Category: Movies
Newly Adopted Resolution will help Improve Somalia as a State (VIDEO)
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The United Nations Security Council has adopted a new resolution for the formation of a new UN Mission coined the UN Support Office in Somalia. The new body will succeed the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia. It draws from the recommendations of a joint African Union and UN…
Al-Shabaab now Affiliated to ISIL (VIDEO)
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Worrying reports have emerged saying that ISIL militants are rapidly expanding in Africa. In East Africa, Somalia’s Prime Minister has warned the UN Security Council that al-Shabaab militants are now affiliated to ISIL. Omar Sharmarke was speaking at a special session of the Security Council. He told…
S.Sudan Government Boosting Country's Security (VIDEO)
Juba (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The government of South Sudan has been boosting security across the country, including territories held by rebels. The move is in response to a recent UN report detailing mass killings and the recruitment of child soldiers in the country. Rebels have accused government forces of…
Uganda's President Museveni Begins Campaigning (VIDEO)
Kampala (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Campaigning has gotten under way in Uganda ahead of next year’s presidential elections. Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is on the first leg of his campaign -starting with a rally where he began a war that brought him into power in 1986. Many of the region’s veterans…
Senegal Security Summit Addresses Ongoing Threats (VIDEO)
DAKAR (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Senegal has been hosting the Second International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa to address the growing security threats in the region. Africa’s security environment has recently been characterized by issues raging from insurgencies, post-conflict stabilization to growing threats of violent extremism, and organized crime…
East African Community Supports Military Intervention in Burundi (VIDEO)
Bujumbura (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Meanwhile the East African Community, the regional political and economic bloc, has been pushing for mediation in Burundi. But officials there say they support military intervention as an option. Source: cctvafrica
Somalia: Insurgency in Africa (VIDEO)
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. A rapidly growing presence of ISIL in three of the four regions in Africa. Na’eem Jeena, the director of the Afro-Middle East Centre gives perspective on that. Source: cctvw
Africa: World’s largest Brewers May Fail to Deliver on Increased Markets
Nairobi (HAN) October 16, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment & Security News. Concerns are rising that the union between the world’s two largest brewers may fail to deliver on increased markets in potential growth areas like Africa. AB InBev has agreed in principle to acquire SABMiller for around 106 billion dollars, and command a…
Somali's First Woman to Form a Political Party
Mogadishu (HAN) October 16, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment & Security News. Somalia is seeing an increase in the number of political parties ahead of elections in 2016 and women are not being left behind. CCTV’s Abdulaziz Billow brings us the story of Fawzia Yusuf – the first Somali woman to head a political party…
Somalia: Flying Over Beautiful Southern Somalia (New Video)
Mogadishu (HAN) September 20, 2014 – Public diplomacy and National security news. scenic flights over Southern Somalia – perhaps the most beautiful rural farm land in Somalia – Discover the beauty of Somali Country, Geeska Afrika Online received Video from the air. You’ve never really seen it until you’ve flown over it. Banadir region and…
