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By:Christopher Williams, chief business correspondent The embattled energy explorer Soma Oil has failed to seal a deal with the Italian giant ENI to fund the next phase of its effort to open up Somali oil fields. Talks between the two for a “farm-in” partnership to share the...

Dayib refuses to participate in an election that has been ”marred by corruption, rigging, intimidation, violence and blatant disregard for the rule of law”. Finnish-Somali Fadumo Dayib is pulling out of the Somali presidential election. She announced her withdrawal on Twitter yesterday, Friday. Dayib writes that...

President Barack Obama has requested a review of all cyberattacks that took place during the 2016 election cycle, the White House said Friday, amid allegations of Russian interference. "The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the...

The National Leadership Forum has moved the Somali presidential election from November 30 to December 28. The forum came up with the recommendation after a two-day meeting in capital Mogadishu. The elections were to be held on October 30 but were shifted to November 30 before...

Africa’s target of ending violent conflict by 2020 may be a pipedream if member countries do not finance the organisation. Candidates seeking to become the next chairperson for the African Union Commission argued in their first ever pre-election debate that financial constraints facing the continental...

The Governments of Sweden and the Netherlands have made financial contributions of USD 3.3 million and USD 800,000 respectively towards UNDP’s regional initiative on preventing and responding to the growth of violent extremism in Africa through a development lens. The project also received an earlier...

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) backed by Somalia National Security Forces (SNSS) on Friday arrested seven Al-Shabaab militants in Kismayo, southern Somalia during a security operation. The pan African body's mission said an improvised explosive device (IED) factory was destroyed and several weapons...

BANJUL - Gambia's leader of some 22 years Yahya Jammeh announced late Friday he would no longer accept defeat in recent elections, plunging the West African country into turmoil with a demand for fresh polls. Investigations into the December 1 vote have revealed a string...

Ghana's main opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, has won the country's national election after President John Mahama conceded defeat. Akufo-Addo said on Twitter that Mahama had called him "congratulating me on winning the 2016 Presidential Election". https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/807319465876721664 Ghana's state television has also confirmed Maham's concession. Crowds of jubilant supporters...

Horndiplomat-Top UN official urges Somali leaders to reach "clear decisions" on election malpractices, complaints received by the electoral disputes body Look Below Official Press Statement From The Office of the   United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia Amb.Micheal Keating   SOURCE:HORNDIPLOMAT