Terror Group Claims Ex-Lawmaker Conducted Somali Suicide Bombing
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...
Breaking: Al-Shabab bombs target African Union troops in Somalia
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...
Somalia: UN envoy calls for better protection of children affected by armed conflict
Horndiplomat-22 July 2016 – Concluding a six-day visit to Somalia, a United Nations child rights envoy has called for better protection of children caught up in armed conflict, urging the country's authorities to treat former child soldiers as victims in need of protection rather...
Turkish embassy in Somalia to control Gulen-run schools
Horndiplomat-Apart from 3 schools, a hospital linked to Gulen network will also be operated by embassy
Three schools and a hospital belonging to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization-linked Nile Academy in Somalia will now operate under control of Turkey's Mogadishu embassy, according to a diplomatic source.
The...
African Force in Somalia Gets New Commander as Uganda Plans Exit
Horndiplomat-A new commander took control of the African Union force battling al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia as Uganda said it wants to withdraw its troops from the war-torn nation by the end of next year.
Lieutenant General Osman Noor Soubagleh arrived Monday in the capital, Mogadishu,...
Somali Migrant Returns Home After Losing Hope in Europe
HORNDIPLOMAT-Burhan Jama Mohamed, 25, was in his final year of education studies at college when he migrated from Garowe to Europe a year ago.
He said goodbye to his wife, pregnant with their first child, and travelled through Ethiopia and Sudan to Libya and then...
Somalia Condemns Coup Attempt in Turkey, Closes Projects Linked to Gulen
Horndiplomat-Somalia has ordered organizations linked to a U.S.-based Turkish cleric shut down after Turkey’s president said Fethullah Gulen was involved Friday’s coup attempt.
The decision came in an extraordinary session of the Somali cabinet on Saturday. The government ordered Turkish citizens working for Gulen-linked organizations...
Somalia: Alternative livelihoods – Giving young Somalis a fresh start
Horndiplomat-Rushing about her teashop in downtown Eyl, a coastal village in Somalia, Bisharo Abdi looks the part of a busy young shopowner. However, behind this chatty young entrepenuer is a complex story. Life for Bisharo has been difficult. She was born into to a...
African Union Pre-election Assessment Team arrives in Mogadishu
Horn Diplomat-:Mogadishu, 11 July 2016 – A delegation from the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia today, on a pre-election assessment mission, ahead of the elections, scheduled for August and September 2016.
The four-member delegation is in the country to gauge...
Al-Shabaab militants overrun Kenyan police outpost
Horn Diplomat-Over 100 al-Shabaab militants attacked and overpowered a Kenyan police station on Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks by the Somalia-based militant group.
Police confirmed that the early-morning attack took place in the north-eastern town of Wajir, about 50 kilometers (31 miles)...