Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received at his office today the leader of the Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi and his delegation. The two parties discussed and agreed on a number of key points including strengthening their people to people relations; ensuring the wellbeing of Ethiopians in Somaliland and working in unison on matters of peace

British Conservative Party MPs Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston attend a news conference in London, Britain February 20, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Three members of parliament from Britain’s governing Conservatives quit over the government’s “disastrous handling of Brexit” on Wednesday, in a blow to Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempts to unite her party around

Photo Reuters India rolled out the red carpet for Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday at a time when it is trying to build diplomatic support against Pakistan following a militant attack in the disputed region of Kashmir. The crown prince this week was given a lavish welcome in Pakistan where the

Chinese businesswoman Yang Feng Glan, dubbed the “Ivory Queen”, sits inside the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman, A prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the “Ivory Queen” was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian court on Tuesday for smuggling the tusks of more than 350

Photo (AP) Senior White House officials pushed a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia despite the objections of ethics and national security officials, according to a new congressional report citing whistleblowers within the administration. Lawmakers from both parties have expressed concerns that Saudi Arabia could develop nuclear weapons if the U.S. technology

President Pierre Nkurunziza has called for the African Union to urgently convene a meeting of the countries contributing troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) to review the decision to withdrawal its soldiers. The President made the remarks after a closed door meeting between President Mohamed Abdullahi  of Somalia at State House Bujumbura

Federal Government of Somalia, hosted a successful promotion of the Somalia Offshore Round at the Somalia Oil and Gas Conference. During this successful promotion, no exploration blocks were auctioned. Spectrum Geo Limited signed a Co-Operation Agreement with the Federal Government of Somalia, in Mogadishu in September 2015, in order to acquire 2D multi-client seismic data

Tunisia’s Center for Global Security Studies said Monday that 1,000 “terrorists” had returned to the country from conflict zones from 2011 to October 2018. Mokhtar Ben Nasr, head of the center’s executive committee, told reporters that Tunisian authorities had prevented 17,000 people from leaving the country for conflict zones such as Syria, Iraq and Libya.

Let’s today spare a thought for the people of Migingo Island on Lake Victoria. They have been condemned for a decade and more to life under Ugandan armed occupation while the authorities in Nairobi impotently refuse to free them. Now they are witnessing how tough Kenya can be when its territory is violated. Unfortunately, it’s

Kenya issued a harshly worded statement and expelled the Somali envoy over a border row. Somalia, however, responded with exemplary diplomacy, leaving Kenya with an egg on its face. Tensions are rising in East Africa over a maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia. The Government of Kenya released a strongly worded statement alleging Somalia had