Horn of Africa News
Kenya’s airways plans to start direct flights from Nairobi to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland May 28. Kenya and Somaliland reached the first historic bilateral agreement at the end of…
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman, left, meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. CAIRO…
Sudan is caught in the middle of a decade-long row between Ethiopia and Egypt over the dam Ethiopia is building on the River Nile and in recent months it has…
Ethiopia said Wednesday it would not be deterred from impounding water at its Nile mega-dam, despite a persistent impasse with downstream countries worried about their water supply. The Grand Ethiopian…
Unconfirmed reports suggest Federation talks are said to start soon between Ethiopia and Eritrea. “You are our leader!” It is important to remember that when President Isaias made his first…
By Paulo Santos, Horn of Africa Analyst Last week, a devastating fire swept through a migrant detention center in Yemen’s capital, resulting in the tragic loss of numerous lives, predominantly…
Taiwan which was the latest country to set up a representative office in SL has applauded the UAE as President Musa Bihi Abdi received the letter of credence from the…
Somalia has signed a historic debt cancellation agreement with the Italian government on Thursday. But the country likely will remain dependent on foreign aid as it recovers from decades of…
Turkey’s recently announced space program, which aims to make a soft landing on the moon in 2028, will cost upwards of $1bn and would require building a rocket launch site…
The UN and African Union have urged Somali leaders to resume talks to resolve the impasse on how to proceed with elections. The term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also…
Under the sign of strengthening relations of friendship and cooperation. WELCOMED and greeted on his arrival Wednesday afternoon at Orly airport, in Paris, by the Secretary of State for the…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (right), head of Sudan’s ruling council Bickering over contested farmland along the border has in recent weeks deteriorated into armed…
The country’s intelligence and security service said suspects were working on direction of foreigners, local media report. Ethiopia’s state-run media have said authorities arrested 15 people over a plot to…
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…
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…