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By: Defence post UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recommended to the Security Council that the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia maintain its current staffing level through the end of the year, in a letter obtained by AFP on Tuesday. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is comprised of 20,000 soldiers, police, and civilians tasked with supporting...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh received Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation today (february 9) to discuss on ways of enhancing the bilateral ties in investment, business and trade. Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Workneh stated that UAE is an important...

Al-shabaab executed three Somali men in Mubaarak, a district in Lower Shabelle yesterday afternoon, reports Warqaad, a Somali website. Al-shabaab accused two of the men of being Federal Government soldiers; the third man, Al-shabaab said, was one of elders who had selected MPs and Senators for...

File image of a Chinese submarine at an international fleet review. Image used for representation. Djibouti is in the limelight after the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) recently commissioned its first overseas permanent logistical base off the Horn of Africa. This has major implications...

Mo Farah made history here at the 2017 London edition of the World Athletics Championships as he became the first athlete in history to win 10 consecutive global track distance titles. Returning to the venue where he was first propelled towards global stardom at the...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi receives the German Chancellor's Personal Representative for Africa Mr. Günter Nooke at Presidential palace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmn4j6kFdpI During the meeting,Somaliland President and German Chancellor's Personal Representative for Africa discussed on issues related the bilateral ties between the two countries and Development projects that German...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed the Ethiopia country manager of Nigeria’s Dangote Industries on Wednesday after he was attacked in the restive Oromiya region while returning to the capital from Ethiopia’s largest cement factory, officials said. Oromiya, which surrounds the capital Addis Ababa,...

Fighting Fistula in The Horn of Africa:-Hawa* was just sixteen when she went into labour. As a nomad, living in a rural area, there were no midwives, no doctors, no healthcare professionals to call on. So, when the labour became obstructed, Hawa’s mother piled her...

Being a journalist in Somalia carries both risk and reward. The risk comes from al-Shabab militants and other armed groups who have killed at least 26 reporters in the last five years, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The reward is having a job...

Job Details Employer: CARE Job Title: Conduct context review including operational context; political and socio–economic in Lower Juba region, Somalia Job Type: Full-Time Location: Somalia Category: Other Description: CARE International in Somalia Terms of reference to conduct context review including operational context; political and socio–economic in Lower Juba region, Somalia 1 Purpose of...