Category: Opinion

  • Somalia: Abdi Hosh, "Jubaland has more legitimacy than the South West"

    Somalia: Abdi Hosh, "Jubaland has more legitimacy than the South West"

    Mogadishu (HAN) June 6, 2015 – Public opinion with Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Is it Clanism and Tribalism notion or it is a legitimate opinion from a member of parliament? Abdi Hosh said: “A very sad day. The Somali parliament has got its priorities mixed up. It is fine that parliament debates on issues…

  • Somalia: Why Ambassador Tina Kaidanow is in Mogadishu?

    Somalia: Why Ambassador Tina Kaidanow is in Mogadishu?

    Mogadishu (HAN) June 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Daily Security Briefing for Regional Security News. Ambassador Tina Kaidanow is an envoy of U.S. teamwork with other nations key to fighting terrorism. Fighting terrorism globally requires partnerships with other countries, such as Somalia, Djibouti and Somali Diaspora, Tina Kaidanow, U.S. ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counter-terrorism, said. Ambassador Tina…

  • Djibouti: The Saudi Military Is Mobilizing, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    Djibouti: The Saudi Military Is Mobilizing, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    Djibouti (HAN) June 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. By. Jonathan Schanzer, The Huffington Post. The Saudis “will definitely be defeated,” crows one Iranian general. Riyadh “will pay a heavy price” for its war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a senior Hezbollah figure predicts. The war in Yemen will end in…

  • Barack Obama's Speech to the Muslims Around the World

    Barack Obama's Speech to the Muslims Around the World

    Washington (HAN) June 6, 2015 – Public Opinion, Diplomacy and Regional Security News. President Obama pledges a new beginning between the US and Muslims around the world “We also know that military power alone is not going to solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan. That is why we plan to invest $1.5bn (£914m) each year…

  • Somali Parliament "A critical step in the right direction"

    Somali Parliament "A critical step in the right direction"

    Mogadishu (HAN) June 6, 2015 – Public Opinion, Diplomacy and Regional Security News.  By. Mohammed Ibrahim Shire.  The inauguration of  so-called Parliament in Jubaland can not be a step towards realizing stability for the southern Somali regional state. A critical step in the right direction. Dysfunctional Somali parliament finally declares void the Ethiopian IGAD-built Jubbaland…

  • Eritrea: The EU Must Focus on Root Causes of Migration

    Eritrea: The EU Must Focus on Root Causes of Migration

    Berlin (HAN) June 4, 2015 – Regional Humanitarian Security News. The European Union is planning to act against human traffickers from Eritre, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Ethiopia in the Mediterranean. But the plight of Humaniterian refugees can only be relieved when, the EU’s foreign policy engagement is strengthened. The EU needs to obtain a mandate in order to…

  • Kenya: The bright stars that has risen in Africa

    Kenya: The bright stars that has risen in Africa

    Nairobi (HAN) June 1st, 2015 – Regional Security News. By. Rose Katabarwa-Kareba. Uhuru Kenyatta and President Yoweri Museveni who paid a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi ahead of the Madaraka Day celebrations. Two accomplished leaders in their own spheres of governance. But I will betray my own country, Uganda ,and cheer for My Uhuru, the…

  • Ethiopia: Results of Election in Tigray National Regional State

    Ethiopia: Results of Election in Tigray National Regional State

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 28, 2015 – Press Release and Regional Security News. Results of election in Tigray National Regional State: As such, out of counted constituencies, in Tigray National Regional State, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF-EPRDF) won 31 parliamentary seats out of the 31; in Amhara National Regional State, Amhara National Democratic Movement…

  • Ethiopia: Some Political Parties Did not Attend Polls

    Ethiopia: Some Political Parties Did not Attend Polls

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. A joint Coalition of the Ethiopian Civic Societies election observers, which deployed over 40,000 observers on Sunday’s polls declared that the voting was fair, peaceful and democratic. President of the coalition Tadele Yimer told reporters yesterday that the pre-election process and the…

  • Kenya and Ethiopia treat Somalia security with a lot of scepticism to build buffer zone

    Kenya and Ethiopia treat Somalia security with a lot of scepticism to build buffer zone

    Nairobi (HAN) May 25, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. By Tabu Butagira (monitor.co – National) – Somalia’s President has “no control” over forces, allure of “quick money” fanning hostility, says international security expert Felbab-Brown. “Nothing will happen without a UN mandate,” Djibouti’s defence minister, said. European diplomats say the EU start using ships,…

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