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Baba, a poet and former teacher, lives with his family in one of many tarpaulin-covered tents at the Jalozai camp, southeast of Peshawar, in Pakistan, which was originally set up to house refugees fleeing the civil war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Jalozai has welcomed...

Aspiring media managers from Angola, Botswana, the DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe can apply for a scholarship. The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) offers scholarships for women to study media management at Rhodes University’s Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (SPI) in 2018. The scholarship covers full tuition, accommodation and...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent The President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his delegation arrived in Uganda for an official three days visit. Uganda's top diplomat Odongo Jeje Abubakhar received President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud upon arrival...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 5, 2018/ -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 746th meeting held on 17 January, 2018 considered the Conclusions of the 1st Retreat of the PSC Committee of Experts that was held from 11 to...

Few outsiders can be said to have played a more important role in fighting colonialism and apartheid in Africa than Fidel Castro. In fact, so widespread was Fidel’s involvement in the anti-colonial struggles in Africa that it is easier to point to countries where Cuba...

Money transfer has never been easier and more compliant with Somalis and East Africans. In a world that looks more and more askance at sums of money wired from one end of the world to another, observing international laws is a must. The success the...

By: Alarabia The UAE announced the reopening of all air, sea, and land borders with Qatar starting Saturday, January 9, the official WAM News Agency reported on Friday. The UAE will begin to end all measures taken against Qatar following the signing of the AlUla declaration at the GCC Summit...

By: The National Relatives of 23 hostages on a cargo ship seized by armed Somali pirates have expressed relief and happiness that the men were released after more than a month in captivity. The freed...

By: Dr. Shih-chung Chen Minister of Health and Welfare Republic of China (Taiwan) The threat that emerging infectious diseases pose to global health and the economy, trade, and tourism never ceases. Pandemics can spread rapidly around the world due to international aviation and transport. As...

By: Staff writer Somalia on Sunday said the federal government and the Somali people donated over $4.8 million to earthquake victims in Türkiye. Somalia Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre along with Speaker...