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

In a sign of warming ties, Egyptian and Turkish officials have met to discuss the situation in the Horn of Africa amid ...

Voters in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia at the centre of rising tensions in the Horn of Africa, flocked early to ...

Nexus between the two can be traced back to 1969 when Dayr rains helped disguise military operations that led to overthrowal ...

Voters in Somaliland head to the polls on Wednesday to choose a president at a time when the breakaway Somali region sees ...

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, holds a presidential election on Wednesday at a time of diplomatic tensions in the ...

However, the furious response the deal provoked from Somalia, which considers Somaliland a ... Beyond the vast opportunity ...

Still, observers say African countries — once described by Trump as “shithole countries” — are definitely not going to be ...

Voting begins in Somaliland amid regional tensions and hopes for international recognition after 30 years of self-rule.

In his first term, Trump showed no interest in the US military footprint in Africa. Apparently on a whim, he ordered the ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Voting was underway Wednesday in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential ...

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