Somaliland opposition leader tests positive for COVID-19
By: MODuale
Chairman of Somaliland Main Opposition Party Waddani Abdirahman Mohamed Abdilahi (Cirro) has tested positive for COVID19 and has quarantined himself at home.the leader said in a statement.
"I have tested positive for COVID-19,i will undergo 7 days self-quarantine. I have no complications and in...
UN Security Council unanimously decides to lift sanctions against Eritrea
Horndiplomat-The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to lift sanctions against Eritrea after nine years.
An arms embargo, asset freeze, and travel ban were imposed in 2009 amid claims Eritrea supported al-Shabab militants in Somalia.
The resolution, drafted by the UK, was backed by the US...
Ethiopia records highest daily Covid-19 rise with 1086 new cases
By : Staff Writer
Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 26,204 after 1086 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed on Thursday, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said.
This is so far the highest daily increase in the Horn of Africa country.
The Ethiopian Ministry of Health, in a...
International observers of Somaliland’s presidential election congratulate the Somaliland people on a peaceful poll and look forward to a positive conclusion to the electoral process
International observers of Somaliland's presidential election congratulate the Somaliland people on a peaceful poll and look forward to a positive conclusion to the electoral process
Following Somaliland's third presidential election on 13 November 2017, the International Election Observation Mission anticipates a moment of change in...
The case for gender equality in the Muslim world
In the Muslim world, economic advancement depends upon women's empowerment.
by:Maha Akeel
Maha Akeel is the Director of the information department at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
"If you want to go forward, you have to give education to girls. And once you educate girls, you change...
Hopes fade for peaceful Eid in Syria as over 100 killed
Bombing raids on rebel-held parts of Aleppo and Idlib come after US and Russia agree on ceasefire deal.
Ruinous violence has raged in several parts of Syria, shortly after the US and Russia sealed an ambitious agreement aimed at breathing life back into a stuttering...
Kenya:Nasa leaders ‘forced to concede defeat’, Mudavadi Says
Nasa has claimed that the Jubilee Party is forcing its candidates who lost in the elections to concede defeat.
The opposition coalition’s campaign chairman, Mr Musalia Mudavadi, said the most affected candidates were the governors who were defending their seats, who he claimed had been...
Air Arabia resumes flights to Somaliland
By: Mohamed Duale
Somaliland government officially announced the Emirates low-cost airline Air Arabia will resume flights to Somaliland. Horndiplomat reports
The Somaliland Civil Aviation director, Mr Omar-Sayid Abdillahi says "Air Arabia Airlines will resume flights to Somaliland after it has fulfilled the government requirements and Somaliland and...
Exclusion of Somaliland Diminishes Biden’s Africa Summit
By: Michael Rubin Senior Fellow
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit starts in less than a week, but it remains enveloped in strategic confusion. Initially, the White House said they would omit four countries whose leaders owe their position due to coups, but...
Twenty-five years of chaos in the Horn of Africa:Most-failed state
AT THE Coconut Beach Hotel, which opened last month, new guests are served coconut smoothies when they arrive. The rooms do indeed have a view of the ocean. What betrays where the hotel is, in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia, are the two...
