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By: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu I wholeheartedly congratulate the Africa Day of all our African friends. The unprecedented conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic all over the world render the solidarity symbolized by Africa Day even more significant this year. The progress achieved in recent years by Africa...

By: MoDuale Hundreds of Pakistani citizens stranded amid Covid-19 were repatriated from Somaliland. Horndiplomat reports The government of Somaliland has supported the ‘unprecedented’ effort to Repatriated Pakistani citizens stranded in Somaliland. Meanwhile, Pakistan is going to conduct a special repatriation operation to bring back thousands of citizens...

RIYADH: Eid Al-Fitr will begin on Sunday May 24, authorities in Saudi Arabia have announced. According to Arab News, the Shawwal moon was not sighted, meaning Saturday will be the last day of Ramadan. More to follow...

Ethiopia Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Gedu Andargachew and United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa, James Duddridge on Wednesday (May 20) held a video-conference call to discuss bilateral and regional issues between the two countries. According to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia,...

By: Jama farah, HornDiplomat Contributor US Congresswoman Ilhan Omer condemns attacks on press freedom and intimidations by the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA); calls on the Somali government to immediately cease these attacks on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan...

 By: Jama Farah, HornDiplomat Contributor A 71st extraordinary session of the IGAD Council of Ministers is going on today (April 21) via video link to follow up on the progress of the implementation of the South Sudan peace agreement and the impact of the COVID-19...

COVID-19 has already loomed into our continent and countries, thus we need to engage the appropriate Disaster Management steps considering our situations, and focus on the Mitigation and Preparedness, rather than waiting for the disaster to explode so that we respond or recover, which...

BY:African Development Bank Group The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. The Facility is the latest measure taken by the Bank to respond to the pandemic and will be...

By: Prince Akpah Across the world, the Coronavirus has not only become another disaster to wipe us all out of the earth but has also put the spotlight on the level of competence of our political leaders. In Africa, the case is not different as governments are putting...

By: Mohamed Duale A Somali greatest artists Ahmed Ismail Hussein “Hudeydi” known as the “King of Oud”, has died on Tuesday as a result of complications of COVID-19. He was 92. born in Berbera in 1928, huddeydi spent his childhood and teenage years in Aden, Yemen, before...