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Horndiplomat-A BBC radio presenter has made reference to Somalian pirates while discussing the Somali Olympic team's results at a sailing event in Rio . The joke was made on BBC Cumbria's late show with Ian Timms on Tuesday, August 9. But now it's being questioned whether...

Ethiopian Olympic swimmer Robel Kiros Habte finished last in the Preliminary Men’s 100m Freestyle heats at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The 24 year old was the only one of the 59 entrants in the heats not to complete the distance in under a minute. He...

Horndiplomat-The Chevening Scholarship Programme is a prestigious financial aid awards scheme that funds international postgraduate students who want to study in the UK for one academic year. Chevening Scholarships not only offer financial support to study for a Master’s degree at the UK’s leading...

BY FELIX ALLEN Hordiplomat-New features revealed by people who tested the gadget in secret THE new iPhone 7 will not have a headphones jack, reports appeared to confirm today – but a host of high-tech features has been added to the slim handset. It has a new...

Horndiplomat-Ilhan Omar makes history with victory over long-serving Rep. Phyllis Kahn She'll likely be 1st Somali-American legislator in U.S. CARLOS GONZALEZ – STAR TRIBUNE Gallery: Ilhan Omar spoke to supporters at Kalsan in Minneapolis. Neighborhood activist Ilhan Omar made history Tuesday by winning a fiercely competitive DFL primary...

Horndiplomat-Presidential Candidates Statement, H.E. Abdirahman M. Mohamud Farole and Hon. Ali Haji Warsame. Issues of concern on the National Leaders Forum (NLF) Communique for 2016 Election The communiqué is full of discrepancies and inconsistences with regard to the Provisional Federal Constitutions “PFC”. It contains illegitimate self-extension for...

Horndiplomat-The United States Ambassador to Somalia Stephen M. Schwartz presented a copy of his letter of credence from President Barack Obama to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisalam Omar Hadliye on August 9, 2016, at a meeting in Mogadishu. The letter of credence formally...

BY SHAAMINI YOGARETNAM Horndiplomat-On the same day Abdirahman Abdi was pronounced dead, Ottawa police moved to hire a Somali-Canadian man who had failed a background check, prompting the civilian investigator in charge of vetting officers to resign, Postmedia has learned. Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau. DARREN...

HORNDIPLOMAT -Somaliland House of Representatives approves the agreement between Somaliland and the DP WORLD on the management and the investment of the strategic port of Berbera.@Horndiplomat Reports. The Somaliland ministerial committee comprising Foreign Affairs Minister Mr.Saad Ali Shire, Ministers of Finance Ms.Zamzam Abdi Aden, Presidency,...

HorndiplomatDay 3 of the Olympics and Brazil's Rafaela Silva wins gold in women's -57kg judo, first gold medal for the host country.   Cupping has taken Rio by storm, thanks to Michael Phelps.  Plus, Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky moved on from a golden Sunday, somewhat creakily in...