Month: February 2023

WAJIR— As part of efforts to enhance border security and combat smuggled goods, Kenya has announced plans to reopen its Mandera border crossing with Somalia. After high-level consultations, Kenya claims that plans to reopen the Mandera […]

Officials and state media reported that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia and other government officials met for the first time with Tigrayan leaders on Friday, following a peace agreement in November. According to the […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey approves of Finland’s application for NATO membership but does not support Sweden’s.Erdogan addressed his AK Party deputies in parliament and stated, “Our position on Finland is […]

Now, leaders in the Horn of Africa demand that the United Nations lift its current arms embargo on Somalia, allowing President Hassan Mohamud’s government to better equip its military for the fight against terrorism. President […]

A joint “search and destroy” military campaign against the Somali al-Shabab Islamic militant group has been agreed upon by the leaders of Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The group has carried out attacks in the […]

The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, which surveyed 180 nations, placed Somalia at the bottom of the list.Terrorism, the restriction of press freedom, political, social, and economic instability, and the suppression of freedom of speech […]