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The TV journalist on a happy childhood in Mogadishu, his first taste of a British boarding school, and the first, unbelievable taste of fatherhood Our family home in Mogadishu was in an area lined with trees, very green and the sun was always shining. I...

  Internet access across Ethiopia has been blocked to prevent national exam papers leaking online, a government spokesman has claimed. "The shutdown is aimed at preventing a repeat of leaks that occurred last year," Mohammed Seid at the Office for Government Communications Affairs, told the Reuters...

Finance Ministers of Djibouti, Ethiopia Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan hold a meeting to discuss the progress of the Horn of Africa Initiative (HoAI) in areas such as trade and energy as well as to develop a regional digital eco-system. The Finance Ministers in Djibouti were...

Muse Bihi Abdi says Somalia "overstepped the line" by criticising Ethiopia agreement The president of the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland issued a fresh condemnation of Somalia’s government’s “senseless hostility” to its tripartite agreement with Ethiopia and Dubai-based port operator DP World on the development of Berbera...

Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed meets with the leaders of Afar and Somali regional states to discuss security-related issues - reports state-affiliated media. The meeting comes amid deadly clashes over border areas between Afar and Somali regions. October 14/2019 – Armed men killed at least 16 people...

By:Oliver Jarvis The Ethiopian Space Science Society (ESSS) on Tuesday announced that it is developing a plan to launch its first ever research satellite into space. Set to be launched into orbit in three to five years, the satellite is aimed to better develop the country’s weather-monitoring capabilities,...

Horndiplomat-Rumours:John Bolton to be named Secretary of State. https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/798249519628558336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw About John Bolton John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republicanadministrations. Bolton served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 until December 2006...

Horndiplomat-Masdar to provide technical advisory services and explore renewable energy solutions for DP World’s ports and free zones in the Middle East and Africa Global trade enabler DP World and Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore...

The emails allegedly stolen from the inbox of the Yousef Al- Otaiba, the United Arab Emirates' ambassador to the United States, revealed on Saturday the close relationship between al-Otaiba and a pro-Israel, neo-conservative think tank the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). The Intercept reported...

Value Added Tax (VAT) has been introduced in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the first time. The 5% levy is being applied to the majority of goods and services. Gulf states have long attracted foreign workers with the promise of tax-free living. But governments...