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The Somalia Federal Government of Mogadishu voiced its vehement opposition to the recently approved UAE military base at Berbera in the Republic of Somaliland. Hassan Abdi Haile, an advisor to Villa Somalia, the Somalia government seat, on political affairs and the voice it uses to...

The wife of 92-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he would be the voters' choice even after he dies, as she addressed supporters from the ruling ZANU-PF party. Grace Mugabe, who is seen as a possible successor to her ailing husband, ratcheted up...

World leaders and supporters celebrate president's inauguration, marking end to tense standoff with predecessor Jammeh. Adama Barrow has been sworn in as president on Gambian soil, marking the end of a tense political standoff with the West African nation's former leader. Dressed in flowing white robes...

Washington wants the newly elected Somalian president, who also happens to be a US national, to “Make Somalia Great Again.” A cap bearing the Trump type rallying call was presented by the US Ambassador to Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed. "Make America Great Again," the four...

A small African government that was affected by the Trump administration's original travel ban has hired a lobbying and public affairs firm in Washington. Glover Park Group is working for the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared its independence from Somalia in...

The Emirate of Kuwait delivered airborne food and medical supplies destined for the drought-affected pastoralists of the Republic of Somaliland. The supplies aboard a military cargo plane arrived at Berbera international airport on Friday to a warm reception awaiting it from a team led by...

By:Alice Rowsome Tens of thousands of people have been displaced as a direct result of the Horn of Africa’s ongoing unprecedented drought. But it is women and young mothers who are bearing the brunt “Two days ago four men came, grabbed me and started raping me....

By NJIRAINI MUCHIRA Kenya is limiting the issuing of new licences for global airlines seeking to exploit the strategic Nairobi hub in a protectionist move aimed at reviving the dwindling fortunes of national carrier Kenya Airways. The policy shift is already being applied after the government hastily...

By Jon Gingerich The government of Somaliland has hired Washington, D.C. Democratic lobbying giant Glover Park Group to act as an advisory on communications and government relations matters. Somaliland, which split from southern country of Somalia and declared its independence after a 1991 civil war, is...

He arrived in Canada as a teenage refugee from Somalia. With ‘preternatural calm,’ Ahmed Hussen is now Canada’s immigration minister. It was the second week of the Trump administration, and the second consecutive Sunday the Prime Minister’s staff spent grinding it out in the office. President Donald...