Somalia

The Enduring Somali-Turkish Strategic Partnership and Fraternal Relations Since 16th Century is officially back on track but why are all these following mind-blowing activities are happening right now inside Turkish-Somalia relations? Why Turkey Implemented its largest overseas ultramodern military base in Somalia? Why Somalis are the...

Horndiplomat-the ONLF commander Abdikarim Muse Qalbi Dhagah freed by Ethiopia. He was handed over to Ethiopia by the current Somali Govt in August last year in a move that stirred outcry. Traditional leader Fawzi Mohamed Ali tells Voa Somali that he was released 8am Thursday...

By:Mohamed Duale HornDiplomat-High level Eritrean delegation led by Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Gebreab have arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday. Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed met with Eritrean Foreing Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Advisor Yemane Gabreab at the Villa Somalia . During the...

Qatar donated 68 armored vehicles to Somalia on Thursday, Qatar’s Defense Ministry said. The armored vehicles, delivered in Mogadishu, will strengthen the Somali state, which is battling an Islamist insurgency, according to Qatar’s military. The move is also seen as a sign that Doha is...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somalia's Jubaland state parliament voted to extend the state's presidential term to five years, which gives a one-year extension of Ahmed Madobe's mandate. The Jubaland state parliament amended...

(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...

Galkayo, between the Somali states of Puntland and Galmudug, is gradually becoming a ‘city of peace’: Government, civil society and partners all working together to make peace a reality through inclusive politics, reconciliation and development, one place at a time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhTdM4yXinU&feature=youtu.be SOURCE: UNSOM SOMALIA

BURNSVILLE, Minn. – At Gideon Pond Elementary, the morning greeting is delivered by the principal. “Make a positive choice,” Chris Bellmont counsels his students over the school public address system. The principal may deliver the message, but a 23-year-old teachers’ aide makes it stick. “He is the...

As per international law, Somalia Federal Government is the only entity that is entitled to negotiate ICAO in the process of regaining airspace. It means the airspace above Somaliland is officially belongs to Somalia. However, Somaliland is essential in the process of regaining control...

By:Horndiplomat & Agences Ethiopia and Somalia have signed a trade agreement to swap Fish for khat, The Agreement would see Mogadishu export fish to Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia, Abdulfatah Abdullahi Hassan and Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries, Abdizaz Hajj Bashir flagged off the 5000 ton...