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  • Yoweri Museveni blamed his own commanders for being "asleep"

    Yoweri Museveni blamed his own commanders for being "asleep"

    Nairobi (HAN) September 12, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security.  The leader of Uganda conceded Saturday that Islamic extremists in Somalia may have taken some of his country’s troops as prisoners, and blamed his own commanders for being “asleep” in allowing a recent attack on an African Union base. President Yoweri Museveni said that 19 soldiers…

  • Ethiopian Children’s Book Author Bethlehem Abera

    Ethiopian Children’s Book Author Bethlehem Abera

    New York  (HAN) September 12, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Interviews. When Bethlehem Abera Gronneberg, a mother of three boys and a Software Engineering Manager who works and lives in North Dakota, returned to Ethiopia on a family vacation in 2008 an idea for a children’s book based on her birth country was already percolating in…

  • Ethiopia:  First country to launch ClimDev-Africa Special Fund project

    Ethiopia: First country to launch ClimDev-Africa Special Fund project

    Addis Ababa (HAN) August 31, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Security News. The ‪ClimDev‬ ‎Africa‬ Special Fund (CDSF) launched its first project in ‪‎Ethiopia‬ on August 3, 2015 to help Ethiopia cope with, and build resilience to, climate change by enhancing capacity in climate monitoring, data analysis, interpretation, forecasting and dissemination for use in…

  • Somali American community thanked Chief John Harrington of Minneapolis

    Somali American community thanked Chief John Harrington of Minneapolis

    Minneapolis (HAN) August 31, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Security Initiatives News. The Somali-American Community Leader, Jibril told Geeska Afrika Online reporter by Phone that: ” On behalf of the Somali-American community I thanked and presented Chief John Harrington of Minneapolis Metro Transit Police an award for his leadership, service and commitment for our…

  • Somalia: Dialogue over the legitimacy of Jubbaland Parliament

    Somalia: Dialogue over the legitimacy of Jubbaland Parliament

    Mogadishu  (HAN) August 31, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Security News.  The Somali Federal Government’s Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has visisted Kismayo. The regional leader of Jubbaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madoobe), and his regional  Vice President Abdulkadir Haji Mohamud (Lugadere)  have welcomed Sharmarke’s delegation at Kismayo international airport. Somalia Prime Minister was…

  • Kenya: Progress Made in the advancement of the New Somali Deal Compact

    Kenya: Progress Made in the advancement of the New Somali Deal Compact

    Nairobi (HAN) August 28, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Security News. International Partnership Forum Steering Committee Meets In Mogadishu. The executive Steering Committee for the Somalia Development and Reconstruction Facility (SDRF) met in Mogadishu to take stock of progress made in the advancement in the New Deal Somali Compact. The meeting was a follow-up…

  • Somalia: UAE Stood by Somali People in its Most Difficult Times

    Somalia: UAE Stood by Somali People in its Most Difficult Times

    Dubai (HAN) August 31, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Security News. According to UAE news agency, His Royal Highness,  Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday received Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who is on a visit to the country.…

  • Ethiopia's Space Programme Ready For launch

    Ethiopia's Space Programme Ready For launch

    Entoto (HAN) August 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives.  High above the crowded streets of Addis Ababa, among fields where farmers lead oxen dragging wooden ploughs, sits Ethiopia’s space programme. Perched on the top of the 3,200-metre (10,500-foot) high Mount Entoto, two metal domes house telescopes, each a metre in diameter.…

  • Eritrea: Eritreans Never Give up Until the Finish Line

    Eritrea: Eritreans Never Give up Until the Finish Line

    Asmara (HAN) August 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Sports Initiatives update. Eritrea claimed the first gold of the world championships when unheralded teenager Ghirmay Ghebreslassie stormed to a shock victory in the men’s marathon on Saturday. Eritrean teen Ghirmay Ghebreslassie becomes youngest to win worlds marathon crown. The opening day of the worlds…

  • Ethiopia: Farewell to the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador

    Ethiopia: Farewell to the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador

    Addis Ababa (HAN) August 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. The Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr.Tedros bids farewell to the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador. The Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr.Tedros Adhanom bids farewell to the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mohammed Idris on Tuesday, 18, 2015. The Minister appreciated Ambassador Mohammed Idris for…

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