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Nairobi, Kenya (AP) -- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says Kenya has complied with international safety standards and can have direct flights to the U.S. after waiting for more than a decade.The FAA in a statement Thursday said Kenya has received a category 1...

By:Vanda Felbab-Brown After several months of delay, a new president of Somalia was elected on February 8, 2017. The fact that an election took place at all should be counted a success. Vanda Felbab-Brown Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy,Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence VFelbabBrown Despite the so­-called...

Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo have discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation and the developments in the region. Farmajo’s trip to Riyadh was his first official foreign visit after his Feb. 8 election. Thursday’s...

By Nimo Ismail Somalia, a country that was once the focus of world aid and attention, is currently the No. 1 failed state according to the Fund for Peace’s Fragile States Index of 2016. Amid this volatility, one region, recognized by the international community as...

The United Arab Emirates is building a military base in Berbera in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland. It has proved controversial among neighbouring countries in the Horn of Africa. Tomi Oladipo explains the reasons behind the deal. SOURCE:BBC

Somaliland security forces on February 20, 2017, arrested Mohamed Baashe Hassan, a journalist for the independent broadcaster Star TV, in Hargeisa, the capital of the semi-autonomous region. Police arrested Mohamed at roughly 10:30 p.m., Guleid Ahmed Jama, the chairman of the Human Rights Centre, a...

Somalia New president Mohamed Abdilahi Farmaajo has appointed Hassan Ali Khaireh as the country’s new Prime minister. The New Prime Minister Hasan Ali khayre has been working for Humanitarian and business for many years, he worked for NRC. Currently he's living in Britain and head of the...

  Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed sought to downplay high expectations of his new administration at his inauguration Wednesday, saying it would take decades to fix the nation's many problems. "Our government is facing so many challenges and even though I will be doing my...

By:Jonathan Starr This idea had been with me for a long time: to start a school for really talented kids who have great potential that will otherwise go wasted. Over a decade earlier, when I was still in college, I’d entertained the idea of finding...

Somaliland’s Private Sector at a Crossroads: Political Economy and Policy Choices for Prosperity and Job Creation (2016) is the World Bank’s first comprehensive analysis of the private sector in Somaliland. The 90 page report takes stock of the evolution of the private sector over...