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Minister: region is ripe for investment as new government aims to rebuild infrastructure destroyed during years of war A Somaliland government minister is in the UAE to drum up investment for power projects to stabilise the self-declared state’s precarious economy where energy costs are among...

By Mohamed Dualeh Horn Diplomat (Hargeisa) On Nov 28, Somaliland's National Election  Commission (NEC) announced the postponement of parliamentary and local councils scheduled to take place in March 2019. Somaliland opposition parties, UCID and Waddani, criticised  Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and the National Electoral commission for the...

The U.S. ambassador to Somalia Stephen Schwartz has resigned, citing personal reasons, the embassy confirmed Friday. An emailed statement to VOA said the ambassador resigned September 29. It provided no further details. Schwartz was sworn in as the 13th United States ambassador to Somalia in June...

By: Capital Fm Kenyan President William Ruto now says Kenya’s top priority is to help stabilize Somalia stating that it is in the region’s best interest to ensure President Hassan Mohamud’s government succeeds.

BY: NEWYORK TIMES  The promise and perils of America’s counterterrorism campaign were on full display at a remote training base in central Somalia. It was graduation day for 346 recruits who would join...

Horndiplomat-PRAN, a leading food processor and exporter in Bangladesh, on Thursday awarded an importer of Somaliland for his outstanding contributions to popularise PRAN products in the African country. Md Eleash Mridha, director of PRAN Group, handed over the award to Mohamed Omar Abdi, proprietor of...

By: Xinhua Ethiopia received on Tuesday the donation of 520,000 masks and other medical supplies from five Chinese business companies and Dongguan municipal government. The COVID-19 medical supplies donation to Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa city administration which also includes a large number of disinfectants, forehead thermometers and...

The Minister of Finance, Ahmed Shide, today met with a delegation from the European Union (EU). The delegation was led by Acting Director of the European Commission for International Development Cooperation (DEVCO) Mr. Hans STAUSBOLL. Both parties conducted a fruitful discussion on the longstanding cooperation between...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor The Ministry of Health in Djibouti on Thursday announced the country’s first COVID-19 related death. In a press statement, the ministry said the country recorded its first COVID-19 related death, as well as five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. This brings...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — “Welcome to the future of Saudi Arabia,” a Saudi tour guide intoned last week as she led guests into a showroom advertising values not traditionally associated with the kingdom: gender equality, environmental sustainability, and technological innovation. After an IMAX-style introductory video,...