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HORNDIPLOMAT-Federal Government of Somalia has pardoned inmates as sign of good gesture to honor the end of the holy month of Ramadan. More than nine prisoners were freed to join and celebrate with families in the middle Shabelle region/ . Middle Shabelle region governor Ali Abdullahi...

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horndiplomat-Securing Somalia, Whatever the Cost Officers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) patrol in Mogadishu in 2015. After the European Union announced cuts to its AMISOM funding, some participating African countries have threatened to withdraw. (MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images) Summary Somalia has posed a key security...

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HORDIPLOMAT-Protesters gather in the capital Nairobi following discovery of bodies of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and their driver Activists carry a mock coffin emblazoned with the words ‘stop extrajudicial killings’ Hundreds of people have marched in Kenya to protest against the apparent extrajudicial killing by...

HORNDIPLOMAT-Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom on Tuesday launched a ride-hailing app called Little Cab to compete with Uber and which was developed with a local software firm. Safaricom, which is 40 percent owned by Britain's Vodafone, and Nairobi-based software developer Craft Silicon will jointly...

Horndiplomat-Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta has said that he would work to restore Israel as an observer at the African Union, a move the Israeli premier has described as ‘Very significant for Israel.’ The Jewish state previously enjoyed observer status in the now disbanded Organization of...

HORNDIPLOMTA-In Eritrea and Israel, Michael Keflemarim vowed to take his passion for cycling all the way. The end of the way may come sooner than expected when he is hauled to a detention facility for migrants. Israel grants refugee status to Sudanese asylum seeker for...

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Horndiplomat-June 30, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday called up on Swedish judicial authorities to investigate the case of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak who remains imprisoned in Eritrea. Eritrean president, Isias Afewerki (AFP Photo) RSF’s call...

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