New swarms of locusts breed in Ethiopia and Somalia
The formation of new swarms of desert locusts in Ethiopia and local breeding in northeastern Kenya means the region is not out of the woods...
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Leaders of Somalia, breakaway Somaliland meet for first time
MOGADISHU, — The current leaders of Somalia and the breakaway territory of Somaliland have met for the first time in the latest diplomatic effort by...
Al-Shabab attacks military base used by US forces in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. military said the security situation was “fluid” at a Kenyan airfield used by U.S. forces after a pre-dawn attack...
Beyond the hype: One Somali bank’s tech revolution strives to narrow Africa’s digital gap
As phone apps take over day-to-day global banking, the bank says that its cloud-based apps make majority of their daily banking traffic through which customers...
Selling hope: One bank’s mission to rebrand post-war Mogadishu through real estate
The new real estate babble across Mogadishu had also led to an influx of people including some from the diaspora who returned to Mogadishu in...
Kenya recalls ambassador to Somalia, orders Somali envoy out
Kenya has recalled its ambassador in Mogadishu and ordered Somali envoy out of the country over alleged auctioning of oil and gas blocks in Kenya’s...
Somalia reiterates appeal to lift arms embargo
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Somalia has appealed to the United Nations and the United States to lift the arms embargo they imposed during the civil war....
DP World: The New Maritime Empire in the Horn of African Shores
By Khadar Hanan The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country that geographically rests on the Arabian Peninsula, situated in the southeastern coast of the Persian Gulf...
Somali govt sees backlash over civilian deaths in joint US, Somali forces raid
Comments by Somali ministers have inflamed further an already heated argument between the government and relatives of the attack victims, saying that Somali forces have...
Museveni meets Theresa May in London over South Sudan, Somalia
By our Correspondent Kampala, Uganda- Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni today met United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May at the sidelines of the International Conference on...
