Turkey’s president declares state of emergency after coup attempt
Horndiplomat-Turkey's president has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night's failed army coup.
Speaking at the presidential palace in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that "all the viruses within the armed forces will be cleansed".
The declaration could be used to extend...
Ethiopia gets World Bank praise for economic progress despite drought
The World Bank Group has praised Ethiopia for its respectable economic performance in spite of biting drought affecting the entire Horn of Africa region.
“Economic growth remained at a respectable 8% in 2015/16, which is impressive especially compared to previous drought situations which often resulted...
Somaliland army fought back Puntland Attack
HornDiplomat Editorial
HornDiplomat-Armed conflict broke out between Somaliland and puntland troops at Booda-cad, Dahar east of Sanaag Monday 18th July, 2016. The clashes coincided with the voter registration that was officially launched in the region on Saturday 16.
Troops loyal to the Somali semi-autonomous region of...
Putting Faith and Sports on the Same Team
Fatimah Hussein was born in Somalia and immigrated to Minneapolis when she was 6 with her family, fleeing civil war. Ms. Hussein and her sister played softball when they were young, but in middle school they stopped, as did many of their Muslim peers.
“It...
Bodies of 21 women, one man found on migrant boat in Mediterranean: MSF
Horndiplomat-ROME (Reuters) - The bodies of 21 women and one man were found on a migrant boat in the
Mediterranean on Wednesday, humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said.MSF said more than 200 survivors had been rescued from the rubber dinghy and transferred to one...
Defiant Iran in missile exercise after US sanctions
TEHRAN
Iran is to deploy missiles for a Revolutionary Guards exercise Saturday in a show of defiance a day after the United States imposed sanctions over a ballistic missile test launch last weekend.
The Guards' Sepahnews website said the manoeuvres in the northeastern province of Semnan...
US blames Russia for Syria convoy attack; Moscow blames ‘terrorists’
By Barbara Starr
Washington (CNN)The US has reached the preliminary conclusion that Russian warplanes bombed an aid convoy and warehouse belonging to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, two US officials told CNN.
"All the evidence we have points to that conclusion," one of the officials said.
However,...
PRESS RELEASE: Misinformation leads to increasing COVID-19 stigma in sub-Saharan Africa
By: Save the Children
Save the Children assessments of over 3000 people find stigmatisation of COVID-19 risks hindering efforts to slow the spread of the virus
Several rapid assessments carried out by Save the Children in April, along with increasing anecdotal reports from staff, indicate...
CPJ, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International express concern over Somalia’s amended media law
The Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International today sent a joint letter to the president of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, expressing concern over a restrictive amended media law and asking the president to take concrete steps...
Mogadishu Car Blast Kills 3
A car bomb exploded outside a tire shop in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday evening, killing at least three people and injuring four others, witnesses and officials said.
A VOA reporter says the driver, a suspected al-Shabab suicide attacker, is among the dead.
A journalist with...
