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Kenya: JAP Wants ODM to Tell Kenyans Agenda Behind Ruto ICC Claims
Nairobi (HAN) October 11, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional News. By Nancy Agutu ODM has been asked to tell the public whether it wants the DP absolved of ICC charges or to complicate the case in connection to its campaign for the 2017 poll. JAP vice chairman David Murathe say they do not wish to be…
Ethiopia, Djibouti Sign $1.55b Deal to Construct Pipeline
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 11, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional News. Ethiopia and neighbour Djibouti signed an agreement for a $1.55 billion fuel pipeline with developers Mining, Oil & Gas Services and Blackstone Group LP-backed Black Rhino Group. The two countries in the Horn of Africa signed framework agreements on Tuesday for construction of the 550-kilometer (340-mile)…
South Sudan: President Kiir Committed to Observing Ceasefire
Nairobi (HAN) October 10, 2015 – Public Diplomacy & Regional Security .South Sudan’s Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin affirms President Salva Kiir’s committment to observe the peace agreement and to ensure peace returns to the new country.
Sudan: Splitting South Sudan into 28 States: Right Move, Wrong Time?
Nairobi (HAN) October 10, 2015 – Public Diplomacy. Opinion By:Brian Adeba President Salva Kiir’s decision, announced last Friday, to create 28 states in South Sudan, up from the current ten, risks adding another destabilising element to the peace pactsigned between the government and the SPLM-In Opposition (SPLM_IO). The peace deal is already under extreme pressure with both parties…
Africa: Beware the Green Revolution
Nairobi (HAN) October 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy. Opinion By: William G. Moseley The development community has been crowing of late about the obvious need torevamp African agricultural practices. Not since colonial times has it been so easy to blame small peasant farmers for the continent’s development woes. The standard agricultural development formula to address this, developed in other…
Ethiopia: Sustainable diplomacy
Nairobi (HAN) October 10, 2015 – Public Diplomacy. Opinion By: Zekarias Talo Anjulo. Public diplomacy could change negative media agendas into heart-touching stories and nurture the minds of the public with positive attitudes, writes Zekarias Talo Anjulo.Public diplomacy is all about winning the minds and hearts of another country’s public through different mechanisms. Approaches could be in the form…
Ethiopia: Executive Branch Sworn In
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 10, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Humanitarian initiatives News. By Yonas Abiye Despite the ill-fate of multi-party system, which many argue to be hanging by a thread or considered by some to be already is dead, Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn had the parliament endorse his new members of cabinet to serve for the…
Ethiopian Airlines Hires Chinese Cabin Crew
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 10, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Humanitarian initiatives News. Ethiopian Airlines has begun hiring Chinese nationals as cabin crew in line with the airline’s continued focus on building market share within the Asia-Africa market. As CCTV’s Girum Chala reports, the airline is flying growing numbers of Chinese passengers and wants its staff…
Africa Being Left out Billions of Dollars in Climate Change Funding
Nairobi (HAN) October 10, 2015 –Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. The head of the African Development Bank says the continent is not getting enough of the billions of dollars in climate change funding, despite being the region that suffers most. With clutch climate talks approaching in December, world leaders are scrambling to come up with…
Sudan: South Africa Asks ICC for More Time
Nairobi (HAN) October 10, 2015 –Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. The government has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) for more time to explain why it allowed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to evade an arrest warrant and leave the country when he visited in June. Bashir is accused of masterminding genocide, crimes against humanity…
