Africa

DJIBOUTI — The two countries keep dozens of intercontinental nuclear missiles pointed at each other’s cities. Their frigates and fighter jets occasionally face off in the contested waters of the South China Sea. With no shared border, China and the United States mostly circle each...

Former foreign minister and former first lady of the Republic of Somaliland, Edna Adan Ismail, visited Cal State Fullerton's School of Nursing Feb. 2 to learn best practices from its midwifery program and exchange ideas for improving women's health around the world. During her visit,...

Addis Ababa February 25/2017 Ethiopia provided relief support for people affected by drought in Somaliland, the autonomous region of Somalia. Mitiku Kassa, Commissioner for Disaster Risk Management told ENA that the support for drought affected people in Somaliland included biscuits, milk and grains. Some 8,000 quintal...

In November 2016, the electorate college of United States reported that Donald Trump won the US Presidential election after more than one year of an intense rivalry between Trump from the Republicans and Hillary Clinton from Democrats. The Republican also dominated and won both the congress and the...

The Somaliland’s democracy since 1991 has been more pragmatic and peaceful than the Kenyan, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Sudan and Ethiopian political processes. Somaliland has held invariably peaceful, free and fair, and regular elections without any problem since 1991. The country has sustained its development, security...

By David Millward The anti-immigration Progress Party is objecting to Hassan Ali Khaire holding dual nationality, The Local reported. Whereas the overwhelming majority of countries in Europe allow dual nationality, including the rest of Scandinavia, it is outlawed in Norway. Mr Khaire, 46, arrived in Norway in...

Stephen O'Brien, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, will travel from Oslo to Yemen, Somalia and Kenya between Feb. 26 and March 5 to meet people most affected by humanitarian crises, a UN spokesman said here Friday. "In all three countries, Mr. O'Brien will meet...

By:Yusuf Dirie,Deeq Mohamed To ask where does our dependency stem from is to give the impression that dependency describes the totality of our current state. That, it is the natural state of many of us – a condition that we are born into and then...

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) is finishing up a restoration project on the tomb of King Najashi, the former leader of modern day Ethiopia's Kingdom of Aksum. TIKA coordinator in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, Fazıl Akın Erdoğan, told reporters that the restoration project...

Gambia's dreaded former spy chief — whose watch was marred by allegations of killings and torture — and eight subordinates were charged Thursday with killing a leading opposition member in April. Yankuba Badjie headed the National Intelligence Agency, which rights groups say carried out arbitrary...