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By:Hassan Jama, HornDiplomat Contributor  The fourth trilateral technical dialogue between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the filling and operation of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) begins today (November 5 2019) in Addis Ababa. The meeting sets out to consult on outstanding issues over the filling...

Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emirates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets on direct flights to the US Saturday, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. Around 1.1 million people are expected to pass through the world's busiest...

By Alexander Stafford Conservative MP for Rother Valley Perhaps the most important lesson we should learn from the brutal war in Ukraine is the value of free, democratic friends in difficult places. The UK has taken a leading...

Website claims candidate is married to two men, including her brother. Ilhan Omar, whose victory in a Minneapolis DFL primary last week virtually assured her of becoming the nation's first Somali-American legislator, denied recent reports that she married her brother to commit immigration fraud while...

By: Horndiplomat, Xinhuanet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shared with Chinese President Xi Jinping the commitment of Ethiopia to deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with China, which is enabling critical moves like restructuring the debt of the Addis Ababa - Djibouti railway. The railway project is an early harvest of the...

By:AFP The United States is ending restrictions on official contacts with Taiwan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday. The declaration may be more symbolic than substantive in effect, but it nonetheless appears certain to upset China, which sees Taiwan as its own territory. Taiwan's government...

AU and UN welcomed recent positive developments in the Horn of Africa as steps in the consolidation of peace and security in the region. The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security, which held its Fifteenth Consultative Meeting in New York on...

A family put in temporary housing in Bristol 13 years ago have been the subject of an incredible outpouring of love and support after council housing chiefs decided they needed to move home - across the city. So huge was the messages of support from...

By:Irish Times “Judging The Moth Poetry Prize was a beautiful experience,” says Somali-British poet Warsan Shire. “I’ve come away changed – inspired and hopeful.” The annual prize shortlist was announced today. The four poems, which feature in the spring issue of The Moth, are The Unloving...

President says that if legislation on libel was stronger 'you wouldn’t have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes into your head' President Donald Trump has hit out at “very weak” libel laws in the US as he branded an explosive new book detailing...