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Kenya: Somali Refugees are Returned Back their Homeland
Nairobi (HAN) April 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. Somali refugees are returned back their homeland while Syria and Iraq conflicts see asylum seekers up by 45%, according to UNHCR headquarters in Europe. The UNHCR figures do not include the millions of Syrians who have been taken in by countries…
Can Djibouti handle the proxy war in Yemen?
Djibouti (HAN) April 8, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional Humanitarian security News. American staff killed in Yemen as US government and navy in Djibouti advises others to leave. Yemen says Saudi airstrikes hit school, injuring students in Sana’a. The Hizbullah style Houthi Shia rise in Yemen and raises security alarm in Horn of Africa. The strain…
Ambassador Wahide Speech at the Rwanda Genocide Commemoration Held in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 8, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide News. Remarks by Ambassador Wahide Belay, Permanent Representative of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the African Union and UNECA at the 21st Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide in Addis Ababa. Remarks by Ambassador Wahide Belay: Permanent Representative of…
Remittances Crisis Continues: Somali-linked money transfer firms shut down.
Nairobi (HAN) April 8, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure investment news. Kenya’s government has ordered the closure of 13 money transfer firms to prevent militant Islamists from using them to finance attacks, the interior minister has told the BBC. The bank accounts of 86 individuals and “entities” had also been frozen, Joseph Nkaissery…
Developing Story:Thirteen Hawalas Closed Down In Kenya
Nairobi (HAN) April 7, 2015 –Markets And Regional Security News. Thirteen hawalas – informal money transfer services – have also been closed down. Hawalas are widely used by Somalis who depend on relatives abroad as a cheap and quick means to receive money. Interior Minister Joseph Nkaiserry said the names of the individuals and hawalas…
Somalia: President "Federalism is Crucial to Achieve Vision 2016"
Mogadishu (HAN) April 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. The Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud assured the delegates that his government is committed to implementing Vision 2016 and also directed all federal and regional government institutions to implement and speed up the process of realizing Vision 2016. The Somali president…
Kenya Declares Three Days of National Mourning
Nairobi (HAN) April 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy – Press Release, Regional defense and Security News. President Uhuru Kenyatta declared three days of mourning from Sunday April 5, 2015 for the 148 people, including six members of the security forces killed during the Garissa University terror attack. Flags should fly at half mast and he…
Somalia: Farah Mo'alim, "Al-shabaab is Kenyan Problem"
Garissa (HAN) April 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. The Al-shabaab militants has been at war with Kenya since Kenyan forces inter Southern Somalia in 2011. Farah Mo’alim, “Kenya is losing the plot against Al-Shabab militants” It was the most lethal terrorist attack on Kenya since the 1998 US Embassy…
Dubai's Thirst For Ethiopian Produce Is Growing
Dubai, (HAN) April 6, 2015 – Public Diplomacy And Regional Security News. Business people in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) commercial capital, have shown interest in buying more Ethiopian foodstuffs and flowers. Non-oil trade between Dubai and Ethiopia in 2014 was valued at just over $470 million which is an increase of 6% over…
Somalia: In Mogadishu Everything is For Sale "USAID"
Mogadishu (HAN) April 6, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional security News. By. Deeq M Afrika. According to an eyewitness, with pictures, “USAid food assistance are for sale in Mogadishu market.” According to a Somali photo journalist: “From American people to businesses is the new slogan for USAID” He added his statement: I took these…
