![People celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 8, 2024 [Louai Beshara/AFP]](https://i0.wp.com/www.horndiplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AFP__20241208__36PV6H7__v1__Preview__SyriaConflict-1733643174.webp?resize=265%2C198&ssl=1 "What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?")
Hundreds dead as magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes southern Türkiye
By: TRT WORLD
The earthquake, which was centred in the Pazarcik district of Kahramanmaras province, also left major damage and hundreds of casualties in Syria.
At least 284 people have been reported killed...
Somalia is not just applying to join East African Community, it is being invited in
By: The EasternAfrican
Nearly 13 years ago, when even inside the high-security African Union Mission to Somalia (Amisom) camp they wouldn’t allow visiting journalists to step out of their rooms at the media reception centre to smoke without a...
Horn of Africa Leaders to Back Somalia’s Final Push Against Al-Shabab
By:Zakariye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent
The leaders of the Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya who gathered in Mogadishu on Wednesday for a day-long security summit agreed on a joint final push for...
Russian Foreign Minister meets Eritrean President
By: Horndiplomat Staff writer
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Eritrea on Thursday for a one-day visit, the information ministry announced, as part of an African tour aimed at drumming up support for Moscow.
Somalia’s bid to join EAC now enters verification stage
By: TheastAfrican
The East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday officially launched the verification mission to assess the Federal Republic of Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc.
The verification team of experts from...
Arsenal fans arrested in Uganda after celebrating Manchester United victory
By Jacobs Odongo Seaman, BBC WORLD
At least eight Arsenal fans have been arrested in the Ugandan city of Jinja after celebrating the club's win against Manchester United in the English Premier League.
The...
Tigray rebels hand over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army
![The rebels have claimed to have 'disengaged' 65 percent of their fighters from the front lines [File: Ben Curtis/AP Photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.horndiplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AP21223403299422.webp?resize=696%2C385&ssl=1 "Tigray rebels hand over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army")
By: Anadolu agency
Tigray rebels handed over their heavy weapons to Ethiopia’s national army in the presence of a monitoring team comprising members of the two sides and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional body.
EU lawmakers aid Somali man fighting life sentence in Greece
By: AP
A Somali migrant serving life in prison for people smuggling appeared in court on Monday to appeal his sentence, in a case backed by a group of European Parliament members who say he was wrongfully convicted.
US Congress Urges Pentagon to Deepen Security Partnership with Somaliland
By: African Report
Even as the White House denied Somaliland an invitation to last month’s US-Africa Leaders Summit, Congress was handing the de facto state a key diplomatic win in its annual Defence bill.
The dueling...
At least 16 killed in bus crash in Sudan
By:REUTERS
At least 16 people were killed and 19 injured on the outskirts of the Sudanese city of Omdurman when the bus they were travelling in collided with a dump truck, police said on Tuesday.
![British Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks on, at Number 10 Downing Street, following the results of the election, in London, UK, July 5, 2024 [Kevin Coombs/Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/www.horndiplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-05T115520Z_52034812_RC2ZO8AP0G9J_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ELECTION-1720202222.webp?resize=100%2C70&ssl=1 "New PM Starmer names first cabinet after landslide win")
