The Daily Horn News and Beyond
East Africa’s Voice – From the Horn to the Heart of the Continent
A new diplomatic storm is brewing in the Horn of Africa after Ethiopia openly accused Egypt of attempting to block Addis Ababa’s efforts to secure access to the Red Sea,…
For nearly two years, thousands of Ethiopians trying to travel to Europe faced growing frustration, uncertainty, and delays. Business owners missed meetings. Students waited endlessly for appointments and decisions. Families…
Something deeply unsettling is unfolding beneath the surface of the war in Ukraine, and now it is pulling Africa directly into its orbit. Kenya has taken a rare and urgent…
A quiet but historic diplomatic move is reshaping the political map of the Horn of Africa. Israel has formally accepted the appointment of Somaliland’s first-ever ambassador to Tel Aviv, marking…
A palace is rising above Addis Ababa. Massive. Glittering. Paid for not by Ethiopians, but by Gulf money. From a distance it looks like progress, confidence, global attention. Up close,…
While Somalia publicly condemned Somaliland for “courting Israel” and warned of dire consequences, Mogadishu was secretly pitching the very same diplomatic play behind closed doors.Newly revealed records show that Somalia…
Israel has officially recognized Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, becoming the first United Nations member country to do so since Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991. The…
Al-Shabaab militants have seized control of the town of Nuur Dugle in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, cutting a critical supply route linking Mogadishu to parts of central Somalia. The development…
Ethiopia and Nigeria have announced a new Gas-by-Rail Economic Corridor partnership designed to establish one of Africa’s most extensive freight systems, positioning Ethiopia as the host nation for a proposed…
A quiet but extraordinary development is emerging along Somalia’s coastline. New intelligence shared by regional analyst Dr. Rashid Abdi suggests that the country’s recent security pact with Turkey may include…
The humanitarian disaster in Sudan has entered a new and alarming phase. International monitors have confirmed that famine is now gripping the cities of Al-Fashir and Kadugli, two major population…
After the Tigray war, thousands of women fled their homes seeking safety in Addis Ababa. What many of them found instead was another kind of struggle — poverty, exploitation, and…
It began with a statistic that sounded almost impossible, a president winning 98 percent of the vote.In Tanzania, that number has set the country on fire. What should have been…
Addis Ababa, Oct 14, 2025 — Somaliland President Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi is set to travel to Ethiopia on Tuesday after receiving an official invitation from the Ethiopian government, marking…
Addis Ababa / Nairobi – October 10, 2025Ethiopia has formally commenced trading with Kenya under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), marking a major milestone in the Horn of…