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Hordiplomat-West Ham United are close to agreeing a deal to sign Swansea City star Andre Ayew, despite reported interest from Liverpool and Chelsea.The striker, who impressed last season for the Swans, scoring 12 goals as they rallied to avoid relegation in the second half...

Somali female athletes jog during a training session at Banadir Stadium in Mogadishu. In the remodelled Banaadir Stadium, situated in the heart of Somali capital, Mogadishu, a group of track and field athletes go through their paces in the blistering mid-morning sun. Mohamed Daud Mohamed,...

By George Obulutsa Horndiplomat-NAIROBI - Changes to Kenya's banking law that will cap commercial lending rates at 400 basis points above the central bank's benchmark rate will drive high-risk borrowers into informal financial services and damage small business, an industry body said. The east African state's parliament...

Horndiplomat-ADDIS ABABA, - Ethiopia's Minister of Transport Workneh Gebeyehu, has expressed his country's keenness on benefitting from the UAE experience in building airports and aviation services. The remarks were made when Gebeyehu received Ambassador of the UAE to Ethiopia Ghazi Abdullah Al Mahri at the...

Horndiplomat-President Salva Kiir swore in Taban Deng Gai as first vice president of South Sudan on Tuesday, replacing Riek Machar, who hasn't been seen nor hear from since fighting broke out earlier this month between his forces and those loyal to the president. In an...

Horndiplomat-WASHINGTON — After all the ways that this year’s presidential election has made history, Donald J. Trumpfound a new line to cross on Wednesday, when he said at a news conference that Russia should hack his opponent,Hillary Clinton. “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re...

Horndiplomat-was about 8:40 p.m. last night when President Obama climbed aboard Air Force One for the hop to Philadelphia, where he was scheduled to speak at about 10:30 p.m. As an accomplished speaker, he must have known that the speech that would be fed...

Horndiplomat-United Nations office guards and Somalian soldiers carry the dead body of their colleague who was killed in a suicide car bomb outside the UN's office in Mogadishu, Somalia on July 26, 2016 United Nations office guards and Somalian soldiers carry the dead body of...

Horndiplomat-Two men who took several people hostage in the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray church shot by police, officials say. At least one hostage has been killed by two knife-wielding men in a church in France's northern Normandy region, the interior ministry said. The Paris-based AFP news agency, citing the...

Horndiplomat -Armed group claims responsibility for attack in capital Mogadishu that targeted base used by AU troops near airport. Two vehicles packed with explosives were detonated in Somalia's capital Mogadishu near a base for African Union troops next to the main airport, according to local...