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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...

By:Jama Farah ,HornDiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-IGAD's Consultative Meeting on the Peace Process in South Sudan Begins. A consultative meeting among ministers of IGAD member states and leaders of South Sudan Peace Agreement signatory parties begins today (November 09) in Addis Ababa. In her opening speech at the session,...

Somalia’s president has condemned the violence in the US city of Las Vegas which led to the death of 59 people late on Sunday, Somalia’s local Garowe Online reported. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo rejected the notion of violence and terrorism and passed condolences over to the...

Horndiplomat-The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) Authority has partnered with Dahabshil group to raise funds for the recently launched aid campaign named “For Your Sake, Somalia” meant to help the more than six million people who desperately need humanitarian assistance following droughts in Somaliland and...

Emails taken from inbox of Yousef al-Otaiba reveal Emirati ambassador played role in campaign to tarnish Qatar's image. Hackers have released the first series of emails taken from the inbox of the UAE's ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba. The Intercept reported on Saturday that the...

Saudi authorities have prevented Qatari nationals from entering the Grand Mosque in Mecca, marking a sharp escalation in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, Doha-based Al Sharq newspaper has reported. Qatar's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received complaints from Qatari citizens that pilgrims from Qatar were barred...

By: Abdiaziz Ali Hussein On February 21 of every year, the world celebrates Mother Language Day. The idea of celebrating International Mother Language Day was the initiative of Bangladesh. It was approved at the 1999 UNESCO General Conference and has been observed throughout the world...

Harriett Baldwin announced £5 million of new UK aid funding to strengthen Zimbabwean civil society ahead of the 2018 elections LONDON, United Kingdom, February 5, 2018/ -- Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin visited Zimbabwe on Thursday 1 February and Friday 2 February, on her first...

By Jim Siegel  The Columbus Dispatch Before Ismail Mohamad could become possibly the first Somali-born attorney licensed to practice in Ohio, he first had to convince his family that he was pursuing the right profession. They knew he was tough, having escaped the violence of civil war...

By: The Express Tribune Senior journalist Arshad Sharif died in Kenya's Nairobi city after reportedly being shot, confirmed his wife Javeria Siddiqui early Monday. Taking to her official Twitter handle, Siddiqui said "I...