Ethiopia’s PM Dr Abiy Wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea....
Millions of Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha 2017
As two million Muslims wrap up the Hajj pilgrimage, many remember those suffering in conflicts around the world.
Millions of Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday as some two million pilgrims carry out the final rites of the annual Hajj in...
Chinese built railway praised for awvfacilitating transportation, boosting Ethiopia’s trade
By:XINHUA NET
Berhane Haileyesus is excited to board the Chinese built 756 kms Ethiopia-Djibouti electrified rail line even though he has been a regular customer of the rail service ever since it was commissioned in January 2018.
Contracted by two Chinese companies, the first 320 km...
Dr. Hodan Ali: “Somali Women Political Survival Rests in Unity and Solidarity”
By: UNSOM
In 1989, just before the collapse of Siyad Barre’s regime, Dr. Hodan Ali, then a child, left Somalia with her family to settle in Canada.
The family made home in Hamilton, Ontario, where she studied later studied at McMaster University for her Bachelor of...
Somalia’s elections – where the people don’t vote
By Mohamud Ali, BBC News, Nairobi
Most of Somalia's new MPs have been sworn in following a unique election for its parliament - known as the House of the People. But the people did not vote in a poll...
Divers Group Says It’s Building U.A.E. Naval Base in Somaliland
By Nizar Manek
Divers Marine Contracting LLC started construction of a United Arab Emirates naval base in a semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia.
The closely held Sharjah-based engineering group began work on the project after being awarded the $90 million contract in April, Managing Director Abdulla Darwish...
Villa Somalia Instagram Account hacked
By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent
Somalia's presidential palace's official Instagram page was hacked. The hacker posted a video of journalist Mohamud Mohamed Dahir, AKA Mohamud Carab, criticizing Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's role in the outgoing...
Kenya To Host Somaliland Energy and Infrastructure conference
By: BUSIWEEK
Somaliland through its embassy in Nairobi will in November host an Energy and Infrastructure conference in the Kenyan capital.
This is part of Somaliland’s long term mission to woo Kenyan investors in the energy sector to the mineral-rich area that is thirsting for foreign...
Climate change threatens an ancient way of life in Ethiopia
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...
Could Africa be the next ISIS frontier?
By LAEED ZAGHLAMI
Could Africa be the next safe haven for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists fleeing from the Middle East?
The concern emerged at the 10th session of the focal points of African Centre for Research and Study on Terrorism held...
