Africa

Burao (Tusaale 03 March 2017) – Five people have reportedly died in Buhodle area, south-East of Somaliland as the results of long lasting droughts in the Horn of Africa and diseases, Radio Koor reports. Two people, old man and a child have died in Odale...

Trump administration plans to pursue wider military involvement, including special forces operations, as ISIL expands. With frequent suicide bombings and assaults on Somalia's hotels and military targets, the armed group al-Shabab continues to threaten stability in the war-ravaged country. The emergence of fighters pledging allegiance to...

By Elizabeth Ingram Managing Editor Multiple news agencies are reporting that Ethiopia has stopped a planned attack on its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and associated 6,000-MW hydro facility. GERD is under construction on the Blue Nile River, and reports indicate Zadig Abrha, Ethiopia’s deputy government...

By Surangani Abeyesekera – Chief, Communication for Development Awdal, Somaliland, 27 February 2017 - The continuing drought in Somaliland forced Qaali Heybi, her husband and ten children to travel more than 400 kilometres west from their home village to find pasture for their animals who...

by Birhanu Fikade ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan media outlets have it well covered recently that Ethiopia is about to overtake Kenya and become the leading economy in East Africa. Building on decade-long double-digit growth catalyzed by enormous government spending on infrastructure, the size...

Some members from Somaliland’s Community in London have protested on Thursday against the United Arab Emirates military base in Berbera which has been approved by the Parliament, the opposition party has also endorsed it but the government accused that protest was backed by the...

Eritrea’s government denied any knowledge of a rebel group that an Ethiopian broadcaster said had plotted to attack the country’s flagship hydropower plant. Ethiopian security forces killed 13 members of the Benishangul Gumuz People’s Liberation Movement who had traveled from Eritrea to attack the Grand...

The humanitarian situation in Somalia and Somaliland has become increasingly fragile towards the end of 2016, especially in the northern regions and Eastern Regions. Drought conditions are deepening in Somaliland and Puntland, and have expanded to southern and central regions, including Sool, Sanaag,Saraar, Gedo,...

Hargeysa (Tusaale 01 March 2017) – Somaliland government has deported two Danish humanitarian agencies international staff from Hargeisa, after they allegedly committed religious discrimination against local staff, the national planning Minister told the media. Danish Demining Group (DDG) is a Humanitarian Mine Action Unit in...

What informed the appointment of the politically unknown and youthful Hassan Ali Khaire as prime minister of Somalia? That could turn out to be the easiest question to answer about Somalia’s politics. It would appear newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo’s choice of Khaire...