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Horndiplomat-Somaliland was a part of the former of Somali Republic . For 25 years until his fall, the regime of Mohammed Siad Barre carried out massacres against the people of Somaliland. About 60,000 civilians were killed, thousands were victims of enforced disappearance, and 500,000...

Horndiplomat-UN member states have rejected a UN proposal to resettle 10 percent of the world’s refugees annually as part of a new global effort to tackle the worst refugee crisis since World War II. A document adopted late Tuesday failed to include the resettlement proposal...

Horndiplomat-One woman was killed and five other people were injured by a man with a knife in central London in an attack which police said could be linked to terrorism. Police said they had been called shortly before midnight after the man had injured several...

Horndiplomat- Livestock production accounts for between 60–65% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), employs over 70% of the population and contributes 85% of export earnings (MoNPD 2012). In 2014, a total of 3.4 million heads of livestock were exported, of which 3.1 million were...

By ADOW MOHAMED @adowmo Horndiplomat-Somalia has criticised Cord leader Raila Odinga for urging the international community to recognise Somaliland’s secession. Ambassador Gamal Hassan termed Raila’s comment irresponsible. He said it damages his country’s territorial integrity. “That comment was in bad taste,” he said. “Somali politics should...

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...