Somalia

By:Hassan Jama Horndiplomat regional contributor Turkish-made ventilators produced with technological advances will be breath of life for our Somali brothers, says president The Minister of Health and Social Care of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr Fawziya Abikar Nur, on Saturday received a shipment of medical...

Horndiplomat-Jubaland regional leader Ahmed Mohamed Islam known as “Ahmed Madobe” wins re-election in a regional parliamentary vote. Ahmed Madobe was declared winner in 1st round after receiving 56 votes, more than two-third of the 74 MPs who voted; Anab Mohamed Dahir got 17 votes....

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the UN envoy in Somalia Michael Keating have welcomed a ceasefire reached between forces of the country's Puntland and Galmudug states. The rival forces clashed in the central city of Galkayo last month, killing more than 20 people, including...

MOGADISHU, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Somalia has kicked off a constitutional review process ahead of "one-person, one-vote" elections scheduled for 2020. Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, who launched the process, pledged financial and political support to the process to ensure the country gets a new...

The United Nations has confirmed that a Somali-born official who has been doing humanitarian work for 25 years will be the UNHCR’s director for global emergencies, staff security, safety and supply services effective next month. Ahmed Warsame has been a representative of the United Nations...

20 April 2020, Mogadishu/Nairobi – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Somalia have recently strengthened their partnership to scale up local capacities, surveillance and control operations to combat the desert locust upsurge. In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and...

Horndiplomat-Said Abdullahi Deni, a former minister of planning in Somalia,was on Wednesday elected President of the semi-autonomous Puntland region.Horndiplomat Reports Said Abdullahi Deni obtained the vote of 35 MPs, compared with the 31 of his rival, Abdiweli Ali Gas. “I am very grateful for the support of...

by Mohamed Shire Sunday, October 23, 2016 This week, the long-awaited 2016 Somali election- the upper and lower House- had begun and the day of reckoning is here. The country is in the grip of election hysteria, and for some, it is nearly becoming an obsession....

Horndiplomat-Eritrea-Somalia Joint Declaration On Brotherly Relations and Comprehensive Cooperation-Horndiplomat Reports Press-Statement Cognizant of the deep bonds of friendship between the peoples of Eritrea and Somalia; Recalling that the peoples of Somalia and Eritrea have consistently evinced solidarity and provided support to each other’s aspirations for freedom, independence...

Horndiplomat- Germany commits further € 2.7 Million in support of first universal suffrage elections to be held in #Somalia after five decades. The following statement was issued today by the German Embassy in Somalia The German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) has made available € 2.7 million...