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By Olivier Caslin In the very troubled Horn of Africa, the small Republic of Djibouti is an island of stability. Although Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) was re-elected thanks to a positive economic record, the expectations of the population – three-quarters of whom are under 35 – remain high. On 9 April, 73-year-old Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG)...

Federal authorities on Thursday executed a search warrant on the headquarters of Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit organization that claims to serve thousands of meals each month to children in need across Minnesota during the pandemic. The FBI says the St. Anthony-based nonprofit was part of a broad scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of...

With freedom to work and travel, Yemeni refugees become part of social and economic fabric of Somalia Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia, Many Somali people still remember how, when civil war gripped their own country, an influx of refugees fled to countries like Yemen and Syria, where they stayed several years until Somalia got back on...

By AMINA WAKO Women face more difficulties reintegrating into the community after returning to their home countries compared to men, a study by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) shows. In the report that surveyed women returnees in Somalia, Nigeria, The Gambia, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, women were found to have a hard time finding jobs,...

Hundreds of pastoralists from some of the most drought-stricken zones in Ethiopia’s Somali Region have been moving to a small town 50 kilometres south-east of the main city Jigjiga, seeking the assistance of local people there for water, food, shelter, and pasture for their livestock. Elmi Moge Bade borrowed $350 to pay for a vehicle...

While drone attacks kill dozens of people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed continues to push for national dialogue to end the conflict. Will his plan succeed? Pressure from the international community to resolve Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has never been higher.   The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which bestows the Nobel Peace Prize, on Thursday...

Ethiopia kicks off its African Cup of Nations campaign on January 9 in Cameroon. The national team seeks to rally the country behind them, as the Horn of Africa nation faces its worst crisis in decades. Ethiopian national team players sang and chanted together inside the team’s dressing room just days before their Africa Cup...