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The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo concluded a day-long visit to Somalia today, her first field trip since her appointment to the position…

 President Abdi Mohomud Omar a visionary leader of Somali regional state of Ethiopia: Abdi Mohamud Omar, president of Somali regional state is the mastermind visionary…

Landlocked Ethiopia is planning to build a navy, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said during a briefing of the heads of the country’s National Defense Force….

Saudi Arabia will soon release Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, an Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire arrested in November during a crackdown on corruption, Ethiopia’s prime minister said….

For the past 27 years since the TPLF defeated the fascist Dergi government in Ethiopia some backward Amhara extremist groups have been waging a persistent…

Saudi Arabia has agreed to release 1,000 Ethiopian nationals who have been in prison in the Gulf state for a variety of offences, Ethiopian state-affiliated…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed departed the country on Thursday for a state visit to Saudi Arabia. The trip is his first outside Africa after…

According to reports by the Addis Standard, Reuters and several other Ethiopian news outlets, Kamara was shot dead on Wednesday afternoon by unknown assailants near…

The UAE, with a population of less than 10 million but the Arab world’s second-largest economy thanks to oil, is deploying its soldiers and cash…

To: The Federal Government of Somalia To: Michael Keating, UN special representative to Somalia To: The Office of UK Prime Minster To: UK Foreign and…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 7, 2018/APO Group/ —  The Commissioner for Peace and Security – Amb. Smail Chergui and the Prime Minister of the Federal Government…

A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world’s unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi…

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Reuven Rivlin of Israel held talks on further consolidating the bilateral relationship of the two countries. President Reuven Rivlin’s…

Marking World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, today commended the courage and dedication of the country’s journalists who…

NAIROBI (Reuters) – A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world’s unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional…

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, congratulates Mohamed Sheikh Abdirahman Mursal on his election today as the new Speaker of the House of the People of…

The United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) condemns today’s suicide bombing in the city of Gaalkacyo, which reportedly killed government security officers and civilians. “This…

Puntland President Abdiwele Mohamed Ali says autonomous region is counting on Bosaso port development The UAE’s engagement with Puntland is crucial to development and security in the impoverished Somali…

Ethiopia is not yet ready for foreign investments in its telecoms and banking sectors, but is interested in developing its manufacturing, Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome…

MOGADISHU, April 25 (Reuters) – At least 600 weapons were stolen in the past week from a former United Arab Emirates-run training centre in Somalia’s…

Al Arabiya has obtained footage showing the moment an Arab coalition raid struck and killed the Houthi militias leading political leader.   Houthi militias have…

In Addis Ababa on first official visit to Africa, Ayelet Shaked says she will do everything in her power to help estimated 8,000 remaining Jews…

Senior United States official for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto, the country’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, is making a rare visit to the politically…

The United States Department of State on Saturday announced that a top official on African Affairs was due to tour three East African countries between…

Herman J. Cohen, an American agent who helped Tigrian People Liberation Front (TPLF) to take Ethiopian state power and Eritrea to seceded from Ethiopia at…

President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo on Saturday received credentials from Qatari Ambassador to Somalia, H.E. Hassan Hamza Asad who…

1️ Ambassador Teshome Toga, Minister of State Enterprises 2 Dr. Hirut Woldemariam, Minister of Works & Social Affairs 3 Ato Siraj Fegessa, Minister of Transport…

The UAE has decided to disband its military training programme in Somalia which started in 2014 to build the capabilities of the Somali army. The…

The UAE has condemned the seizure of its civilian aircraft carrying millions of dollars by authorities in Somalia on Sunday. In a statement, the Ministry…

After almost two months of deliberations, the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has finally chosen a new prime minister to replace the much-criticised…

PARIS: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince kicked off his official visit to France on Monday (Apr 9), part of an image-building global tour as he seeks…

The Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has faulted Kenya’s leadership for their greed and persistent failure to place matters of national interest first when it…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was given a king’s welcome in Hollywood this week.   The conservative kingdom’s plan to open up to…

President Abdiweli on his part reiterated his commitment to continue cooperating with Premier Abiy and strengthen the strategic relations between the two countries. President Abdiweli…

The foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia have failed to reach an agreement in the lingering dispute over Ethiopia’s massive dam on the Blue…

Ministers from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are holding talks over disputes related to the world’s longest river.   Egypt, which depends on the Nile for…

America’s decision to abandon the global system it helped build, and then preserve for more than seven decades, marks a turning point, because others lack…

Saudi Arabia officially announced Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s first meetings with Jewish religious leaders. On Wednesday, Prince Mohammed, often referred to as MBS,…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has declared that Israel has the right to its own land alongside Palestinians.   In an interview with…

The U.S. military has announced Sunday that it launched an airstrike that killed five extremist militants in central Somalia. The U.S. Africa Command confirmed to…

Abiy Ahmed is the first ethnic Oromo to become Ethiopia’s prime minister. The ruling coalition is looking to him to lead the country out of…

n the next two decades, Somalis will have overtaken the top three largest communities in Kenya to be the most populous group if the current…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman met with leaders of the organized Jewish community in New York this week as part of his two-week…

The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to hold a summit at a village on the border between the two countries on 27…

“The Security Council, “Recalling its previous resolutions and statements of its President on the situation in Somalia, “Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity,…

Qatar will carry out a $4 billion project for the rehabilitation and management of the Suakin Port in east Sudanese state of Red Sea, its…

The Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism began as a result of Western countries asking Riyadh to help counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Crown…

At least six people were killed and two others injured in a suspected ethnic attack in Kenya’s northeastern Mandera province near the Ethiopian border on…