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Add former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s name to the growing list of Republicans calling for Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race. Rice, who first served as the national security adviser to President George W. Bush before becoming secretary of state, wrote...

BY MUSTAFE SAEED After breaking away from Somalia in 1991, the self-declared state Somaliland went to the polls for the third time since their independence to elect their new president. Three candidates were competing to replace President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, who opted not to seek...

By: UNSOM United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Adam Abdelmoula of Sudan (as well as a national of the United States) as his Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, where he will also serve as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator...

By:AFP The UN Security Council will meet to discuss Somalia's political crisis, diplomatic sources said Monday, after opposition leaders in the East African country declared the president illegitimate. Tuesday's closed-door meeting was requested by Britain, which is this month heading the Council, sources said. Somalia's President Mohamed...

  Sir Mo Farah has insisted he is "a clean athlete" following a newspaper report alleging the athlete's American coach Alberto Salazar may have broken anti-doping rules. A leaked US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) report, dated March 2016, and obtained by the Sunday Times alleges Mr Salazar...

By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTINOCT Hillary Clinton and her allies sprang onto a war footing on Saturday, opening a ferocious attack on the F.B.I.’s director, James B. Comey, a day after he disclosed that his agency was looking into a potential new batch of...

  Antonio Guterres steps up pressure on authorities, warning of ethnic cleansing against Muslim minority in Rakhine state. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the risk of ethnic cleasing in Myanmar as he appealed to the country's authorities to end violence against Rohingya Muslims in...

Yesterday, 20th May 2018, the appeal court in Hargeisa has sentenced Boqor Osman aw Muhumed Mohamed to three years in prison, reducing 5 years jail term given by a regional court on 26th April 2018. The appeal court heard on 10th and 12th May an...

Horndiplomat-African leaders have agreed to send more troops into South Sudan to try to stop any resurgence of violence. The capital, Juba, has been mostly calm since rival leaders called for a ceasefire last week. The conflict is being discussed at the African Union summit...

By: MoDuale  The State of Qatar sent a plane of an emergency delivery of humanitarian and medical aid to Somaliland, which today landed in Hargeisa. Horndiplomat reports  The aid includes masks, gloves, and protective kits for health care workers.  The United Arab Emirates has also delivered similar medical...