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By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban   Somalia’s parliament, the House of the People, says the government’s formal handover of a Somali national to neighbouring Ethiopia was illegal. The parliamentary body set up to probe the circumstances surrounding the transfer of Mr. Abdikarin Sheikh Muse of the Ogaden National...

By:Dominic Dudley The dispute between Dubai-based DP World and Djibouti over control of the east African country’s container port looks set to rumble on, after the government said it “does not recognize” a decision by an international arbitration court that DP World’s contract to operate...

By: MoDuale Somaliland members of parliament on Tuesday elected the new speaker and deputy speaker of parliament for a five-year term of office. Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed from Oppposition coalition won in the first round of voting with 41 votes, beating ruling party competitor Yasin Haji Mohamoud...

By:GOAL.COM The Cameroonian midfielder is still only 34 and has been collecting major honours in eastern Africa Former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Alex Song has graced some of the most prestigious leagues in European football, but he is currently basking in becoming a two-time Premier League...

Tom Lyden hammered Ilhan Omar for not answering questions. Now it's Lyden who won't answer Fox 9 muckraker Tom Lyden has been one of the media bloodhounds tracking Ilhan Omar's messy personal history ever since her historic victory in the DFL primary for House District...

Mogadishu, July 20, 2019 -Former South Africa President  Thabo Mbeki leading a high commissioner of the African Union was highly welcomed by the Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Ahmed Hassan Awad, Somalia representative to the UN Secretary-General, James Swan, the African...

By: Staff reporter At least 6 people were killed and 4 others injured in a suicide bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday evening, police and witnesses said. Police said four youths and a child were killed in the attack which occurred at 7:00...

The blossoming of an international partnership for leather bags and social good. On the popular shopping site of Magnolia Market — skyrocketed to fame by the hit HGTV show “Fixer Upper” — a photo of an elegant leather tote hanging on a rustic wooden ladder...

ABIDJAN, March 27 (Reuters) – Djibouti’s port authority is in talks with French shipping company CMA CGM to develop a new $660 million container terminal and hopes to award the concession in July. Aboubakar Omar Hadi, chairman of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority...

By Paul Schemm July 18 at 5:00 AM NARDO CAMP, Ethiopia — Zeinab Taher once roamed through Ethiopia’s arid Somali region tending a vast herd of 350 sheep, goats and cattle with her nine children. Then the autumn rains failed and the grass that fed her...