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Ethiopia has declared an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea, also known as AWD, in the country's Somali region, where people are already struggling to cope with a persistent drought. Dr. Akpaka Kalu, the World Health Organization representative to Ethiopia, told VOA on Friday that 16,000...

Horndiplomat-The Uk's Member of Parliament Lord Luce asked Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Question about the British government  support they are providing to Somaliland that to enhancing  political stability in Somaliland. Question:Asked by Lord Luce: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they...

A court in  breakaway of Somaliland has sentenced a journalist to two years in prison after he was arrested for meeting Somalia's new president. Abdimalik Muse Oldon was charged with engaging in anti-national activities, spreading "false" news and disturbing public order. Oldon, an online journalist, was...

The U.S. military should make avoiding civilian casualties in Somalia “a top priority” after President Donald Trump signed a directive loosening restrictions on airstrikes in the country, Somalia’s former president tells Newsweek. Trump approved a U.S. military request to provide “additional precision fires” targeting al-Shabab,...

Minibus runs over explosive device in Somalia's Lower Shebelle region, killing passengers including women and children. A land mine explosion has killed at least 19 passengers of a minibus in Somalia hours after the troubled nation's president declared a new war against the al-Shabab armed...

DUBAI-P&O Ports has been awarded a 30-year, $336 million concession for the management and development of a port project in Somalia, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The approximate investment for the modern multi-purpose facility at Bosasso in Puntland, Somalia, will be $336...

Ethiopian authorities have failed to hold accountable a paramilitary force that killed at least 21 villagers in the Somali region of Ethiopia in June 2016. The government should promptly grant access to independent international monitors to investigate these killings and other reported abuses by this...

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan police have arrested seven Somali men for allegedly operating a human trafficking ring at a refugee camp in the country's east, authorities said Wednesday. The suspects had been smuggling refugees from Dadaab camp to Nairobi, where they...

Somalia is facing a very real risk of famine, with more than 6 million people, half of Somali population, facing acute food insecurity in the country, three UN agencies have warned. According to the latest findings, by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit(FSNAU) in...

Horndiplomat-Mr. Makwaia wa Kuhenga, is a well-known Tanzanian Columnist, TV Host and Author.His TV Talk Show: “Shall We Make it’/ ‘Je, Tutafika” in English and Swahili editions broadcast weekly on Tanzanian CHANNEL TEN Take Exclusive interview with Dr. Saad Ali Shire, Somaliland Foreign Affair and...