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Somaliland President Pardons 14 Prisoners of war captured from Puntland

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi
Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has pardoned 14 prisoners of war captured from Puntland.-Horndiplomat reports "Considering the Regional Peace and Security, I have granted a Presidential Pardon to all 14 Puntland Prisoners of War captured by Somaliland National Army during Tukaraq conflict. "President Muse Bihi...

Somalia is taking measures to reduce contact with Kenya amid an ongoing diplomatic row

Relations between Kenya and Somalia has soured in the recent months amid the expected outcome of the maritime verdict at the ICJ. Photo: PSCU
By:Goobjoog News Somalia is taking measures to reduce contact with Kenya amid an ongoing diplomatic row heightened by the move mid this month by authorities in Nairobi to deny entry top government officials. The Ministry of Health Saturday notified aid partners in Nairobi to change venues...

Former Head of Jail Ogaden arrested in Somalia and transferred to Ethiopia

Breaking Former Head of Jail Ogaden arrested in Somalia and transferred to Ethiopia
Horndiplomat- Former head of notorious prison, Jail Ogaden, Hasan Ismael Ibraahim commonly known as Haasan Deere has been arrested at the border town of Goldegob (bordering Somalia), sources told the BBC. He is transferred to Ethiopia and by now on his way to Jigjiga. Hassan, who...

Eritrea Celebrates the 28th anniversary of Independence

Eritrea Celebrates the 28th anniversary of Independence
By: Mohamed Duale  The Eritrean people welcomed the 28th Independence Day anniversary, with enthusiasm under the theme “Resilience for Higher Progress”. Tens of thousands of Eritrean nationals has marked the eve of Independence Day anniversary with patriotic zeal with street dances accompanied with fireworks and with...

New Islington Mayor, Rakhia Ismail, is the UK’s first Somali-born woman Mayor

Councillor Rakhia Ismail has been chosen as Islington's Mayor for 2019 - 20 at Islington's Annual Council meeting (Thursday 16th May).
By: Islington Media Councillor Rakhia Ismail has been chosen as Islington's Mayor for 2019 - 20 at Islington's Annual Council meeting (Thursday 16th May).   The Holloway ward councillor is the first Somali-born woman to hold the position of Mayor in the UK. Her husband, Yassin, will...

BREAKING British PM Theresa May announces resignation

Theresa May announces her resignationGetty
By: The Guardian  Prime minister to leave Downing Street, drawing three-year tenure to a close Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to a...

Three in four children in Puntland face acute food shortages, warns Save the Children  

GAROWE, PUNTLAND 23 May 2019: Just one in four children in Puntland, Somalia, have access to sufficient food, a new assessment by Save the Children reveals today. These children are far more likely to succumb to the impact of yet another drought which is...

Somaliland Delegation Meets with former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga

Somaliland Delegation Meets with former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga
Somaliland political parties leaders and  Junet of Kenya National Parliament met with former Kenyan Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Amollo Odinga at his offices in Capital Hill Square, Nairobi. During the meeting, Somaliland delegation and former Kenyan Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Amollo Odinga discussed...

Somalia Govt response to Kenya’s decision to deny visas for Somali officials

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, during his inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu
Horndiplomat-Somalia Government says recent actions by Kenya to detain MPs and members of the cabinet, confiscate their passports, as well as a separate measure to institute mandatory stopover for direct flights from Mogadishu “contravene the neighbourly bond” between Somalia and Kenya - statement The following...

Somalia FM,Turkish Ambassador emphasize the strength of relations between the two countries

On Monday, May 20, Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Amb Ahmed Isse Awad Received at his office Turkey Ambassador to Somalia, Amb. Mehmet Yilmaz. During the meeting, Minister Awad praised Turkey's historic positions and its standing with the Somali people, who highly...