Turkish, Niger presidents discuss regional issues over phone
By: MoDuale
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by phone with President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger. Horndiplomat reports
The two presidents discussed regional issues, cooperation in the fight against COVID-19 and steps to enhance bilateral relations. Turkish Presidency Said
On July 21, On the second stop of the...
Kenya: Boost As Raila Odinga Endorsed As Azimio La Umoja Flag Bearer
By:Abdiaziz Daud , Horndiplomat Correspondent in Kenya, @Abdiaaziiz
ODM leader Raila Odinga has been endorsed as the Azimio la Umoja movement joint presidential candidate ahead of the August 9 elections.
Mr. Raila Odinga welcomed the endorsement and vowed to provide the leadership Kenyans are yearning for.
"Today...
Head of Gambia’s electoral commission flees to Senegal
The head of Gambia's electoral commission has fled to neighbouring Senegal fearing a plot against him, a month after declaring President Yahya Jammeh lost elections following 22 years in power, one of his relatives said.
Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairman Alieu Momar Njie "fled to...
Ugandan President appoints his son, a major-general, as senior advisor
Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has appointed his son to the position of Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations.
The appointment is part of sweeping changes that the President in his capacity as Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces announced on Tuesday. The move has however...
France church attack: Priest, attackers killed
Horndiplomat-Two men who took several people hostage in the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray church shot by police, officials say.
At least one hostage has been killed by two knife-wielding men in a church in France's northern Normandy region, the interior ministry said.
The Paris-based AFP news agency, citing the...
Afghan Forces Report Gains in Kunduz After Push by Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials said on Tuesday that their commando forces had reclaimed the main city square in Kunduz from theTaliban and were making gains elsewhere in the key provincial capital, where the insurgents overran central neighborhoods on Monday.
Residents said by telephone that...
U.S. Africa Command confirms terror attack on US base in Kenya
BY:US AFRICA COMMAND
U.S. Africa Command acknowledges there was an attack by the terrorist organization al-Shabaab at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya, today. U.S Africa Command and Kenya Defense Forces repelled the al-Shabaab attack.
Working alongside our Kenyan partners, the airfield is cleared and still in the...
New French president promises tough talk at first Putin meeting
By Michel Rose and John Irish | VERSAILLES, FRANCE
New French President Emmanuel Macron is promising tough talk at his first meeting with Vladimir Putin on Monday, following an election campaign when his team accused Russian media of trying to interfere in the democratic process.
Macron,...
Donald Trump clashes with courts over immigration ban
US president accuses court system of endangering the country after his controversial travel ban is put on hold.
President Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of the US court system, accusing it of putting the country in peril.
His comments came hours after a federal...
Why Somaliland could where others failed: A call to the Democratic World!
By Adam Muse Jibril
The Freedom House has recently issued its annual report about democracy in the world with a world map, where a clear distinction between democratic countries and others were shown. In our region, the Horn of Africa and the world around including...
