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Democrats were projected to take control of the House late Tuesday and pick up some governorships, but Republicans were poised to expand their majority in the Senate, delivering a split verdict in the first national referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency. The most expensive and consequential...

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have become the first Muslim women elected to Congress after both Democrats won their congressional midterm 2018 races. Omar, the first Somali-American Muslim to ever become a lawmaker when elected to the Minnesota’s House of Representatives in 2016, is now...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu met with a US delegation led by Mr. Chris Smith, Chairman of the United States of America House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday (August 23), during which both sides reiterated their commitment to advance...

The 80-year-old "passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness", the foundation named after him said. His home country, Ghana, has declared a week of national mourning. Annan served two terms as UN chief from 1997 to 2006, and was awarded a Nobel Peace...

Ilhan Omar, a first-term state legislator who burst onto the national scene during the fight over President Trump’s “travel ban,” has won the Democratic nomination for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. It’s a safe Democratic seat, held for 12 years by Rep. Keith Ellison (D),...

Horndiplomat-Sanctions Committee Chair Briefs Security Council on Somalia, Eritrea Developments as Delegates Air Views concerning Peace in Horn of Africa. Asmara’s Representative Calls for Lifting of Embargo without Preconditions On the heels of the landmark rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which ended two decades of hostility, the...

Horndiplomat-The ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed met with US Vice President, Mike Pence later on Friday (July 27) at WhiteHouse in WashingtonDC. Vice President Pence congratulated Prime Minister Dr. Abiy on Ethiopia’s democratic reforms and reinforced US commitment to support Ethiopia’s development. Both sides reiterated...

Two leaders praise 'very fruitful' round of closed-door talks held in the Finnish capital Helsinki. President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump have committed to improving relations between the United States and Russia, with Putin saying there was no longer any reason for tensions between the superpowers. The...

Horndiplomat-U.S. President Donald Trump nominates veteran diplomat Donald Y. Yamamoto to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Somalia .   THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2018 *President Donald J. Trump...

Addis Ababa, June 27, 2018  –Ethiopia and the United States have signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in various sectors. The signing of the MOU comes following the visit of U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce Gilbert Kaplan, together with members of the President’s Advisory Council...