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An abattoir located among herding communities in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region, known more for droughts and famine than business opportunities, is an unusual stop for a U.S. aid administrator. But USAID chief Mark Green stopped at the Jijiga Export Slaughter House (JESH) during a visit...

Qatar and Russia announced the new agreement, which will see closer trade ties, during a visit by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the Gulf Nation on Wednesday. Lavrov made the commitment after a meeting in Doha with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin...

Mogadishu (Hol) - Reports that a rebel commander with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been handed “illegally" over to Ethiopian authorities by Somali government officials has caused a collective uproar by Somali’s both at home and in the diaspora. The reports were confirmed...

Inspire Group is arranging First ever Somaliland Presidential Election Debates 2017 As Somaliland remains a rare example of functioning democracy in the Horn of Africa. Somaliland will have its first ever Presidential Election Debates in 2017, organized by Inspire Group. Somaliland Presidential Election Debates will increasingly...

Hargeisa, Somaliland: A Dubai-based health care group last week reached out to thousands of famine-hit refugees and distributed food in the east-African country of Somaliland ahead of Eid Al Adha. A group of volunteers from Aster DM Healthcare distributed meals in Buraco town, east of...

The Qatar-Gulf crisis is now affecting Africa after Saudi Arabia called on a number of countries, including Somalia, to join its boycott of Qatar. However, not every country is prepared to obey orders from Riyadh. Somalia has maintained good relations with Qatar despite Saudi Arabia, the...

Forbes-Somalia, a failed state in East Africa, has an extremely hostile political and business environment. But its people, the Somalis, are some of the most entrepreneurial people in Africa. Meet five low-key, ultra-wealthy Somali entrepreneurs who founded, own and run businesses with proven annual...

Somaliland National Election Commission (NEC) is performing voter registration process in eastern regions, Sool and Sanaag, where citizens will receive election cards to elect parliament and president. NEC implemented biometric based election system where citizen will be fingerprinted, in order to avoid vote rigging. ...

A top leader of the banned Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been handed down to Ethiopia by Somalia government, sources said. Abdikarim Sheikh Muse, known by his nickname “Qalbi dagah” was captured in the northern town of Adado town, 500km north of the Somali...

All wars by their nature are ragged, and sadly seasoned watchers of the Horn of Africa have had ample proof of this down the years.  What often starts off with reasonably clear objectives ends up being nebulous and opaque. The Greek dramatist Aeschylus (525...