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HorndiplomatDay 3 of the Olympics and Brazil's Rafaela Silva wins gold in women's -57kg judo, first gold medal for the host country.   Cupping has taken Rio by storm, thanks to Michael Phelps.  Plus, Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky moved on from a golden Sunday, somewhat creakily in...

By:AIDAN LEWIS Horndiplomat-While U.S. jets and drones are pounding Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte, Western powers are unlikely to expand their military involvement rapidly, anxious to avoid exacerbating factional divisions as the government they support struggles to establish itself. The United Nations-backed government...

Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia will hold a delayed presidential vote on October 30 with parliamentary polls starting next month, an official statement sent to AFP Monday said, in what international backers hope will signal a long-awaited return to stability. The UN-sponsored Somalia Federal Indirect Electoral...

Horndiplomat -A Somali minister survived an assassination attempt Sunday when a hand-grenade was thrown at his car in the capital, Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah, Minister of Youth and Sport, told VOA that the explosive device hit his car as he was shopping at a...

Horndiplomat-Mogadishu, 8 August 2016 – Somalia President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has appealed to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Security Forces to secure the coming parliamentary and presidential elections slated before the end of the year. President Mohamud said the...

Horndiplomat-More than 2 million people have gathered in Turkey for a "democracy and martyrs" rally to condemn the failed coup attempt on July 15. DW's Tom Stevenson reports from Istanbul. Sunday's rally in Istanbul's Yenikapi park was but the latest in a string of public...

Horndiplomat-Six people have been reported killed in the country's Gondar region, and dozens detained during a rally in Addis Ababa. At least six people have been reported killed over two days of protests in Ethiopia while dozens were arrested in the capital, Addis Ababa. A source...

Horndiplomat-Hungary took its third women's gold in Olympic fencing since 2000 as Emese Szasz bounced back from a first-match loss in London to beat Italy's twice world champion Rossella Fiamingo on Saturday. France came close to ending a long medal drought in Olympic fencing, but...

Horndiploma-Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development in collaboration with Benadir Region Administration, national women groups and civil society today held a rally at Daljirka monument in the capital Mogadishu.Horndiplomat reports Senior women leaders and activists addressed the gathering to encourage women to participate in...

Horndiplomat-Twitter reacts to the first team of displaced refugees appearing at the opening ceremony in Rio.