This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The world’s next country?” ...

Somaliland’s latest agreement with neighboring Ethiopia granting it access to the Indian Ocean in exchange for recognition has caused political tension with Somalia, which accuses Ethiopia of ...

Voting is underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years ...

Somaliland voters head to the polls to elect a president. This pivotal election may facilitate Somaliland's quest for ...

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia at the centre of a diplomatic storm, holds a presidential election on Wednesday at ...

Last month, The New Humanitarian visited Gojjam in southern Amhara, one of the centres of the Fano rebellion. It provided a ...

In Eritrea, one of the world's most repressive countries, a tiny independent radio station broadcasting from a Paris ...

Russia has opened the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in the city of Sochi, seeking to ...

Adam Harun, a veteran Oromo artist, recently found himself at the receiving end of a heated social media campaign, after two video clips of his speeches circulated across different platforms. Some ...

The government of South Sudan and Ethiopian airlines have entered a partnership agreement to establish and manage a national ...

Ethiopia’s rights watchdog said on Thursday it was investigating the killing of 48 people in the restive Oromia region and ...

Somalia’s new defence pact with Egypt has angered Ethiopia, undermining coalition efforts to contain al-Shabaab, a Jihadist ...