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The visit is the fifth by the Eritrean president to Egypt By Mahmoud al-Husseini, Mahmoud Barakat CAIRO  Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for a two-day visit for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. The two leaders are expected to hold talks about bilateral relations...

BY ABDI GULEDAssociated Press MOGADISHU, SOMALIA-British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has arrived for a surprise visit to Somalia and is holding talks with the country's new president, a Somali presidential aide confirmed Wednesday. The aide insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to...

By:Taiwan Focus Taiwan announced Tuesday that it will donate 150,000 doses of the domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine to Somaliland, as part of its continued assistance to the self-governing East African state in combating the pandemic. The pledge was made after both sides signed an agreement...

EDAM’s latest analysis covers Ankara’s military basing strategy beyond its borders, that currently consists of military bases in Northern Cyprus, Qatar and Somalia, as well as deployments in Iraq and Syria. The report finds that the political-military rationale is different in each case, presenting a...

Kenyans, and East Africans in general, are among the most unhappy people in the world, a United Nations report has revealed.In the report titled the UN World Happiness Report 2018, Kenya is ranked at position 124 out of 156 countries. Kenya is however ahead of...

by Birhanu Fikade ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan media outlets have it well covered recently that Ethiopia is about to overtake Kenya and become the leading economy in East Africa. Building on decade-long double-digit growth catalyzed by enormous government spending on infrastructure, the size...

HORNDIPLOMAT -Somaliland House of Representatives approves the agreement between Somaliland and the DP WORLD on the management and the investment of the strategic port of Berbera.@Horndiplomat Reports. The Somaliland ministerial committee comprising Foreign Affairs Minister Mr.Saad Ali Shire, Ministers of Finance Ms.Zamzam Abdi Aden, Presidency,...

By: SKY NEWS Ramla Ali's historic appearance for Somalia at the Olympic Games ended in a unanimous decision defeat to Claudia Nechita in Tokyo. The 31-year-old became the first boxer ever to represent Somalia at the Olympics, but Ali was unable to progress further in the...

By:United Nations Luuq/Mogadishu – Standing in front of his makeshift home in a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in southern Somalia’s Luuq district, Ahmad Hassan Yarrow looks out towards what remains of the Juba River and shakes his head forlornly.

By ANDREW MBUVA. @andrewsmbuva Two families from Machakos county who lost their relatives in the Kulbiyow attack on January 27 have urged the government to withdraw KDF soldiers from Somalia. Slain soldier Moses Mukie, 52, was buried in Kyaani village, Mwala subcounty, on Saturday. He had...