Somalia

  Horndiplomat-Mogadishu-Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud will be completing his fourth year in power next September. In his term, Somalia shared the world many political and security turbulences. His Excellency had fought fierce political battles, and survived many parliamentary attempts to oust him. In a relatively short...

Horndiplomat-A BBC radio presenter has made reference to Somalian pirates while discussing the Somali Olympic team's results at a sailing event in Rio . The joke was made on BBC Cumbria's late show with Ian Timms on Tuesday, August 9. But now it's being questioned whether...

Horndiplomat-Presidential Candidates Statement, H.E. Abdirahman M. Mohamud Farole and Hon. Ali Haji Warsame. Issues of concern on the National Leaders Forum (NLF) Communique for 2016 Election The communiqué is full of discrepancies and inconsistences with regard to the Provisional Federal Constitutions “PFC”. It contains illegitimate self-extension for...

Horndiplomat-The United States Ambassador to Somalia Stephen M. Schwartz presented a copy of his letter of credence from President Barack Obama to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisalam Omar Hadliye on August 9, 2016, at a meeting in Mogadishu. The letter of credence formally...

Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia will hold a delayed presidential vote on October 30 with parliamentary polls starting next month, an official statement sent to AFP Monday said, in what international backers hope will signal a long-awaited return to stability. The UN-sponsored Somalia Federal Indirect Electoral...

Horndiplomat -A Somali minister survived an assassination attempt Sunday when a hand-grenade was thrown at his car in the capital, Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah, Minister of Youth and Sport, told VOA that the explosive device hit his car as he was shopping at a...

Horndiplomat-Mogadishu, 8 August 2016 – Somalia President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has appealed to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Security Forces to secure the coming parliamentary and presidential elections slated before the end of the year. President Mohamud said the...

Horndiploma-Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development in collaboration with Benadir Region Administration, national women groups and civil society today held a rally at Daljirka monument in the capital Mogadishu.Horndiplomat reports Senior women leaders and activists addressed the gathering to encourage women to participate in...

By  Harun Maruf Horndiplomat-Worldwide coverage of the Rio Olympics' opening ceremony was dominated by the countries with the biggest teams and those with the most glamorous uniforms. In contrast to the 554 men and women from the U.S. team, the largest group in Rio, Somalia's team...

Horndiplomat-Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump has a new target when it comes to immigrants...Somalis. Trump told an audience at Merrill Auditorium in Portland Thursday that Maine is a major destination for Somali refugees. He said the nation's acceptance of refugees is...