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By Bashir Goth Somalis have always regarded poetry as the pinnacle of their literary heritage but the elegance of the poetic expression came through singing in folklore dances. Before the arrival of the Arabian oud, the ears of the Somali people were trained to the beat of...

By: Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat regional contributor Russian Ambassador to Djibouti denies rumours his country was interested in setting up a military base in Berbera - reports . Horndiplomat reports The Russian ambassador to Djibouti and Somalia Mikhail Golovanov told Russian state-operated news agency RIA Novosti his...

Allied foreign ministers meet in Moscow over Syrian war and warn Washington following cruise missile strike on airbase. Russia has denounced last week's US attack on Syria and warned further such action would derail global security. The US has said its strike on a Syrian air...

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has signed a three year, 3 million USD grant with the World Bank to set up an Inter-Regional Platform for the Sustainable Management of Desert Locusts and other Trans-Boundary Pests. The grant is part of the World Bank's...

By: Mohamed Duale First Two Somali women, Safiya Khalid and Nadia Mohamed, win two seats in Lewiston City Council in Maine and Park City in St. Louis. Safia and Nadia thus become the first two Muslim women on the municipal council of these two cities...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland delegation led by liban Yusuf Osman, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who is on an official visit in Egypt met his counterpart in Cairo as he pushes for stronger diplomatic ties between the two countries. On March 25, The Egyptian Deputy...

Horndiplomat-Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced an attempted coup from a military group, saying that those who had participated in the uprising would “pay a heavy price”. President Erdogan, whose location was unclear, used a video livestream on a mobile phone to respond to the...

By:Anadolu Agency The 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit began Thursday with a meeting of high-level government officials in Istanbul, Turkey’s Communications Directorate said in a statement. The summit will continue with a meeting of foreign ministers Dec. 17. Concurrent sessions on health care, education, and agriculture with relevant...

CAIRO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt condemned with "strongest terms" the recent deadly terrorist attacks on a police academy in Pakistan, a hotel in Kenya and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry strongly condemned the attack...

Veteran U.S. diplomat Jeffrey Feltman was named a special envoy for the Horn of Africa on Friday, as Washington looks to step up diplomatic efforts in a region hit by the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray and other crises. Feltman also will lead international efforts to...