrates its independence from the Somali Republic, which emerges from repel called Somali National Movement (SNM). After the collapsed Siad Barre regime in 1991, Somaliland has developed into...

By: HornDiplomat & BBC Mosques in the Republic of Somaliland have been urged to turn down, or turn off, their loudspeakers for overnight prayers. The director general of the ministry of religious affairs, Aadan Abdillahi Abdalle, told the BBC Somali service that imams and mosque authorities...

Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs,  Gedu Andargachewu held talks with President Ismael Omar Guelleh of Djibouti today (May 28) at the president’s palace. Following a warm welcome coupled with a congratulatory message to Foreign Minister Gedu on his new appointment, President Ismael Omar Guelleh reiterated...

The councillor, whose mother fled to Britain from Somaliland when he and his siblings were children, becomes the first Somali origin politician to be elected to the European Parliament. Magid was one of six MEPs elected for Yorkshire and Humber tonight, with three seats going...

BY: BBC  Ethiopia's foreign ministry has apologised after a map of Africa on its website incorporated neighbouring Somalia within its own borders. "We sincerely regret any confusion and misunderstanding this incident might have caused," the statement said. Somalia had been completely erased from the map, but the...