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Kenyans started casting their votes Tuesday in an exercise characterized by long queues. Voting started at 6am in most polling stations where voters started trooping in as early as 3am. Kirinyaga gubernatorial candidate Martha Karua was among the first people to cast their vote at Mugumo...

Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi receives Finland’s Ambassador to Kenya and Somalia Ambassador Erik Lundberg. During the meeting, President Bihi and Ambassador Erik Lundberg discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to the continuation of Finish support in health sector, urged further assistance in education...

By: Staff writer European Union praises The resumption of dialogue between Somalia and Somaliland that occurred in Djibouti on 14 June. Horndiplomat reports The following statement was issued today by EU High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell The resumption of dialogue between Somalia and Somaliland that occurred in...

By: MOHAMED DUALE The United Arab Emirates sent a plane of an emergency delivery of humanitarian and medical aid to Somaliland to help towards the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, which today landed in Hargeisa. The Somaliland National Preparedness Committee for COVID19 has thanked the UAE government...

  AT THE Coconut Beach Hotel, which opened last month, new guests are served coconut smoothies when they arrive. The rooms do indeed have a view of the ocean. What betrays where the hotel is, in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia, are the two...

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo renounces his United States citizenship despite Somalia constitution allowing for dual citizenship. According to Senior Journalist Harun Maruf, a statement released by Villa Somalia says legal experts, and nationalities and citizenship authorities from Somalia and US were involved in the...

GENEVA Switzerland on Thursday detained former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko, who is under investigation for crimes against humanity during the regime of ex-president Yahya Jammeh. The arrest and probe come as The Gambia Monday welcomed their new president Adama Barrow, who had fled to Senegal...

By Dominic Omondi Mobile phone operators in Kenya received twice the revenue their counterparts in Rwanda and Uganda did in the three months to June. In a rare glimpse into the sector’s financial muscle, GSM Association (GSMA), a lobby for telecom providers, found that Kenya’s mobile...

By:Harun Maruf Al-Shabab militants have launched what appears to be a forced recruitment campaign in Somalia's southwestern regions of Bay and Bakool, according to Somali officials. The group, which controls large parts of both regions, is pressuring leaders of local villages to make sure teenagers join...

Her hijab in the field is what gets the attention of the spectators, and many including herself wonder: “Who would ever think a black, Somali-born immigrant girl with eight siblings could ref a men’s game in England with a hijab on?” Born in Somalia, Jawahir Roble,...