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South Sudan Plane Crash: All on Board Survive

BY FARAI SEVENZO | CNN Acommercial plane on Monday made a crash landing in poor weather at an airport in South Sudan, causing several injuries among the 43 on board. “It is miraculous, completely,” said Ateny Wek Ateny, the South Sudanese presidential spokesperson. “There are only...

Three Advantages of the Eritrean Water Dam Network

BY MELA GHEBREMEDHIN* This article was published on the issue of Hommes D’Afrique Magazine on March 2017. The well-known magazine which circulates in Morocco, has took focus on water development in Eritrea. The original article entitled, Trois Avantages du Réseau de Barrages d’Eau Erythréens, was...

Somalis are happier than Kenyans: UN report

Somalis are happier than Kenyans, in spite of having endured war for more than two decades, a new report shows. Ranked at 76 globally in the 2015 World Happiness Report released by the United Nations on Thursday, Somalia is the happiest country in the region,...

Event honours Somalis in diaspora contributing to global growth

Somalis residing in the diaspora were on Thursday recognised for their efforts in promoting and uplifting the standards of people globally. Also, African money transfer company Dahabshiil was recognised for its contribution to the international Somali community. The company was among the sponsors at London’s annual...

Somaliland:Berbera Naval Base A Milestone Agreement! EDITORIAL

BY:HORNDIPLOMAT EDITORIAL TEAM The Naval Base Agreement between Somaliland and the United Arab Emirates is a historical and step forward to the relation between the two homogeneous nations. The ties between the two people The ties between the two people dates back to ages. Somaliland and...

World Bank announces $57 billion in financing for Africa

The World Bank has announced $57 billion in financing for sub-Saharan Africa over the next three fiscal years. Of that total, $45 billion will come from the International Development Association, the World Bank fund that provides grants and interest-free loans for the world's poorest countries. G20 The...

Saudi-led coalition calls for U.N. supervision of Yemen port

A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen called on Sunday for the United Nations to place a strategic port under its supervision after 42 Somalis were killed in an attack on their refugee boat nearby. The refugees had departed from the western port city of Hodeidah...

UN wants probe into refugee boat attack off Yemen

The United Nations called Monday for an inquiry into last week's attack on a boat off Yemen's coast that killed 42 people, mostly Somali refugees. "Many questions remain unanswered on the circumstances of this horrific event," the head of the UN refugee agency, Filippo Grandi,...

NATO should help as illegal fishing led pirates to hijack tanker: Somali officials

The captain of the crew of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that was hijacked and then released by Somali pirates said he feels like he was “dead and born,” after the ship reached a port in northern Somalia. Nicholas Anthony said Sunday he is grateful for...

Somaliland and UAE officially signed Military base Agreement

On Sunday, 19 March 2017, the Republic of Somaliland signed a historic agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which grants the latter the right to establish a military base in Berbera in exchange for a wide-ranging cooperation on economic, political, security and foreign relations...