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Ethiopia: Formation of Continental free trade area
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 14, 2014 – Public Diplomacy and Regional investment Security news. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom is attending a meeting of the Follow-Up Committee of Ministers on #Agenda2063 Bahirdar Retreat in Johannesburg , South Africa. The follow up of high level ministerial committee of the implementation of BahirDar Retreat discussing key…
Ethiopia: President said, "Relations with Egypt is growing about the Grand Renaissance Dam"
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 14, 2014 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security news. Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome said that major progress was taking place in his country’s relations with Egypt and that the two states would reach understanding on means of benefiting from the waters of the River Nile. Addressing a joint session of the…
Kenya: Lawmakers Should Reject Security Bill Amendments
Nairobi (HAN) December 14, 2014. PRESS RELEASE and international human rights law news. Kenyan lawmakers should reject far-reaching new security amendments that would add new criminal offenses with harsh penalties, limit the rights of arrested and accused people, and restrict freedoms of expression and assembly, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. On December 11,…
Kenya: A New PM Selection Won't Change Somali's Challenges or Its Response
Nairobi (HAN) December 14, 2014. Public diplomacy and National security news. Somali’s most significant challenges will not go away, regardless of who holds office in Mogadishu, according to security expert in Nairobi, Kenya told Geeska Afrika Online. He added his statement, A new Prime minister selections today only, without changing constitutional challenges, is unlikely to…
Djibouti: Turkey Seeks Behind-the-scenes role in NATO Coalition
Djibouti (HAN) December 14, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Desmond Butler. Turkey’s defense of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the tears of Recep Tayyip Erdogan when the Egyptian security forces attempted to storm the sit-in of Rabaa al-Adawiya, proved Erdogan’s ties with the Muslim Brotherhood’s international organization and…
Somalia: Tribalism and Extremism Hinder Security
Istanbul (HAN) December 13, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Yusuf Selman İnanç. Turkey’s continued involvement could lead Somalia to prosperity and act as a catalyst for expanding Turkey’s soft power in the Horn of Africa. According to Geeska Afrika Online archives about the closer inspection of Turkey’s broad…
Eritrea is Not Willing to Negotiate Diplomatically
Khartoum (HAN) December 13, 2014 – Public Diplomacy and Regional safety and Security news. While regional security experts say the near miss between Eritrean diplomats and President Ismail Omar Ghelle of Djibouti at the United Nations General Assembly last September means little to the ultimate fate of negotiations with Eritrea over its border claim issues and other…
Eritrea: Qatar Airline Joins Eritrea’s Global Cargo Network
Asmara (HAN) December 11, 2014 – Public safety and Regional Aviation Security news. Qatar Airline marking the launch of the airport’s first scheduled cargo link to the Middle East and the carrier’s first scheduled freighter service into the Eritrean territories. The official inauguration of Qatar Airways flight to and fro Eritrea was conducted yesterday at Asmara Palace…
Ethiopia: Somalia need Economic and security assistance!
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 11, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Zeray Hailemariam (Geeska Afrika Online regular contributor in Addis) Part II. What it has lacked was peace and development. Poverty is a source of instability. It is practically scrutinized everywhere that war-torn countries need economic recovery to…
Somalia: UN Security Council Alerted swiftly to Appoint new Prime Minister
New York (HAN) December 11, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. UN Security Council alerted the president of Somalia to swiftly appoint new Prime Minister. The members of UN Security Council reiterated their support for fast implementation of “Vision 2016.” “In that context they underlined the importance of the president swiftly…
