Somalia

Two East African countries say U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is "dangerous" and could spark an international crisis. "We are urging the U.S. government to seriously reconsider the risks that its decision could have on the future...

STRIVE, a new short film, depicts challenges of integration for a refugee in Manchester Charlie Watts, a young filmmaker based in Manchester, has created a powerful short documentary called STRIVE, which tells the story of Idris Ahmed, a refugee desperate to improve his life, and...

Addis Ababa(Horndiplomat)-Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome has on Wednesday appointed Jemaludin Mustafa Omar ambassador to Somalia. The Ethiopian embassy is one of foreign representations in Somalia. In addition to the embassy in Mogadishu, Ethiopia also has a consulate general in Garowe. The Ethiopian embassy in Mogadishu is...

As the drought intensifies in south and north-eastern Somalia, the United Nations emergency food relief agency today airlifted to Mogadishu enough high-energy biscuits to assist 31,000 people for three days. The shipment, made on a Boeing 747 donated by the UPS Foundation from Dubai, also...

Helsinki city councillor Suldaan Said Ahmed (Left) will become Finland's first Somali-background Member of Parliament when he replaces outgoing MP, and incoming Helsinki Deputy Mayor, Paavo Arhinmäki (Left). MEP Silvia Modig (Left) was initially mooted as Arhinmäki's replacement after the latter was nominated as the Left Alliance Party's candidate for Deputy...

At least four Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers were killed and another was injured in heavy fighting in which Al-Shabaab militant group captured El-Wak town in Gedo region in southern Somalia, officials said Saturday. SNA spokesman in Gedo region, Col. Warfa Sheikh Aden said the...

By:Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-delegations from Somaliland and Somalia met in Djibouti on 18 October to discuss the Restarting of the stalled talks. According to local newspaper Geeska Afrika, Somaliland officials led by Somaliland foreign minister Yasin Hagi Mohamoud flanked by Dr Edna Aden, Somaliland Charge...

By: XINHUA AGENCY The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said on Thursday that it has completed the first phase of troop withdrawal from Somalia with the handover of military bases in the capital of...

MOGADISHU: Several thousand fans on Friday watched the first night-time football match to be played in Mogadishu since chaos descended on the Somali capital nearly three decades ago, raucously backing their respective teams in what the mayor called a “historic” event. The match – the...

By:Horndiplomat & Global Construction Review The newly elected president of the Puntland state of northeast Somalia Sa'eed Abdilahi Deni has signed a deal with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to build a port in the Red Sea town of Eyl. The deal was signed...