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James Jeffrey in Addis Ababa Horndiplomat-Addis Ababa Letter: concern their fraught history may once again lead to full-scale war  Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea snapped in June in their most dramatic way for the last 15 years. Fighting that erupted at their border involved tanks and heavy...

Asmara — A high-level Eritrean government delegation headed by Mr. Hagos Gebrehiwet, Head of PFDJ Economic Affairs, has taken part in the China-Africa Cooperation Forum conducted in Beijing city, from 26 to 30 July. During the session at Ministerial level, the process registered in the...

Horndiplomat-The Former Kenya PM Mr.Raila Odinga  is said to have made the comments at Chatham House, London earlier in the week. Mr.Odinga Speaks The chattam H“I am a strong supporter of the full recognition of Somaliland. I think there is a very strong case,” Raila...

horndiplomat-Somaliland Exists.Somaliland's story is unlike any other in the developing world. The autonomous region has built a peaceful democracy without any assistance from the international community. International development agencies are nowhere to be found, foreign aid pours into its neighbors but skips over Somaliland....

HORNDIPLOMAT-US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday accused Donald Trump of scapegoating the parents of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq. This was after the Republican nominee took issue with remarks the soldier's father made at the Democratic National Convention. Trump, in an ABC interview...

HORNDIPLOMAT-The Somali government has pledged to work with the newly-appointed Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) force commander to flush Al-Shabaab militants out of the Horn of Africa nation. Minister for Internal Security, Abdirisak Omar Mohamed, said the country's security forces will work with Lt....

Horndiplomat-Seven Saudi troops and dozens of Houthi fighters were killed in heavy fighting on the border with Yemen, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Sunday, as the main combatants in Yemen's war prepared for a further week of peace talks in Kuwait. The U.N.-sponsored...

Horndiplomat-hooting in a crowded entertainment district of downtown Austin early Sunday set off a chaotic scene, leaving one woman dead and three others wounded and police searching for a suspect. Austin Police Chief of Staff Brian Manley said police received reports of gunshots in the crowded...

Horndiplomat-PRAN, a leading food processor and exporter in Bangladesh, on Thursday awarded an importer of Somaliland for his outstanding contributions to popularise PRAN products in the African country. Md Eleash Mridha, director of PRAN Group, handed over the award to Mohamed Omar Abdi, proprietor of...

Horndiplomat-The UN humanitarian agency has warned that humanitarian situation in Somalia could worsen due to deteriorating food security situation in parts of the southern and central regions. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says in a report released on Friday that the...