Horn of Africa News
There have been loud explosions and gunfire in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Witnesses say a speeding car blew up outside a hotel near Somalia’s main international airport. There are unconfirmed reports…
The Sudanese transition was one of the silver linings in the country’s politics following waves of public uprising that deposed one of the longest-serving leaders on the African continent. Hassan…
MOGADISHU (HOL) – A former deputy spy chief in Somalia has called for an independent investigation into the alleged participation and killing of Somali trainee soldiers in the ongoing battle…
Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected crops and livelihoods, but funding is needed to sustain operations against new incursions, the…
GAROWE, SOMALIA—Garowe, the capital of Somalia’s Puntland state, defies the popular image of Somalia. Shiny glass office buildings arise from the arid Nugaal valley and stand above low-slung houses whose…
Umm Rakouba refugee camp, hosting people who fled the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Across Tigray Region,…
Fresh pressure is being mounted on the United States to start the process aimed at recognizing Somaliland with its former Ambassador to Somalia Stephen M. Schwartz now pushing for the…
The two Horn of Africa nations have long feuded over the al-Fashqa region, where Ethiopian farmers cultivate fertile land claimed by Sudan. Ethiopia has accused Sudanese forces of pushing further…
Hargeisa (HOL) – The President of the self-declared Somaliland Republic, Muse Bihi Abdi, has called on Somali government officials and opposition candidates not to interfere in Somaliland’s political affairs. “To…
Women’s groups welcome move, but say implementing it in time for Feb. 8 vote will be challenging GAROWE, Somalia, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly a third of Somalia’s…
KAMPALA (HOL) – Uganda Airlines will soon be flying to Hargeisa capital of Somaliland as the newly revamped airlines expands its passenger routes. According to Uganda’s state media New Vision,…
The three countries are seeking to resolve a row over the huge dam on the Blue Nile. The controversial structure has been almost a decade in the making but there…