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The 80-year-old "passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness", the foundation named after him said. His home country, Ghana, has declared a week of national mourning. Annan served two terms as UN chief from 1997 to 2006, and was awarded a Nobel Peace...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief @HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale Horndiplat- South Sudanese president General Salva Kiir Mayardit arrives in Asmara today for an official visit to Eritrea the after an invitation of President Isaias Afwerki. South Sudanese President accompanied by Foreign Minister  Nyala B. Nyala and Minister of President's Office, Mike A....

Ilhan Omar, a first-term state legislator who burst onto the national scene during the fight over President Trump’s “travel ban,” has won the Democratic nomination for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. It’s a safe Democratic seat, held for 12 years by Rep. Keith Ellison (D),...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Hirut Zemene received copies of credentials of the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Ethiopia, Ambassador Hamad Al Dosari later today (August 14). The two sides discussed on ways of further strengthening the bilateral ties between the...

'A number of pedestrians' injured after the vehicle drove into security barriers outside Houses of Parliament. A man has been arrested after his car crashed into security barriers outside the UK's Houses of Parliament and injured several people. London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement on...

By:Dominic Dudley The dispute between Dubai-based DP World and Djibouti over control of the east African country’s container port looks set to rumble on, after the government said it “does not recognize” a decision by an international arbitration court that DP World’s contract to operate...

An easing of cross-border tensions, a zeal for free trade, and a more globalist-minded young leader have brought change to the Horn of Africa. Can this formula catch on across the continent? On June 23 in Addis Ababa, a hand grenade exploded within earshot of...

Horndiplomat-The 64th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers which took place in Khartoum on the 9th of August 2018 deliberated on issues that should be dealt with to prepare a full document of a Comprehensive Revitalized ARCSS based on the yearlong HLRF...

Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have planned to build an oil pipeline linking Eritrea’s port city of Assab and Addis Ababa. This was revealed today during a meeting between Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and Reem Al Hashimy, UAE’s Minister of State for...

Recently, the region of Horn of Africa has witnessed a series waves of political changes, alliances and rapprochements, which have left observers and the world at large stunned and the local population confused. After a series of popular unrest and demonstrations in Ethiopia Prime...