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By: Associated Press The leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighbouring Eritrea’s capital and is threatening more, marking a huge escalation as the deadly fighting in northern Ethiopia between Tigray forces and the federal government spills across an international border. Tigray...

Kenyans using the current generation of passport will not be able to use them once the new e-passport is fully rolled out. Issuance of the current generation ends on September 1, and the electronic passport will be given to applicants onwards. However, holders of the current...

Twitter Press Release By Kayvon Beykpour and Uche Adegbite Twitter’s mission is to serve the public conversation, and it’s essential, for the world and for Twitter, to increase the number of people who feel comfortable participating in it. To do this, we need to make it easier...

  With annual GDP growth of 100% since 2011, Somaliland economic profile is hugely based on the free market economy and livestock export that relies hugely on the stable climatic and political conditions.  Recently, cyclic droughts decreased the number of livestock which excessively led to economic...

By:Daniel Mumbere A major news source on the continent year in and out are elections – especially the presidential polls. 2017 was no different with as many as four elections taking place. With the exception of the Liberian situation which awaits a run-off, the three others...

At least 25 soldiers were killed in weekend fighting between rival Puntland and Galmudug regional forces in the Somali town of Galkayo, military officials on both sides said today. “We have lost 12 men and there are more than 10 wounded,” said Puntland commander Jumale...

Somalis are happier than Kenyans, in spite of having endured war for more than two decades, a new report shows. Ranked at 76 globally in the 2015 World Happiness Report released by the United Nations on Thursday, Somalia is the happiest country in the region,...

The Ethiopian government says it is ready to host the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). Leaders from across the presidents are expected to fly into the country for the two-day summit as...

By: HORNDIPLOMAT & GULF TIMES President Sahle-Work Zewde yesterday received Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar. At the outset of the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed conveyed the greetings of Amir Sheikh Tamim...

Djibouti ended the contract in February with DP World to run its Doraleh Container Terminal. By Hadeel Al Sayegh, Reuters News DUBAI- DP World threatened legal action against Djibouti after the government of the Horn of Africa nation ended a contract this year with the Dubai-owned firm...