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President Uhuru Kenyatta says the Jubilee Coalition is ready to campaign again ahead of the presidential election re-run even though he does not agree with the Supreme Court ruling nullifying his election. In an address from State House, President Kenyatta however stated that he will...

Written by Mohammed Dahir Ahmed Horndiplomat-Somaliland is one of the leading markets in mobile banking platforms in Africa. It has been acknowledged by renowned individuals such as Bill Gates of Microsoft and international finance and development institutions as far as its innovation and customer reach...

Colonel Zakia Hussen Ahmed has been promoted to the rank of a brigadier general in the Somali Police Force. She becomes the first woman in the country’s p olice history to attain the rank. Speaking during her installation on Sunday at General Kahiye Police Academy in Mogadishu,...

By Editorial Board Star Tribune Maple Grove students showed how to counter hate. The nation now has as its president-elect a man who came to Minnesota on Nov. 6 and described the growing, contributing Somali-American share of this state’s population as unwanted, and its impact on...

Legal battles are playing out across the United States as opponents of Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations take their fight to court. The order issued last week temporarily bans travel for people from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia,...

The lavish wedding of the daughter of an Indian politician has sparked outrage as millions across the country are in the midst of a cashflow crisis. The five-day wedding of businessman and ex-state minister G Janardhana Reddy's daughter, Brahmani, is estimated to cost about 5bn...

By KEVIN J. KELLEY More by this Author NEW YORk-The head of the United States Africa Command (Africom) has indicated that THE Pentagon will not step up the US combat role in Somalia. Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser told reporters in a conference call that the dozens...

By:Mohamed O. Guudle (PhD) Introduction The past decade has witnessed a complex dance of dialogue and divergence between Somaliland and Somalia. From initial cautious engagement in 2012 to recent high-level meetings facilitated by...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Ambassador to Turkey Ambassador Girma Temesgen met with Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. ( January 10) They discussed on a myriad of bilateral and multilateral issues of mutual interest as well as regional matters of mutual concern. Turkey...

By:Hassan Jama, HornDiplomat Contributor  The fourth trilateral technical dialogue between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the filling and operation of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) begins today (November 5 2019) in Addis Ababa. The meeting sets out to consult on outstanding issues over the filling...