Horn of Africa News
Promoting English would depoliticize the fraught language issue, bring Ethiopians together, and provide practical benefits.Ethiopia is a diverse country without an official national language, where Amharic has been the country’s…
Horn of Africa Update on Coronavirus deaths as of October 11, 2020 Ethiopia deaths 1,277Somalia deaths 3,745Djibouti deaths 61Somaliland deaths 32Eritrea deaths 0 As the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic…
HARGEISA—A high level security cooperation meeting between Ethiopia and Somaliland has officially commenced in the capital Hargeisa on Tuesday. The security cooperation conference has kicked off at the interior ministry…
Hodan Osman couldn’t stamp out Somalia’s endemic corruption. But she made sure the country’s soldiers got paid. The Somalilander Girl Fighting for Somalia. On the afternoon that Hodan Osman watched…
The Nile River conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia still appears to be at an impasse. But even if an agreement is reached on the filling and operation of the Grand…
Beijing Ethiopia has agreed to purchase 1.5 million coronavirus testing kits that will be manufactured at a factory in the African country that has been newly built by China’s BGI…
Health minister tells parliament country can hold parliamentary election after necessary precautions. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopia may now be in a position to hold parliamentary election after taking precautionary measures…
Break of a new dawn for Somalia, young Somalis work to reconstruct their country Somalia has been in the grip of civil war for almost 30 years now. Years of…
The amplification of false and dangerous narratives contributed to July’s deadly violence against civilians in Oromia. The night the popular Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa was murdered, a dreadful sense of…
Earlier this year, Tigray region had been urging the federal government to stick to the original schedule and carry out national elections for several months. The subsequent June decision of…
BY AHMED YUSUF Addis Abeba, September 03/2020 – A new survey released on August 25 by Afrobarometer, a pan-African research network, revealed that Ethiopians (61%) embrace a federal system as…
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo is on Thursday expected to hold crucial talks with the leaders of Jubaland and Puntland states to chart a common path for the upcoming elections.…
Planting of the 2020 main season crops (wheat, barley, sorghum, maize, teff, pulses) for harvest from November, was concluded in July in key-cropping areas in central and western Anseba, Debub,…
Addis Abeba, August 18/2020 – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a major reshuffle which saw the appointment ten individuals to different positions today. The reshuffle saw the removal of defense…
A vehicle loaded with explosives has rammed into the entrance of Elite Hotel in Mogadishu’s Liddo Beach. Sources at the scene said armed men have entered the hotel which is…