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Ethiopia’s so far managed to stay neutral and balance its relationships with opposing Gulf partners. But it’s engaged in an unpredictable game. This is the fourth part of The Thin Red Line, an African Arguments series focusing on dynamics around the Red Sea. For the past two...

Somaliland – a country in the horn of Africa – has become a hotspot in oil and gas exploration activities in East Africa. Somaliland’s exciting geological and geopolitical significance has led international oil and gas companies to snap up onshore and offshore exploration licenses...

Garowe 12 August 2018 – Twenty-five law students following a scholarship programme sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with funding from the European Union, were among those receiving Bachelor of Law degrees from Puntland State University this month. Four women were among the...

On 4th August 2018, nine inmates in Hargeisa Prison started a hunger strike. The inmates who have been in jail for cases related to “terrorism” are claiming that their prison terms have ended. The Office of Attorney General claims that the allegation of the...

'A number of pedestrians' injured after the vehicle drove into security barriers outside Houses of Parliament. A man has been arrested after his car crashed into security barriers outside the UK's Houses of Parliament and injured several people. London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement on...

At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions. On Monday, the Oromia regional administration's spokesman Negeri Lencho said heavily armed members of a paramilitary force...

Written by Abdirahman Aideed  Salaams to All respected readers of this Article Majority of the public in Somaliland welcomed and aired their congratulations for the president of Somaliland (H.E. President Muse Behi) for his remarkable decision, August 2018, to recall the national oil storage facilities in...

Addis Ababa, August 13, 2018 (FBC) –Ahmed Shide, Minister of Government Communications Affairs Office (GCAO), has been elected chairperson of the Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP). He was elected unanimously yesterday by members of the Party’s central committee. The central committee, in its three-day meeting,...

By:Dominic Dudley The dispute between Dubai-based DP World and Djibouti over control of the east African country’s container port looks set to rumble on, after the government said it “does not recognize” a decision by an international arbitration court that DP World’s contract to operate...

Horndiplomat-High level delegation from Eritrea led by Foreign minister Osman Saleh and presidential adviser Yemane Gebreab arrived today in Mogadishu, following president Farmaajo 's recent visit to Asmara. the delegation welcomed by Somalia prime minister Hassan Ali Kheire at Mogadishu airport.  The delegation will meet...