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What the rest of the world is publishing about the Horn of Africa — and what the Horn's own newsrooms are publishing about everywhere else.
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(ERGO) – Families fleeing adversity in different parts of southern Somalia have been arriving in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, where they find themselves with no means of making a living nor aid or support. They include families fleeing…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Hanah Olson, Horndiplomat Global Reporter Washington, Oct 19 (Horndiplomat) — Somaliland was identified separately from Somalia on a geopolitical map displayed during a security presentation by…
(ERGO) – Pastoralist families in Warsheikh and Adale districts of southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region have begun repaying debts accumulated during three years of drought, after recent rains improved pasture and water supplies and the…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 17 (Horndiplomat) — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, widely known as Irro, has urged newly appointed ambassadors, an envoy and deputy ambassadors to…
(ERGO) – More than 1,700 families have fled their homes and farms in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region since early September to escape repeated airstrikes and ground fighting that are still ongoing. Many fled with nothing, leaving…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By : Kadir Moustapha ADDIS ABABA, Oct 17 (Horndiplomat) — Ethiopia’s federal government has established a new six-month caretaker administration in the northern Tigray region following a decision to…
(ERGO) – A sudden storm that struck the rural village of El-Gal, in Qandala in Somalia’s Bari region last month has left hundreds of families struggling to afford even one meal a day, after an earlier devastating period of drought. The…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Ibrahim Muse Baqardhe When I watched the interview with Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Israel, Tesfaye Yetayeh, on i24NEWS, I thought I was listening to an official from Somalia. The narrative matched…
(ERGO) – Sand encroachment has forced dozens of families to flee their homes in a rural village in the south-eastern part of Galgadud, in central Somalia, leaving them without shelter and short of food. The mostly pastoralist families…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 15 — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi said on Thursday that Somaliland strongly opposed interference and any actions that could threaten neighbouring…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 15 — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi returned home on Thursday after visits to the United States and the United Arab Emirates, thanking U.S. President…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 15 — Thousands of people gathered in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa on Wednesday to thank U.S. President Donald Trump for describing Somaliland as a different country from…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 14 — Somaliland’s army chief has met Ethiopian diplomatic and defence officials to discuss strengthening military cooperation and addressing regional security concerns,…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 14 — Somaliland’s opposition parties KAAH and Kulmiye have welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks distinguishing Somaliland from Somalia, calling for formal…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 14 —U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has urged Washington to formally recognise Somaliland, firmly backing President Donald Trump’s remarks that Somaliland is “a totally different…
(ERGO) – Displaced families relocated by the authorities to a new camp, about 20 km east of Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa, say their health is being affected by waste dumped near their homes, alongside severe food shortages and a lack of…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 13 — Somaliland’s foreign minister welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s distinction between Somaliland and Somalia on Tuesday, saying the remarks reflected Somaliland’s…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 13 — U.S. President Donald Trump described Somaliland as “a totally different country” during a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday, drawing a distinction between…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By : Kadir Moustapha ADDIS ABABA, Oct 12 — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Monday he held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss bilateral relations…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 12 — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro has described his recent meetings with senior U.S. officials as productive, expressing optimism about closer…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Oct 12 — Somaliland is ready to discuss arrangements for Ethiopia to access its coastline and use the port of Berbera, Foreign Minister Abdirahman Dahir Adan Bakal said,…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By : Kadir Moustapha ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Oct 11 — Ethiopian Airlines resumed commercial flights between Addis Ababa and Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, on Sunday after a…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By : Kadir Moustapha Djibouti, Oct 11 — At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, have died and more than 116 remain missing after a boat carrying 305 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti while…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Oct 11 — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Dr. Abdiwasa Abdullahi Bade as Director General of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), the Prime…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Somaliland, Oct 11 — Somaliland’s government warned on Sunday that heavy rainfall and possible flash floods could affect several towns across the country, urging residents to…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Somaliland, Oct 10 — Somaliland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Saturday congratulated Taiwan on its 115th National Day, reaffirming its…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Somaliland, Oct 10 — Somaliland police have issued a public safety warning over heavy rainfall expected during the current rainy season, urging residents and motorists to take…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By : Kadir Moustapha ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Oct 10 — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reappointed Getachew Reda as his adviser on East African affairs, granting him the rank of minister, the Office…
(ERGO) – Hundreds of displaced families have been evicted from houses they had been occupying rent-free in El Jalle, on the outskirts of Beledweyne in central Somalia’s Hiran region, by homeowners making their own preparations ahead of…
https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/ By: Mohamed Duale HARGEISA, Somaliland, Oct 9 — Britain has expressed concern over the number of journalist arrests in Somaliland, saying more than 50 cases had been recorded in less than two years and…