Somalia

President Uhuru Kenyatta today held talks with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia who is on an official visit in the country. The two leaders discussed bilateral issues and security matters including the continued support for African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in which Kenyan forces...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a framework document for the establishment of the AfDB Multi-Partner Somalia Infrastructure Fund. The political and economic situation in Somalia in the last two decades has severely affected all sectors in the country, including infrastructure. The devastating...

All wars by their nature are ragged, and sadly seasoned watchers of the Horn of Africa have had ample proof of this down the years.  What often starts off with reasonably clear objectives ends up being nebulous and opaque. The Greek dramatist Aeschylus (525...

Horndiplomat-Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo welcomes Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at Mogadishu Aden Ade airport and the two leaders headed to the presidential palace.   https://twitter.com/fitsumaregaa/status/1007888512073551872?s=19 https://twitter.com/M_Farmaajo/status/1007909320128950272?s=19 This is a developing story, Please check back at the Horndiplomat for Updates. By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale SOURCE:HORNDIPLOMAT

By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent After over 20 hours, Somalia's government forces ended Mogadishu's key hotel of Villa Rays' siege. The stormed hotel was located in Mogadishu's highly protected government areas, not far...

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Ahmed Isse Awad on Thursday met with his Ethiopian counterpart, Workneh Gebeyehu in the Ethiopian capital. The official discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries and how to promote them. Last year, Ethiopia released...

(Horn Diplomat News Desk)Books written by non-Somalis about Somali politics or culture have long been read  only by those with a facility  to speak English, Italian, French or Arabic.   *Getting Somalia Wrong <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Getting-Somalia-Wrong-Shattered-Arguments/dp/1842779338> by Mary Harper, the BBC Africa Editor, has turned out to be a remarkable exception...

Horndiplomat-Yesterday's The National Electoral Commission (NEC) had made the long awaited announcement of the official result of the Presidential that took place in the Republic of Somaliland on the 13th of November. The announced President and Vice President Elect are Kulmiye’s candidates Muse Behi Abdi...

By:VOA The Kenyan government is seeking to postpone a hearing on a maritime dispute with Somalia, according to a diplomatic source. Both countries claim control over a 100,000-square-kilometer area in the Indian Ocean that is said to be rich in natural resources. The source told VOA's Somali...

By:Harun Maruf Al-Shabab militants have launched what appears to be a forced recruitment campaign in Somalia's southwestern regions of Bay and Bakool, according to Somali officials. The group, which controls large parts of both regions, is pressuring leaders of local villages to make sure teenagers join...