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Democrat Joe Biden elected 46th president of the United States

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to supporters, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya
By: Associated Press Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil. His victory came after more than three...

Africa is not immune from secessionist sentiment

It is a minor miracle that countries have kept to their borders as resentments simmer DAVID PILLING A remarkable thing about Africa is just how stable its borders have been. Unlike Europe, where frontier-altering wars raged for centuries, where Yugoslavia shattered into pieces just a generation...

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister arrives in Somalia for talks

Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister arrives in Somalia for talks
By:MoDuale MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, who is Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister, arrived in Mogadishu on Sunday morning. She is expected to meet her counterpart Mohamed Abdirizak, Prime Minister Hussein Roble, and later hold talks with President Mohamed Farmaajo. Somalia Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak confirms on Twitter the meeting between...

Somaliland VP Returns US$6.7 Million to Traders Who Lost in the Waaheen Market Fire

Somaliland VP Returns US$6.7 Million to Traders Who Lost in the Waaheen Market Fire
By:Horntribune the Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Abdullahi Ismail ‘Zeyli’i’, apportioned US$ 6,766,418 to traders made destitute by the Waaheen market fire of Hargeisa on 1 April 2022. This is the second round...

Qatari emir not attending Arab summit in Saudi Arabia

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Qatar will not be represented by a senior official at an Arab summit taking place in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, in a sign that a nearly year-old dispute between Gulf Arab neighbours is still a long way from being...

International Day of Education: Protecting COVID-19 Steals the FULL FUTURE of Generations

International Day of Education
By: Abdiaziz Ali Hussein The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. The celebration of this day is coming this year while the world witnessed the very pandemic...

Somalia Sends First Non-runner to Tokyo Olympics

By:VOA Somalia is sending two athletes to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, and they include the country’s first non-runner — female boxer Ramla Ali. The Somali Olympic team officially departed for the Tokyo Games on Friday, after President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo bid them farewell. The head of...

Op-Ed: APPRECIATION NOTE with regard to Somaliland’s recognition, endorsed by Birmingham City Council 

Birmingham City leaders join calls for UK to recognize Somaliland
To:  Birmingham City Council, Birmingham, B1 1BB 10th July 2019 Re:  APPRECIATION NOTE with regard to Somaliland’s recognition, endorsed by Birmingham City Council on Monday 8th   July 2019.   I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and congratulations to The Lord Mayor of Birmingham City Councillor Mohammed Azim and the...

Breaking Ethiopia’s PM offers resignation to help reforms after mass unrest

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday he had submitted his resignation as both premier and the chairman of the ruling coalition in an effort to facilitate reforms following a period of mass unrest. Hundreds of people have died in...

Kenya: ‘Valiant lady’ Amina will serve Africa in AU job,Uhuru tells envoys

President Uhuru Kenyatta extolled Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed as he hosted African diplomats at State House on Thursday evening. “You are getting a servant who will work for each and every one of us and who will work for the peace, stability and prosperity...