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By M.A. Egge The powerful Upper House of bicameral parliament, the GUURTI, has averred that the expected forthcoming general elections recently re-scheduled by nine months as to be held by December 2019 will again not have its holding in time feasible. This was divulged to the...

BY:NEWS AGENCIES Survivors say traditional Donzo hunters carried out the deadly raid in Ogossagou early on Saturday. More than 130 people were killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali on Saturday, the United Nations has said, as a delegation visited the country. Survivors accused traditional Donzo hunters...

BY:HOL Mogadishu-The Somali government has recalled its ambassador to UN Human Rights Council on Friday, barely a day after Somalia abstained to vote on a resolution condemning the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights. Ambassador Faduma Abdullahi Mohamed was summoned to Mogadishu by the Somali Foreign...

BY:REUTERS MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia’s al Shabaab stormed a government building on Saturday, detonating a suicide car bomb in the heart of the capital Mogadishu with at least 15 people, including an assistant minister, killed during the ensuing gun battle. In the latest bombing claimed by...

BY:REUTERS Al-Shabab fighters stormed a Somali government building in Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least four people in a suicide car bomb attack and an ensuing gunfight. A large explosion shook the centre of the Somali capital in the latest bombing by the group, which is fighting...

A report by the Heritage Institute of Policy  Studies (HIPS) has painted a grim picture of President Mohamed Abdualhi Farmajo performance, two years of his term. In a study examining the performance of the current government, the institute says the government has effectively used traditional...

Horndiplomat-The local media reports the Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohamed arrives Mogadishu on Friday after his visit to Somaliland last week. The Eritrean Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel has told the Horn Diplomat, denies minister Saleh visit to Mogadishu on yesterday. "Foreign Minister is currently...

By Michael Rubin, Washington Examiner Over at The American Conservative, Michael Horton highlights Somaliland as “a success story without billions and bombs.” He writes: "The autonomous but unrecognized Republic of Somaliland has also eradicated piracy from its shores and thwarted the jihadist group al-Shabaab’s expansion within...

The House of People’s Representatives ratified the agreement to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) today (March 21). The AfCFTA aims to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of business persons and investments, and pave the way...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed arrived in Abu Dhabi, the UAE today (March 20) for an official working visit. The Premier has led a high-level Ethiopian delegation, including Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Hirut Zemene. Upon arrival, the Premier was warmly welcomed by...