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By:Rageh Omaar  INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EDITOR Somaliland is a country which doesn’t officially exist. It broke away from the rest of Somalia after a bitter civil war in 1991, a conflict which plunged the rest of Somalia into violent conflict and instability and a war with the...

NAIROBI, September 14, 2021 — Somalia’s economy is rebounding from the “triple shock” that ravaged the country in 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme flooding, and the locust infestation. Real GDP growth is projected at 2.4 percent in 2021. This growth momentum is expected to...

Horndiplomat-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received President of Djibouti Ismaïl Omar Guelleh in Jeddah on Monday. They discussed a number of regional and international issues and ways to further strengthen bilateral ties. — SPA reports Meanwhile, The Saudi's crown Prince Mohamed Bin...

Horndiplomat-Ambassador Iqbal Jhazbhay, Former South African Ambassador to Eritrea. Professor at the University of South Africa. Director, Board of the Institute for Global Dialogue. Author. https://soundcloud.com/ubunturadioza/how-ethiopia-and-eritrea-achieve-peace-after-20-years-comments-by-ambassador-igbal-jhazbhay   SOURCE: UBUNTURADIOZA

Horndiplomat-Former president to visit country with aid agencies to see response to food crisis Mon, Jul 4, 2016, 01:00 Ruadhán Mac Cormaic UN special envoy for climate change Mary Robinson will meet representatives of the Ethiopian government and visit areas affected by El Niño. Photograph: Dara Mac...

By:Middleast Monitor Sudan and Ethiopia agreed on Friday to establish a joint oil pipeline, to serve the two countries. This came during a meeting held by Sudanese Minister of Energy and Mining Adel Mohamed Ibrahim, with his Ethiopian counterpart, Seleshi Bekele, in the capital Addis Ababa,...

PRESS-RELEASE IGAD welcomes the Somali leader's consensus to proscribe extension of mandate of the Executive and Parliament. IGAD reiterates the centrality of constructive and inclusive dialogue as an essential prerequisite for a comprehensive settlement of all outstanding issues. To this end, IGAD calls upon all stakeholders to move...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Hirut Zemene met with Mbagnick Ndiaye, Minister of African Integration, NEPAD, and Francophonie of the Republic of Senegal, on the sidelines of the 11th Assembly of the AU on today (18 November 18), during which, the two sides have agreed to...

By: Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday received the UAE’s National Security Adviser Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan. During the meeting, bilateral and regional developments were discussed, said a statement by Turkey’s Communications Directorate. They also discussed UAE’s investments in Turkey, the statement added. *Writing...

By: Hassan Jama, horndiplomat contributor Thousands of protesters have marched through Somaliland's second capital Buroa, calling for a boycott of French products as anger over President Emmanuel Macron’s defence of cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad mounts in the Muslim world. the protesters burned the French flag, chanted...