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Scrambling for ports on the Horn of Africa

October 21, 2021 Editorial Team

In this Feb. 7, 2009 file photo, Djibouti men and women dance during the opening ceremony of Dubai-based port operator DP World’s Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti port. (AP Photo/Adam…

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Party Wins Vote in Landslide

July 11, 2021 Editorial Team

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed secured a popular mandate to rule the Horn of Africa nation, which is confronting a deepening political crisis that’s alarmed investors and drained national coffers.…

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Somaliland the Light at the end of the Tunnel!

June 5, 2021 Editorial Team

Poor but Democratic! The Republic of Somaliland makes us Africans everywhere Proud. A dirty white, bullet-pocked house, without electricity and running water, does not merit a second glance in the…

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Somali PM reserves 30% of parliament seats for women in upcoming poll

January 12, 2021 Editorial Team

Women’s groups welcome move, but say implementing it in time for Feb. 8 vote will be challenging GAROWE, Somalia, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly a third of Somalia’s…

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Somalia, Kenya agree to restore diplomatic ties

December 22, 2020 Editorial Team

Kenya and Somalia have agreed to restore diplomatic relations following talks between leaders of the two neighboring countries in Djibouti, a Somali government official said. Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, the foreign…

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Witness | A Heroine is Born Amidst of Fire

December 3, 2020 Editorial Team

By Aklile Tsige While there was a controversial and undesired law enforcing operation in the Northern part of Ethiopia, a strong, committed and brave Ethiopian woman fighter came out as…

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Djibouti President ‘Abiy Ahmed had to punish those seeking to break up Ethiopia’

November 25, 2020 Editorial Team

Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP) The deadly conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan rebels continues to intensify, especially…

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Modern but traditional Fashion reflects growing Oromo ethnic pride in Ethiopia

October 20, 2020 Editorial Team

Not so long ago, Oromos in Ethiopia, despite making up the country’s largest ethnic group, were reluctant to openly express their cultural and ethnic identity. This could go as far…

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Internet goes off in Somalia, telco says carrying out maintenance

October 17, 2020 Editorial Team

MOGADISHU (HOL) – South and central regions of Somalia are currently experiencing internet shut-downs in what local telcos said was a result of routine maintenance. The country’s largest telecommunications operator,…

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Why Africa is not dying by Covid-19?

October 11, 2020 Editorial Team

Horn of Africa Update on Coronavirus deaths as of October 11, 2020 Ethiopia deaths 1,277Somalia deaths 3,745Djibouti deaths 61Somaliland deaths 32Eritrea deaths 0 As the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic…

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Swedish citizen appointed next prime minister of Somalia

September 21, 2020 Editorial Team

Mohamed Hussein Roble, center, came to Sweden in 1992 and got his citizenship five years later. Photo: Somali Presidents’ Office A Swedish-Somali engineer has been named the new prime minister…

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Somalia election: Old rivals unite to fight Farmaajo

September 7, 2020 Editorial Team

In Somalia’s political scene, the revolving door is brutal and not even presidents can be safe. Every sort of election held in and out of Somalia since the fall of…

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Somali-born fighter honoured in Rome

August 23, 2020 Editorial Team

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe looks at how some Italians are revaluating their colonial past in Africa.

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BREAKING NEWS: Agreement reached, Somali leaders agree on election model

August 21, 2020 Editorial Team

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed along with three state leaders and the mayor of Mogadishu have reached an agreement on the country’s election model after days of…

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Funeral for Former Prime Minister Hassan Abshir

July 16, 2020 Editorial Team

Mogadishu (HOL) – A plane carrying the body of former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah has landed at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport on Thursday morning where government officials…