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Somaliland: Speaker "I will not step down until the exact date of election"
Hargeisa (HAN) November 18, 2014. Horn of Africa Security Briefing news. The speaker of Somaliland parliament and the chairman of the opposition party Wadani Abdirahman Mohamed Irro held press conference in Hargeisa, he discussed wide range of issues including the no confidence motion tabled against him and the upcoming Somaliland elections. speaker of Somaliland parliament said, I…
Djibouti: GCC and UAE's Complicated History With Terrorism
Djibouti (HAN) November 18, 2014. Horn of Africa Security Briefing News. The lethal terror attacks in Iraq, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Syria and Yemen have resulted in a sense of grief and alarm across Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) strategy. According to Hassan Shire, a Somali-Canadian who is Pan-African human rights defender said “Following the elections and protests,…
Somalia: President will appoint another prime minister
Mogadishu (HAN) November 17, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. , Somalis sat down with donors in a format that’s called a New Deal, where the Somalis themselves would have a say in the support that the international community is giving to Somalia. If Prime Minister Ahmed does not resign, Mohamud would…
Somalia: Urgent Letter submitted to the Speaker
Mogadishu (HAN) November 17, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional parliamentarian Security and safety news. Abdullahi Godah Barre, the Minister of Interior of Somalia spoke to VOA and said that 16 ministers wrote a letter to the PM asking him to resign as he lost the confidence of the President and the parliament. He said 140…
Somalia: UAE Cabinet approves Al-Islah as a terrorist organisation
Abu Dubai (HAN) November 17, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The Somali Al-Islah movement, (Muslim Brotherhood in Somalia ) was on of Islamist Organizations that condemned of what they termed as “a hasty inaugural participation for Abdifatah Siisii of Egypt, who taken the power in a bloody coup by president Hassan” .…
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Terror groups claimed mortar attacks responsibility
Mogadishu (HAN) November 17, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Somali national security agencies are on ‘high alert’ amid Al-Shabaab attacks, mass killings and mortar attacks in Mogadishu and major national infrastructure buildings. Al-Shabaab armed groups carry out rocket and mortar attacks, therefore, Today in the early morning, Somali National security…
Eritrea: Strategic support for regional violent militias through Nairobi
Asmara (HAN) November 16, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Eritrean support for regional armed groups continued to be linked primarily to the larger context of Ethiopian-Eritrean rivalry in the Horn of Africa, the unsettled border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the way in which that rivalry shapes Eritrean foreign…
Eritrea is a Marginal Security Actor in Somalia
Asmara (HAN) November 16, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The UN Monitoring Group found no direct evidence of Eritrean support to Al-Shabaab during the reporting period. It did not, however, rule out the possibility that Eritrea may have provided some assistance to elements within Al-Shabaab without detection through Nairobi via…
Eritrea: PFDJ Officials Continue to Collect Millions
Asmara (HAN) November 16, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. It is the assessment of the UN Monitoring Group that senior Eritrean officials continue to collect millions of dollars per year through unofficial revenues by means of private business arrangements involving PFDJ-run companies domestically and the Gulf states including Sudan and…
Somalia Parliament closed prematurely without proceedings
Mogadishu (HAN) November 16, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. A Somali Parliamentary debate on whether to sack Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed descended into chaos again. Therefore, Somalia Parliament closed prematurely without official proceedings as parliamentarians once again disagreed over the debate concerning the Motion of No Confidence in…
