Somalia

By: Horn Diplomat & Standardmedia Three Somali officials with diplomatic passports were denied entry at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi on Monday evening in a tiff that seems to be escalating between Somalia and Kenya. A Somali based radio station Dalsan FM identified the three...

Mogadishu, May 19h, 2019   At least 1.7 million people in Somalia face acute food shortages due to delayed and insufficient seasonal rainfall, humanitarian aid agencies have warned, calling for urgent humanitarian support to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of families at risk. The...

Horndiplomat-EU Chief for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini arrives in the Somali capital Mogadishu.VOA Senior Journalist Harun Maruf Reports According to Details , Federica Mogheni will hold talks with Somalia officials on mutual ties, Economic reforms and EU support and regional security. She will also...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi has announced his administration released the prisoners of War who were captured during Turkaraq skirmishes between Puntland forces and Somaliland’s National Army. Horndiplomat Reports Somaliland President has urged Puntland President Saed Abdilahi Deni should also release Somaliland prisoners of war. “I...

A northern Virginia man who served decades ago as a colonel in the Somali Army is facing accusations in a federal courtroom that he tortured and killed those perceived as enemies of the government. A civil jury in Alexandria heard opening statements and testimony Monday...

By: Business Daily Lawyers are emerging the biggest beneficiaries in the maritime boundary fight between Kenya and Somalia with revelations that the Treasury paid Sh300 million to Nairobi’s legal team handling the dispute. Revised estimates for the current year show that the budget for Kenya’s legal...

By:CGTN National secondary exams in Somalia have been cancelled by authorities after papers were leaked on social media platforms, the Minister of Education Abdullahi Godah Barre confirmed on national television. The national exams which began on Saturday, will see over 31,000 students affected over the cancellation....

Horndiplomat A judge in the town of Garowe, Puntland, sentences Three men to death for the rape and murder of 12-year-old girl. The court acquitted 7 youths charged with the involvement of the rape and subsequent killing of the girl. The names of those who have...

By:British Embassy In Somalia The British Embassy is seeking short videos and photographs from media students and early career journalists based in Somalia including Somaliland which demonstrate a positive, original and unique story about Somalia. To celebrate World Press Freedom Day and the ‘Global Conference for...

Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gedu Andargachew welcomed Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mahdi Mohamed Guled to Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa , which is being held in Bahr Dar (May 4-5). This Year’s theme of Tana Forum is Political Dynamics in the Horn...