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Book fair turns the page for literature in Somaliland

Aged just 16, Abdishakur Mohamed confidently presented his latest work to the Hargeisa book fair, an event that has transformed Somaliland's literary scene over the past decade.

In Ethiopia, driver for news crew dies from injuries after attack

Authorities in Ethiopia should investigate an attack on a news crew from the state-owned Dire Dawa Mass Media Agency that led to the death of the crew's driver, Suleiman Mahamed, and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Djibouti border dispute could roil Ethiopia-Eritrea peace deal

The decision by Ethiopia and Eritrea to abandon war paths for peace and re-establish diplomatic and economic links has gotten everyone's praise.

Ethiopia, Eritrea set to play first match in two decades

Ethiopia are set to play Eritrea in a friendly soccer match, the state-affiliated Fana news agency reported on Monday, weeks after a dramatic end to a 20-year old war between the two east African states.

Top UN court rules UAE blockade violated Qataris' rights

International Court of Justice rules in discrimination case brought by Doha against the United Arab Emirates.

35 Ethiopians charged with illegal stay in Wajir

Thirty-five Ethiopian nationals have been charged with being in Kenya illegally. The illegal immigrants, who were arrested on Friday at Buna trading centre, were presented at the Wajir Law Courts on Monday.

Al-Shabab claims killing 27 soldiers in southern Somalia

Alshabaab Cuts Off Hand Of Somali Man For "Stealing"

Alshabaab Cuts Off Hand Of Somali Man For "Stealing

ISIS Suspect Arraigned In Mogadishu Court

Syrian 'White Helmets' flee to Jordan with Israeli, Western help

Author tells of kidnapping by pirates he'd gone to interview

Michael Scott Moore is walking a bit gingerly these days, but it has nothing to do with the 2½ years he spent imprisoned by Somali pirates, the beatings he suffered, his time spent in chains or the lousy food that caused him to lose 40 pounds. "I got thumped by a wave surfing off Manhattan Beach…

Don't mediate rape cases, Wajir woman rep tells chiefs

Wajir County woman representative Fatuma Gedi has cautioned chiefs against mediating in cases of sexual violence meted on schoolgoing girls. Speaking at Griftu Primary School, Ms Gedi said that all the perpetrators of sexual violence should be subjected to the law.

Somali forces nab suspects after Mogadishu car blast

Somali security forces on Saturday rounded up several suspects following the car bombing in Mogadishu in which one security official was killed and three others injured.

Trump Administration Will Keep Protected Status for Somalis

US Designates Kenya's Al- Hijra As A Terrorist Group

Irish behind new campaign against FGM in Somalia

A campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somalia involving Irish people is hopeful of winning a strong endorsement this weekend from religious leaders in Mogadishu. As organisers were putting the final touches to the campaign, its urgency was underlined by reports emerging this week that…

Eritrea Names First Ambassador to Ethiopia in Two Decades

Eritrea has appointed its first ambassador to neighboring Ethiopia in two decades, the government said on Saturday, as the two countries pushed on with a surprise rapprochement. The development was part of a head-snapping series of diplomatic moves between the two nations, after they formally declared…

Local 5th-graders reach out to Kansas students following bomb threat

Twenty-four heartfelt letters sent by Buckland Shelburne Elementary School fifth-graders to Garden City, Kan., inspired a Garden City video that has been viewed at least 21,000 times and shared at least 400 times from the city's Facebook page. The letters were written in reaction to news that three…

Ethiopia offers amnesty to recently freed political prisoners

Ethiopia has passed a law that grants amnesty to political prisoners who have been released recently and reverses decades of security-obsessed rule. The law is in line with a breathtaking series of political and economic reforms in Ethiopia, a country of 100 million people, since Prime Minister Abiy…

Inter-communal clashes displace over 970,000 in Ethiopia: IOM

Violent clashes between communities on the border of Ethiopia's largest Oromia regional state and Southern region have forced at least 970,000 people to flee their homes since April, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday. According to IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix…