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Hargeisa (The Horn)- The ministry of foreign affairs has terminated the job of nine diplomats. According to letters yet to be made public but accessed by Geeska   Afrika and signed by The minister of foreign affairs Mr.Saad Ali  Shire,  nine friendly foreign countries are currently...

By: Abdirizak Haybe Pastoralists live in areas often labelled as peripheral, remote, conflict-prone, food insecure and linked with high levels of vulnerability. Pastoral communities of Ethiopia occupy 61% of the total landmass and 97% of Ethiopian pastoralists found in low land areas of Somali, Afar,...

Horndiplomat-Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says UN envoy to the country Nicholas Haysom “not welcome and cannot operate ” in the country. The Ministry accused him of “violating protocols” and “deliberately interfering” in Somalia affairs. https://twitter.com/MofaSomalia/status/1080166054800883714 The move by the Somali government followed after Mr Nicholas Haysom...

BY: DAILYSABAH Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed bilateral relations with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in a phone call, the Presidential Communications Directorate said Sunday. The two leaders discussed spoke about Turkey-Ethiopia relations and regional developments. Erdoğan highlighted that Turkey values Ethiopia’s peace and stability and...

The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will be held in June and July, the Confederation of African Football has confirmed. The tournament is usually held in January and February, causing disputes with European clubs who had to release players in the middle of the season. The...

By:AP Ethiopia’s government on Monday declared an immediate, unilateral cease-fire in its Tigray region after nearly eight months of deadly conflict and as hundreds of thousands of people face the world’s worst famine crisis in a decade. The statement carried by state media came shortly after the Tigray interim administration,...

Somaliland is in the main Eastern migration route to the Gulf countries via the Red Sea, according to the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). On 17-19 December, EUCAP participated in Cross border exchange between Somaliland and Djibouti Coastguard on Maritime Reception...

Genel Energy PLC on Monday announced the signing of a farm-out agreement with OPIC Somaliland Corp, for the SL10B13 block, onshore Somaliland. OPIC Somaliland is a company backed by CPC Corp, a Taiwanese state owned petroleum and gasoline company. Under the agreement, OPIC will pick up...

Jan 16 The president of Djibouti on Monday formally launched the construction of a project touted as Africa's largest free trade zone, to be built in the tiny Horn of African nation with Chinese backing. The agreement to build the 48 sq km (19 sq...