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Kenya threats total flight ban on Somalia

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) - Kenya has threaten to ban all flights to Somalia including humanitarian and medical evacuation over what it termed misuse of humanitarian flights exempted from the ban.

Somalia: AMISOM Kenya contingent donate medicines to Hoosingo hospital

Hoosingo, Somalia – Troops from the Kenya Defence Forces, KDF, serving under African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, have donated medical supplies to a hospital in Hoosingo, Lower Juba region.

Somalia: Khat cartels have links with Farmajo Family, traders claim

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Nadifo Abdullahi Salad looks up to express her indignation. She is seated in her shop in downtown Mogadisho, where she has been selling Khat for the last few years.

Four Kenyan police officers killed in Mandera blast

MANDERA (HORN OBSERVER) - Four Kenya police officers have been killed and five others sustained injuries when they were ambushed by al-Shabaab militants in Banisa, Mandera county.

Putin Stresses Building Comprehensive Relations With Africa

While receiving newly arrived ambassadors in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated the primary issues of promoting multifaceted cooperation between their individual countries and Russia, emphasizing further that Russia welcomes development of bilateral relations with pragmatism…

Somalia denies reaching maritime resource sharing deal with Kenya

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Somalia has denied that it had reached deal with Kenya to equally share proceeds of oil and gas sales within the disputed maritime triangle.

Wajir governor sacked by Kenyan senate

WAJIR (HORN OBSERVER) - Members of the Kenyan senate have voted to remove Governor Wajir County Mohammed Abdi just a month after he was impeached by Wajir County members of Assembly.

Somalia demands AU to change its mediation envoy

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Somalia opposed the appointment of AU High Representative John Mahama to bring an end to the country's political crisis in less than a week after the AU appointed Mahama to lead efforts to bring together Somali political stakeholders.

Ban of flights by Kenya could risk ties - Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - The Somali government has warned that the flight suspension by Kenyan government could deteriorate the weak diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Turkey lauds normalisation of Somalia-Kenya diplomatic ties

ANKARA (HORN OBSERVER) - Turkish government has said Qatari led efforts to restore diplomatic ties between Somalia and Kenya could enhance cooperation peace in the horn of Africa nation.