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By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive The U.S. government has revoked the U.S. citizenship of the former imam of Portland’s largest mosque after he arrived in Somaliland last week. Mohamed Sheikh Abdirahman Kariye is on the government’s no-fly list, but the government arranged for him to travel...

Horndiplomat-High-level delegation from Egypt led by Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Hamdi Sanad Loza arrives in Hargeisa on Monday. Hamdi Sanad and his delegation were received by Somaliland deputy Minister of Foreign Abdulkadir Omer Jama at Eggal Airport. Loza's visit to Somaliland comes as...

Horndiplomat-Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Hargeisa this Afternoon on an official visit to Somaliland, On Sunday Afternoon on invitation from the Somaliland President. Upon arrival, he was received by Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail Saili Vice President of Somaliland. The President of the Republic of Somaliland Muse...

Horndiplomat-Human Rights Centre expresses concern over forceful eviction by the presidency . The following statement was issued today by the Human Rights Centre.  Human Rights Centre (HRC) is concerned a forceful eviction of families driven out of the land “allocated” by the government for building a...

Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gedu Andargachew welcomed Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mahdi Mohamed Guled to Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa , which is being held in Bahr Dar (May 4-5). This Year’s theme of Tana Forum is Political Dynamics in the Horn...

By:The Hindu First part of joint exercise, named Varuna, already under way off Goa End of this month, India and France will hold anti-submarine warfare games off Djibouti coast near the Horn of Africa, as part of the 17th edition of the bilateral Varuna exercise series...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi received in his office Saudi ambassador to Somalia Mohammed Abdi Khayat. President Bihi and ambassador Mohamed Khayat discussed how Saudi Arabia would assist Somaliland in the areas of economy, investment, lifting the ban on Somaliland livestock export and ways to...

Horndiplomat- Majority of Somaliland parlaiment has opposed the State of emergency on Sanaag Region. At a joint session of the Somaliland bicameral parliament, today, the House opposed to approve a State of Emergency Bill which Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi, submitted them for ratification. Out of...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) awarded Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Prize for Peace for his commendable work in pursuit of peace. The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Prize for Peace has awarded more than 20 world figures since 1991. The awards...

Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Gedu Andargachew, today (May 02) received Mr. Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, in which both sides pledged to deepen ties based on a long tradition of cooperation. Minister Gedu Andargachew appreciated...