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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...

Horndiplomat-Calling out around the world. Are you ready for a brand new beat. Summer’s here and the time is right. Dancing in the Street… Borama style was enjoyed by many on Saturday afternoon in Market Square including the Mayor, Councillor Julian Brookes who joined...

Horndiplomat-Yemenis fleeing conflict are taking overcrowded livestock boats across the Gulf of Aden to Somaliland – an unrecognized country. Such is the magnitude of violence in one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Middle East. WRITTEN BYAmanda Sperber PUBLISHED ON Jul. 18, 2016 READ TIMEApprox....

By KAZUNGU SAMUEL HornDiplomat-Mzee was pained when he was barred from committee of school he founded. A 63-year-old man who started a school in Ganze but was blocked from sitting on its management committee because he was illiterate has gone back to school. An emotional Mzee Kazungu...

  Horndiplomat-As President Uhuru Kenyatta received United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Nairobi on Sunday, concern on the new wave of violence that erupted in South Sudan last week was a top priority. In strongly worded declarations, the two called on President Salva Kiir and...

By Peter Mutai and Zhu Shaobin Horndiplomat-KIGALI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Africa is faced with various emergencies that require new approaches in solving, Head of the African Union (AU) has said. Idriss Deby, who is also Chad's president, observed on Sunday that security is a fundamental...

Horndiplomat-KIGALI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- African leaders on Sunday gathered at Rwanda's capital Kigali for their biannual meet with the launch of the continent's first-ever African e-passport. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced the launch and presented the first...

HornDiplomat -The United States urged Turkey on Saturday to exercise restraint after a failed military coup sparked a government crackdown, and warned its NATO ally that public suggestions of a U.S. role in the plot were "utterly false" and harmful to relations. President Barack Obama...

HornDiplomat-Britain opened "very fruitful" trade talks with Canada on Friday, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the Sunday Times newspaper as he prepares to renegotiate Britain's commercial ties following its vote last month to leave the European Union. In limited extracts of his interview, Fox...

Horndiplomat-Somalia has ordered organizations linked to a U.S.-based Turkish cleric shut down after Turkey’s president said Fethullah Gulen was involved Friday’s coup attempt. The decision came in an extraordinary session of the Somali cabinet on Saturday. The government ordered Turkish citizens working for Gulen-linked organizations...