Category: Latest News
Somalia: National Team Beating The Odds on Qualifing for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Geeska Sports. Somalia’s national team will be featuring in qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World cup in Russia. The team finalized their training, ahead of their match against Niger on Friday. It will be played in Ethiopia, due to security concerns in the country. …
Ethiopia: Over 10 Million Jobs Provided During the First Growth and Transformation Plan
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News. The Federal Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agency at a meeting this week to evaluate the performance of the Growth and Transformation Plan I, and set directions for the newly launched GTP II, announced on Wednesday (October 8) that more…
Ethiopia: The Joint Sudan/South Sudan Boundary Commission meets in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News. The Joint Sudan and South Sudan Boundary Commission met in Addis Ababa on Wednesday (October 7) for talks under the auspices of African Union Border Program whose objectives are the delimitation and demarcation of borders and the promotion of cross-border cooperation.…
Kenya: Objected the Validity of A Case Filed By Somalia
Nairobi (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. In a statement, Kenya argues: “The Governments of Kenya and Somalia had agreed, first, to consent to consideration of their respective submissions by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (“CLCS”); second, to delimit their maritime boundary…
DEVELOPING: Al-Shabaab Ambushed Ethiopian troops
Mogadishu (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Al-Shabaab Says It Burnt Two Battle Wagons After Attack On Ethiopian Convoy. The Somali militants of Al-Shabaab has claimed the burning of two battle-wagons belonging to Ethiopian troops after an ambush attack near Bardere city in Gedo region, south-west of Somalia…
Ethiopia: Security Tension Rises Around Bay Regions
Mogadishu (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Tension is rising near villages around Dinsoor in the Bay region, according to locals on Thursday morning. The tension has been reported to be between the Somali government forces and the al-Qaeda militant group, Al-Shabaab. The tension comes after the…
Somalia: Southern Somali Cities are Safer than Ever
Mogadishu (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Somalia looks Safer For Yemeni refugees fleeing Yemen due to a breakdown in authority. More than a quarter of Yemeni refugees in Somalia and Djibouti do not feel safe, and almost the same number reported that a member of…
Djibouti: Ukraine Warned Risk Becoming "A Kind of Somalia in the Middle of Europe"
Djibouti (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Opinion – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Ukraine risks becoming ‘some kind of Somalia’ by Catholic News Service. The head of the Ukrainian Catholic church has urged the Vatican to show greater support for his country, as a senior Vatican diplomat warned the country risked becoming “a kind of…
Uganda: An Urgent Time to Review the AMISOM Mandate
Mogadishu (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security and Safety Opinions for global security Initiatives. By Asha-Kin F. Duale and Jibril Ali Aw Mohamed. The international and geopolitical dimensions of the ongoing Somali crisis are all too often given short shrift by policymakers and outside observers alike. In the global public consciousness,…
Somalia: The New Special Representative of AU and Head of AMISOM
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 7, 2015 – AU Press Release: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, today, appointed Ambassador Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, of Mozambique, as her Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), in replacement of Ambassador Maman Sambo Sidikou of Niger.…
