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Eritrea: National statement marking September 1st, 53 years of armed struggle
Asmara (HAN) September 1, 2014 – Public diplomacy and regional security news. Eritrea September 1st concert marking the 53rd year of the launching of the armed struggle for independence – Live Cincema Roma Asmara, Eritrea.The Eritrean people resort to armed struggle mainly because all efforts made to gain its independence through peaceful means. In a…
Eritrea: High level diplomatic approach in Finland
Asmara (HAN) September 1, 2014 – Public diplomacy and International security news. A high level Eritrean delegation led by Mr. Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister, conducted working visit to Finland from 25 to 30 August 2014. In the course of its visit the delegation has met with Foreign Minister MR. Erkki Tumoioja and Mr. Pekka Haavisto,…
After US-Africa Summit: What lessons for Eritrea?
Khartoum (HAN) September 1, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Michael Abraha. President Isaias Afwerki said that the Ethiopian propaganda against Eritrea had its roots in Washington’s “failed agendas in Eritrea” and “wrong calculations in Eritrea”. Washington’s decision not to let President Isaias Afewerki join over forty other…
Somalia: Somali-Canadian General participated ‘Operation Indian Ocean’
Mogadishu (HAN) September 1, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. in Southern Somalia, half a million Somali people, including farmers, students and businessmen on the move after Somali national forces with AMISOM special units including Ethiopia, Djibouti and Uganda special forces started, the military operation code name ‘Operation Indian Ocean’. As territory shifts from…
Somalia: National security forces repulse Al-Shabaab militant attacks on Main Prison
Mogadishu (HAN) September 1, 2014 – National security and Intelligence news. Somali’s national security forces have managed to repulse an attack launched by Al-shabaab militants on the Somali’s largest secure prison in Mogadishu, the Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Mogadishu reported on Sunday. Somali National army regained control of a high security prison in the…
Eritrea: Asmara Strategic Mining Conference, October 2014
Khartoum (HAN) September 1st, 2014 – Diplomacy and regional Investment sectors news. In a vast pit of red earth, white stone and green ponds, excavators unearth precious copper in Eritrea’s first large scale commercial mine. MINING industry is going to be a major sector in the Eritrean economy, but from our policy point of view, we would…
Ethiopia pledges not to harm Egyptian shares of Nile water
Khartoum (HAN) September 1st, 2014 – Diplomacy and regional water Security. Ethiopian pledges not to harm Egypt’s share of Nile water. Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam al-Moghazi downplayed Friday the negative effects on Egypt’s water supply of the ongoing construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, saying the first phase of construction would not cause any tangible harm…
Somalia filed maritime legal proceedings against the Republic of Kenya
Mogadishu (HAN) August 31, 2014 – Diplomacy and Maritime Security. Presidential Palace – Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Investment Promotion. Kenya played a pivotal role in the negotiations leading to the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”) in 1982. Both counties are contracting parties of UNCLOS, which prescribes…
Somalia: AMISOM and SNA special forces are advancing to Barawe
Mogadishu (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. Somali and African Union (AMISOM) forces have re-taken the southwestern town of Bulomarer and several neighboring villages as part of an offensive against al-Shabab in the country’s Lower Shabelle region. Abdiqadir Mohamed Nor, the governor of Lower Shabelle region, where the offensive began, said…
Somali: British radical Khadijah wanted to carry out a copycat killing
London (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional safety and security news. Militants from Islamic State (Isis) claimed to have killed an American journalist long held captive in Syria in retaliation for ongoing US air strikes against its forces in Iraq. Somali clerics, Sheikh Nur Barud, say they are wworriedabout Somali youth who are leaving their…
