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Jubaland regional President, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Islam known as Ahmed Madobe, held high level discussions with the Commander of Special Operations U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Major General Claude K. Tudor Jr. and other AFRICOM senior…
(ERGO) – Nomadic pastoralist families who migrated trying to save their livestock say they are trapped in dried out plainland areas south of the Somaliland capital Hargeisa, unable to move away again due to lack of resources. Their…
STUTTGART (SD) – A high-level Somaliland delegation led by Defense Minister Mohamed Yusuf Ali held talks with officials at the headquarters of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) in Stuttgart, Germany, focusing on defense cooperation,…
Somaliland’s Defense Minister, Mr. Mohamed Yusuf Ali, leading a high-powered delegation recently paid an official working visit to the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) center in the city of Stuttgart, Germany, where he held a…
GAROWE (SD) – Puntland authorities have announced that the Puntland Defense Forces have officially taken control of all facilities and camps previously used by the Federal aligned Puntland Security Force (PSF) in Bossaso and Galkayo,…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Northeastern Somalia’s Puntland security forces seized a second military camp belonging to federal government-aligned troops within 24 hours on Thursday, capturing a command centre in the commercial port city…
In October 2022, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin — Secretary-General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the organisation that documents what happens to journalists in Somalia — arrived at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu carrying a…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale STUTTGART, Germany, Aug. 3 — Somaliland’s Minister of Defense, Mohamed Yusuf Ali, led a senior delegation to the headquarters of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) in Stuttgart, Germany,…
Former Puntland Security Force but later affiliated with the Somali Federal Government forces last night abandoned its military headquarters that lies north of Galkayo, according to reliable sources. Reports further indicate that these…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Aug. 6 — Senior officials from the World Bank and Somaliland’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development held talks on Wednesday to review the implementation of the World…
GAROWE (SD)– Puntland authorities say they have concluded a planned security operation in Galkayo, resulting in the arrest of more than 100 people and the seizure of weapons and military equipment. In a statement, the Puntland Defense…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ Applications are now open for the UK Government’s fully funded Chevening Scholarships, offering talented Somali professionals the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree at leading UK universities. The…
Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday met Djibouti's armed forces chief, General Zakaria Sheikh Ibrahim, in Mogadishu ahead of a conference of military commanders from countries contributing troops to…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Puntland security forces on Wednesday seized a military base in the northern part of Galkayo that had been held by forces aligned with Somalia’s federal government, marking the latest and most significant…
(ERGO) – When the River Juba flooded in June in the area of Baar-Sanguni village, some 50 kilometres north of Kismayo, Faisal Dahir Muse was caught unawares just as he was preparing to harvest crops and vegetables on his five-hectare farm.…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met international partners on Tuesday as diplomatic efforts gathered pace to ease growing political tensions over Somalia’s electoral process and encourage dialogue between the…
HARGEISA (SD) – Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) has ordered sweeping measures to improve treatment for kidney patients, including making all essential dialysis services free of charge, purchasing additional…
(ERGO) – Nearly 200 families displaced by violent ongoing clan conflict in Jalalaqsi, in Hirshabelle state’s Middle Shabelle region, have arrived in an under-resourced displacement camp in Mogadishu’s Garasbaley district. They are living…
As international debate surrounding Somaliland’s recognition has returned to global headlines in recent months, questions of sovereignty and diplomacy have dominated the conversation. Reports of Israel’s recognition of Somaliland in…
(ERGO) – As land prices rise in the growing Somali city of Beletweyne, increased numbers of displaced families are being evicted – often repeatedly – from camps built to house them on privately owned land. Farah Ali Kalayr’s family of…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Aug. 3 — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) has ordered free dialysis treatment for kidney patients, the urgent purchase of 15 additional dialysis…
Amid a deepening hunger crisis in Somalia, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to deliver aid to the people who need it most.
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Aug. 2 — Somaliland’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has launched a new initiative to centralize the printing, registration and oversight of government revenue…
The year 2025 marked a turning point in my life. After spending seven years studying and working in Türkiye, I returned home to Somalia. I spent nearly five months searching for a job before my sister told me about the Somali Public Agenda…
(ERGO) – The closure of many humanitarian aid programmes in dozens of internal displacement camps in Galkayo has caused job losses and hardship, as well as gaps in information among families living in the camps. Hassan Hussein Noor lost…
The Government of Ethiopia pledged that it will continue its support regarding the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) at a time when concerns are mounting in regards to the future operations following…