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Somalia:Results of an offshore seismic study in Somalia by early next year.(Video)
November 19.2014. (HAN) Public diplomacy and Regional Financial investment news. Exploration firm Soma Oil & Gas expects to receive the results of an offshore seismic study in Somalia by early next year. Bob Sheppard, the company CEO talks to Ijeoma Ndukwe about their agreement with the government, the operating environment in Somalia and their expectations. …
Ethiopia: The largest recipients of Chinese aid in Africa
Nairobi November, 19.2014. (HAN) Public diplomacy and Regional Financial investment news. China’s “no strings attached” aid is being abused by African leaders who channel the lion’s share of funds to their home areas, U.S.-led researchers found in the first geo-referenced database of Chinese aid to the world’s poorest continent. China is a favoured donor for many…
Ethiopia: ZTE Corp is at risked losing part of its deal worth $800 million
Addis Ababa November, 19.2014. (HAN) Public diplomacy and Regional Financial investment news. Ethiopia has told Chinese telecoms firm ZTE Corp it risked losing part of its deal worth $800 million to expand the nation’s network because of differences over costs of upgrading existing systems, an Ethiopian minister and executive said. The deal last year with…
Kenya: World Toilet Day.'Flying Toilets'.
Nairobi November 19.2014. (HAN) Public diplomacy and Regional Financial investment news. By Alfred Kiti Nairobi’s Kibera slum is synonymous with the so-called flying toilets. But things are getting better – over the last decade, Kibera has experienced a major sanitation transformation. Lack of toilets is a common problem in many slums across the world but as the…
Kenya: Businesswoman of the Year!
Nairobi November, 19.2014. (HAN) Public diplomacy and Regional Financial investment news. Breweries founder and CEO Tabitha Karanja has been named the Businesswoman of the Year in the CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLAs).The awards presented by Johnnie Walker Blue Label were announced at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The award…
Ethiopia: Somaliland signed strategic trade and infrastructure agreement
Hargeisa (HAN) November 19, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional investment and security news. Ethiopia and Somaliland Administration have signed a trade and infrastructure agreement. Ethiopia’s Minister for Finance and Economic Development, Sufian Ahmed who signed this agreement stated that the agreement will enhance the economy Somaliland Administration and Ethiopia and that the appointed technical…
Eritrea: Mekseb Debesai -Tournament of Tour De Settife (video)
Asmara, 18 November 2014 –Regional Sports news. Eritrean cyclist Mekseb Debesai has won the first stage of the 6th edition of the Tour de Rwanda in the 94.5 Km. course of the race from Kigali city to Ngoma. Rwanda’s Janvier Hadi grabbed the Yellow Jersey after winning in last Sunday’s prologue race and will keep it as…
Somalia: Journalist Abdirizak Ali of Radio Daljir shot dead
Hargeisa (HAN) November 18, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Somali Journalist Abdirizak Ali of Radio Daljir shot dead in Galkacyo town by Al-Shabaab militant gunmen. Geeska Afrika Online: Our condolences to the families, #Somali journalists and to all Somalis for the killing of Abdirizak Ali Abdi (Silver) a young vibrant journalist that was…
Somalia: Britain’s reaction to the corruption allegations
London (HAN) October 18, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Clár Ní Chonghaile (The Gaurdian). Somali links raise concern as UN alleges corruption and arms deals. Questions raised about Britain’s relationship with Somalia as UN alleges misappropriation of funds and exploitation of loopholes in an arms embargo Caroline Lucas,…
Somalia: Somali president "We cannot stay paralyzed"
Copenhagen, Denmark (HAN) November 18, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The Somali Foreign minister urge UN Security Council to limit ongoing political crisis in Mogadishu. More than two dozen federal Somali ministers with seventeen deputy ministers lined up in Mogadishu Tuesday to urge the often-deadlocked ongoing political crisis to avoid…
