Category: frontpage
Somalia: President on challenges balancing transparency and national security
Washington (HAN) August 13, 2014. Public diplomacy News. Front line Diplomacy and security, PBS News Hour Interview, Judy Woodruff With Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud in Washington. The election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud in 2012 was a turning point for Somalia after decades of chaos, violence and poverty. Within months, the U.S. announced it would…
Ethiopia: QE policies Devaluating Ethiopian Dollar Again
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 12, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, Opinion page sent to Geeska Afrika Online Editorial by Professor, Seid Hassan. Reducing the Ethiopian (Birr) currency’s value by 10 percent in real terms may lead to a 5 percent increase in stalled export earnings and a 2 percent increase in…
Ethiopia: Scientists at work counting volcanoes eruptions
Addis Ababa (HAN) 12 August, 2014 – Scientists and Geological news. In September 2014, the Natural Environment Research Council will launch a major five-year programme to study the volcanoes of Ethiopia’s Great Rift Valley. The project team contains core investigators from seven UK institutions and several international partners, as well as a network of local collaborators including Addis…
Somalia: American parents to prevent brainwashed their children by Al-Shabaab
Minneapolis (HAN) August 12, 2014 Community and Public diplomacy news By Mukhtar Ibrahim, MPR in Minneapolis. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged Somali-Americans gathered Saturday night at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium not to raise money for al-Shabaab, and he called on parents to prevent their children from being brainwashed by the militant group. He said…
Ethiopia: This would not be a vacation but an adventure
New York (HAN) August 10, 2014- Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page sent to Geeska Afrika Online Editorial by Erryn Barkett, A Jacqueline Suits Special to The Horn of Africa Newsline (HAN). Erryn Barkett is making plans to fly a small plane to Ethiopia in order to benefit a developing hospital.…
Somali: Rapidly rising malnutrition and food shortages
New York (HAN) August 10, 2014- Humanitarian news and famine. War-ravaged Somalia is hurtling towards a second famine in three years that could be prevented if donors increased funding, Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator for Somalia said on Sunday. Lazzarini said rapidly rising malnutrition and food shortages across the country resemble the warning signs…
Somalia: Without legal and political consensus sparks political turmoil
Washington (HAN) August 09, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page sent to Geeska Afrika Online Editorial by DR. Mohamoud Uluso. The formation of federal Member States (FMS) without legal and political consensus sparks fresh political and social turmoil in all regions of Somalia. It is unequivocally clear that the federal…
Eritrea: The briefing’s major findings and recommendations
Asmara (HAN) August 10, 2014– Humanitarian news and views of International Crisis Group. Eritrea’s youth exodus has significantly reduced the young nation’s human capital. While this has had advantages for the government – allowing the departure of those most dissatisfied and most likely to press for political change – the growing social and political impact of…
Djibouti: Diaspora trust, the key outcomes from the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Washington (HAN) August 8, 2014- Diaspora Investment news. Through African Diaspora, western aid, philanthropy and investments have been seen as the drivers of development, especially funding, in Africa, Specialy in Somalia, kenya, and Ethiopia. With improving economic indicators in many IGAD countries and an increasing number of middle-class and wealthy individuals, there is now recognition…
Somaliland: Opposition leader's Son Joined international jihadists in Iraq
Stockroom (HAN) August 6, 2014 – Regional security and public diplomacy news. Numerous Somali militants images of Al-Somali origin have recently emerged in Iraq, showing them posing alongside an international group of jihadists – including faysal Ali waraabe’s Son, a former presidential candidate in his native Somaliland. Faysal Ali Warabe , confirms to BBC Somali…
