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By James Jeffrey Freelance journalist based in Addis Ababa and regular contributor to IRIN ADDIS ABABA, 24 October 2016 A $500 million investment aims to keep migrants at bay The compound of the Jesuit Refugee Service in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is a microcosm of the region’s troubles. Set...

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times - - Monday, October 24, 2016 MOGADISHU, Somalia — Staring at trucks festooned with campaign signs winding their way through the streets of the capital, Hawa Mahamoud was disappointed that she would not have a chance...

By Sally Hayden CALAIS, France (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep in the Calais "Jungle" migrant camp in northern France, hundreds of Oromo Ethiopians set up their own school. An Irish volunteer came to teach classes during the day, but at other times groups of Oromo men,...

  Men tell of extreme deprivation during years in the clutches of pirates after their ship was seized in March 2012 Sailors who had been held hostage by pirates for more than four years, and were released in Somalia on Saturday, smile as they arrive at...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Following more than four years in captivity, 26 Asian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates have been released from their captors, China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday. The sailors arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, and international mediators said the action the...

Hopelessness is a dangerous dead-end. As in people, nations need sense of hope to exist and to deal with inevitable challenges throughout their development and indeed existence. But that sense of hope must be grounded on reality; otherwise, it turns into delusion. With the so-called...

Reports:-In his report to the UN Security Council on September 27, 2016, Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia (SRSG), admitted that the “scope for political manipulation of the process remains high.” Abstract Due to pressure from the international community, the government, after...

Qatar to observe three days of mourning after the former emir, who ruled for more than 20 years, passes away at 84. Former Qatari Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani passed away on Sunday aged 84, the Emiri Diwan announced. He ruled Qatar from 1972...

A car bomb exploded outside a tire shop in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday evening, killing at least three people and injuring four others, witnesses and officials said. A VOA reporter says the driver, a suspected al-Shabab suicide attacker, is among the dead. A journalist with...

Horndiplomat-on 18 October, 2016 - The Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is proud to announce the creation of the @Somaliland account on twitter, which is hosted online at www.twitter.com/somaliland. With the help of staff at twitter, the @Somaliland handle has been...