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Horndiplomat-Bujumbura — The first East African Community (EAC) affairs minister for Burundi, Hafsa Mossi was shot dead by unknown gunmen outside her home in Bujumbura yesterday. A close relative said the former minister was near her home when a vehicle with tinted windows hit her...

Washington - President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist insurgents in Somalia, the Defense Department said on Thursday. According to a Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the new leeway accorded...

ParalympicsGB's Abdi Jama on his wheelchair basketball career A British Paralympian who plays wheelchair basketball has said he wants to inspire other young people to take up sports. Abdi Jama, who is from the self-declared republic of Somaliland, fell out of a window at the age...

The US secretary of state visited Qatar on the second stop of his Gulf tour.   SOURCE:ALJAZEERA

BY DAILY SABAH Turkey has carried out the largest natural gas reserve exploration in the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday. Some 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas was discovered in the Black Sea’s Tuna-1 zone, Erdoğan said, noting "the newly discovered reserves...

By Goksel Yildirim Turkey receives thousands of orders for MPT-76 rifle from ally countries ANKARA - Turkey's first locally designed and produced assault rifle MPT-76 has begun serving the country's allies, security sources said Tuesday. The Turkish defense industry sources, who asked not be named due to...

Security Council Press Statement on Somalia: On 24 January, the members of the Security Council were briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Michael Keating and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ambassador Madeira on the...

BY:NEWS AGENCIES Survivors say traditional Donzo hunters carried out the deadly raid in Ogossagou early on Saturday. More than 130 people were killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali on Saturday, the United Nations has said, as a delegation visited the country. Survivors accused traditional Donzo hunters...

Horndiplomat-Calling out around the world. Are you ready for a brand new beat. Summer’s here and the time is right. Dancing in the Street… Borama style was enjoyed by many on Saturday afternoon in Market Square including the Mayor, Councillor Julian Brookes who joined...

Somali President, Mohammed Abdullah Farmajo, has been offered $80 million in exchange for his agreement to sever diplomatic relations with the State of Qatar, the New Khalij news outlet reported a prominent journalist has revealed. “After two hours of enticement, Farmajo rejected the tempting offer,”...