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Djibouti: The Project, Australian Connection helping to fund security contractor
Djibouti (HAN) January 6, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian news. United Nations investigators say an Australian citizen is helping to fund and run a “private security army” for the president of Somali semi-autonomous region of Puntland and still working through the new Somali-American president, Abdiwali of Puntland and using Djibouti Financial institutions for transactions. Sources: Puntland…
Somalia: The Project, the world’s most notorious security contracting firm
Mogadishu (HAN) January 6, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian news. The South African citizen, Prince of Mercenaries who wreaked havoc in Iraq turns up in Somalia. reports a spokesperson from the Islamist Al-Shabaab group in Somalia claiming that the US mercenary group Blackwater (Xe Services) is in Somali. More and more, today’s video game business is…
Eritrea: Diaspora Debates Legitimacy of Eritrean Constitutional Changes
Rome (HAN) January 5, 2015 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Mahmud Saleh, at Awate Forum. Part 1. The Legitimacy of Eritrean Constitutional Change: Rethinking the Amendment Process. The conventional view of article 5, 8, 9, 10, 30 and 31 is that it leaves the task of resolving amendment process issues…
Djibouti Holds Regional Gigantic Strategic Significance
Djibouti (HAN) January 5, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure investment news. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG, arabnews, “GCC’s strategic link to Africa”. I write this week from Djibouti, a country small in area (23,000 sq. kilometers) and population (900,000), limited in its resources, but holds gigantic strategic significance. It has been the most stable oasis compared…
Kenya: 2015 Al-Shabaab and the Rise of Jihad in Kenya
Nairobi (HAN) January 4, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian news. Kenya orders refugees off the streets to stop attacks by armed groups from Somalia. Dareen Abughaida speaks to Mohammed Adow a Kenyan-Somali journalist; Mark Yarnell – a senior advocate at Refugees International; and Andrew Asamoah – a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies. “We…
Somalia: Security 'foiled' attack plots by Al-Shabaab militants
Mogadishu (HAN) January 3, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security news. A highly organized and planned suicide car bomber blew up near a moving military convoy of Somalia’s U.S.-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing about fout trained elite according to Al-shabaab’s Radio Andulus and eyewitness said, Al-Shabab urban warfare group militants in Mogadishu claimed…
Ethiopia: 2015 will be a different year for Opposition Parties
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 4, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Press Release news. By. Belay Fekadu, President of Unity for Democracy and Justice. According to a sources of Geeska Afrika Online, and a new schedule released by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia, the country will go to the polls to elect a new government…
Uganda: Chinese Businessman Thrives in Uganda
Kampala (HAN) January 4, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Investment news Update. Entrepreneurship is being punted in several circles as an answer to Africa’s ongoing unemployment issues. But it’s not just for Africans. One Chinese man left a lucrative career as a civil servant and now sells bags and suitcases in Uganda. But instead…
Ethiopia: Gilgel Gibe Project Falling Short of Expected Electricity
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 3, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Infrastructure investment news. A much-delayed $1.8 billion dam project under construction along Ethiopia’s Omo river could begin generating power by June and be fully operational by early 2016, an official told reporters. Gilgel Gibe 3 will nearly double the country’s energy output, helping to resolve…
Ethiopia Agreed with the call on Africa to pull out of the ICC
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 3, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Security news. The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn Calls on African countries to withdraw their membership from ICC The Ethiopian Prime Minister, HaileMariam Desalegn, has called on African countries to withdraw their membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the organisation is only serving…
