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  • Ethiopia: Egyptian diplomatic crisis with Nile water, ''no strategy yet''

    Ethiopia: Egyptian diplomatic crisis with Nile water, ''no strategy yet''

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 7, 2014 – Public diplomacy and weekly security news.  The Egyptian leaders will work in the upcoming year 2015 to increase Egypt’s share of Nile water and that the government will not yield to external pressure to adjust shares, Minister of Agriculture Adel Al Beltagy said when asked about the Egyptian…

  • Ethiopia: Forum to Empower future leadership of Minister of Foreign Affairs

    Ethiopia: Forum to Empower future leadership of Minister of Foreign Affairs

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Regional public diplomacy and Empowering IGAD safety and security to strengthen the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. A one day Forum to strengthen the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ links with the public media and to Empower future leadership of Minister of Foreign Affair Dr. Tedros, was opened September…

  • Somalia: Intelligence Agencies confirmed Al-Shabaab's New leader

    Somalia: Intelligence Agencies confirmed Al-Shabaab's New leader

    Mogadishu (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Public diplomacy and regional security news.  U.S. Intelligence Agencies and Somali national Intelligence sources confirmed Al-Shabab’s New leader. The militant group appoints Ahmed Omar as successor to Ahmed Abdi Godane who was killed in US strikes last Tuesday Al-Shabab, the Somali armed group, has named Sheikh Ahmad Omar, also known…

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab has no Leader and  no strategy to survive

    Somalia: Al-Shabaab has no Leader and no strategy to survive

    Mogadishu (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Defense and National security news. The AFROCOM Airforce assasination of Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahideen leader of Somalia Ahmed Abdi Godane (Abu-zubair) by the United States on  September 1st  is unlikely to leave a vacancy for long. The Pentagon announced on 2 September that US Special Forces, ‘acting on actionable intelligence’,…

  • Eritrea: The first step toward shutting down Eritrean Embassy in Sweden

    Eritrea: The first step toward shutting down Eritrean Embassy in Sweden

    Stockholm (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Public diplomacy and regional security news. Edited By: Diplomatic Editor, Geeska Afrika Online. Sweden has ordered a diplomat from Eritrea’s embassy to leave the country within the next 48 hours, according to the news of the local in Sweden (news@thelocal.se). Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki accused the United States and Ethiopian diplomacy in…

  • Somalia: Pentagon announced the death of Godane “a major symbolic and operational loss” to Al-Shabaab

    Somalia: Pentagon announced the death of Godane “a major symbolic and operational loss” to Al-Shabaab

    Mogadishu (HAN) September, 2014 – Regional security alert news update.  By Helen Cooper, nytimes. Ahmed Godane – Abu Zubair, the militant leader of Al-Shabaab, was killed in a U.S. military operation, the Pentagon said Friday. “The U.S. military undertook operations against Godane on Sept. 1, which led to his death. Removing Godane from the battlefield is…

  • Eritrea: In South Africa Diaspora approach to enhance role in State affairs

    Eritrea: In South Africa Diaspora approach to enhance role in State affairs

    Asmara (HAN) September 5, 2014 – Public Diplomacy and Diaspora approach news.The Eritrean community members in the city of Johannesburg and its environs, South Africa, have asserted readiness to enhance role in State affairs on the basis of higher organization. They also expressed appreciation for the pace of national development programs in the Homeland. They…

  • Somaliland: This week, Canada will host Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs

    Somaliland: This week, Canada will host Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs

    Hargeisa (HAN) September 5, 2014 – Public Diplomacy and Diaspora approach news. The Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Bihi Yonis contributed to Geeska Afrika Online, regional security and diplomatic reports with stories on a IGAD foreign policy issues and Somalia-Somaliland relations, and was a guest contributor on regional defense and Security news programs, contributing,…

  • Eritrea: Strengthening Nation Building to Reinforce the Staunch Resistance

    Eritrea: Strengthening Nation Building to Reinforce the Staunch Resistance

    Washington (HAN) September 4, 2014 – Eritrean Diaspora community events. This year,  2014 East Coast Eritrean Festival celebrated in the Washington DC metro area,  while Eritrean diaspora are also celebrating festivals in various places throughout the Globe. The 10th Eritrean annual YPFDJ and PFDJ II conference in North America was conducted from August 28 to…

  • Somalia: Regional Security alerts update on critical news events

    Somalia: Regional Security alerts update on critical news events

    Mogadishu (HAN) September 4, 2014 – Defense and Security note by Geeska Afrika Regional Security Editor. Somalia’s federal government has vowed to step up the military offensive dubbed Operation Indian Ocean which is aimed at defeating al Shabaab militant group. The statement was made on Tuesday after Somali cabinet held an extraordinary session in the…

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