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Tribunal Sets The Cost Of Djibouti’S Refusal To Return Doraleh Terminal To Dp World At $54 Million A Year

Press-Release DP World wins over USD 200 million in damages from London tribunal over exclusion from Doraleh terminal, Djibouti DP World also defeats China Merchants’ effort to block its multi-billion dollar suit in Hong Kong from going ahead Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 24 January, 2022: An arbitral...

African nations seek UN Security Council permanent representation

U.N. Security Council set to lift Eritrea sanctions on Wednesday
By:Zakariye Ahmed, On Thursday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urged the United Nations Security Council to approve reforms that would give Africa permanent UN security council representation. Opening the 9th ministerial-level meeting of the African Union committee of 10 on the reform of the UN security council...

Uk, Ethiopia Discuss bilateral ties, conflict in northern Ethiopia

Uk, Ethiopia Discuss bilateral ties, conflict in the Northern
By:Staff writer Today the Uk Minister of Africa Vicky ford met with Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali in Addis Ababa. The Uk’s African minister expressed the UK’s concern over conflict in the north of Ethiopia and welcomed the recent prisoner release. "In meeting with Ethiopian PM...

UK Announces $10 Million to tackle impact of drought in Somalia

New $10 million UK support to tackle impact of drought in Somalia
Press-release The funding is expected to support almost 500,000 people in Somalia to access clean water and afford food supplies. The UK’s Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford MP, today (17 January 2022) announced a $10 million package of UK support for Somalis affected by extreme drought,...

Somali-American Hamse Warfa Appointed to Biden-Harris Administration

By: Zakariye Ahmed WASHINGTON - Hamse Warfa, the deputy commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Growth, was appointed as a senior advisor to the State Department of Biden-Harris Administration.   Deputy Commissioner Hamse Warfa said. “I am grateful to Governor Tim Walz and DEED Commissioner Steve Grove...

Satterfield to replace Feltman as the U.S. special envoy for Horn of Africa

Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Satterfield, prepares ahead of his address to the 11th Annual International Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
By:Staff writer US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced veteran diplomat and former senior State Department official  Ambassador David Satterfield will serve as U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa. Blinken had underlined the ongoing instability in the Horn of Africa and the region’s...

U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa will step down from his post

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, attends a news conference in Benghazi August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori/File Photo
By:REUTERS U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post this month after more than nine months in the job, and David Satterfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Turkey, will take up the role, three sources familiar with...

Sudan PM Hamdok resigns Amid Deadly Protests Against Military Rule

GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Pro-democracy protesters faced another violent crackdown from the military
By:BBC News Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned after another day of mass protests rocked the capital Khartoum. Thousands marched against a recent deal he had done to share power with the army, who staged a coup in October. Chanting "power to the people", protesters called...

Turkish ambassador visits educational center for orphans in Khartoum

Turkey's Ambassador to Khartoum İrfan Neziroğlu visited the Hayrat Foundation's orphan training center in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. ( Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu Agency )
By: Anadolu Arabic Language, Translated by Horndiplomat By: Anadolu Arabic Language, Translated by Horndiplomat Turkey’s Ambassador to Khartoum İrfan Neziroğlu visited the Turkish Hayrat Foundation’s orphan training center in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Speaking at the opening of the program at the center, Ambassador Neziroğlu said, “We...

Somalilanders’ remittance businesses thrive worldwide

By:Financial times Thirty years ago, Ismail Ahmed snuck from then war-ravaged Somaliland into neighbouring Djibouti, hidden on the back of a tipper truck. His brother, who was working in Saudi Arabia, sent him money to pay for a flight to London to take on a...