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By:MOHAMAD DUALE @MohamadDuale Hargeisa, 3 April 2017{Horndiplomat} The President of Somaliland H.E Ahmed Mohamed mohamoud Silanyo Receives united nations high level delegation led by Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Mr. Michael Keating. The President was accompanied by the Vice president Abdirahman Abdilahi ismail...

Hargeisa, 3 April 2017- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, concluded a two-day visit to Somaliland to assess the impact of the prolonged drought on its population. Mr. Keating held talks with senior government officials, led by President...

Pirates who seized an Indian cargo dhow with 11 crew members in waters off the Somali coast have taken the vessel to El Hur, near the port of Hobyo in Somalia's semi-autonomous Galmudug state, a pirate leader told Reuters on Tuesday. Aw Kombe also said...

Turkey donates 170 tons of humanitarian aid and pledges more for drought-hit Somalia By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU A Turkish delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday. Kaynak and his delegation met new Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo at...

THE Republic of Somaliland is now rooting for recognition at the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) as a sovereign state, apparently in a bid to win legitimate rights as an independent state. Among its diplomatic forays, the country is now out to woo...

Kenyans fighting for Al Shabaab are being killed as tension rises between foreign fighters and their Somalia commanders over suspicion of spying. A large number of Kenyan Al Shabaab fighters have since sneaked back into the country and some of them arrested. On Monday, 26-year-old Ahmed...

The ministry’s spokesperson, Tewolde Mulgeta, told Sudan Tribune that Bashir will on Tuesday arrive in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where he will hold meetings with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn and other government officials. The two leaders are expected to discuss a range of...

By MORGAN WINSOR U.S. President Donald Trump’s directive this week declaring parts of Somalia a war zone, potentially setting the stage for an escalated military campaign against Islamic militants there while increasing the risk of civilian casualties, could fuel terrorist recruitment in the impoverished...

By ERIC LIPTON and JESSE DRUCKER WASHINGTON — The husband-and-wife team of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, now both senior federal government officials, has been alongside President Trump as the White House has hosted dozens of chief executives and a handful of world leaders in...

In a makeshift camp beside a disused airfield in the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland, 32-year-old Nima Mohamed sits next to an open wood fire, boiling a kettle of black tea. Unless aid groups bring them food and water, the tea is the only meal...