Category: Opinion
Somalia: Expanding Chinese Navy Anywhere Should be a concern
Mogadishu (HAN) May 25, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Djibouti and Beijing signed a military agreement allowing the Chinese Navy to use Djibouti port in February 2014, a move that angered Washington. Guelleh has increasingly turned to China as a key economic partner. Last year he switched the port operating contract to a…
Djibouti: EU Mogherini's Remarks "Tackling the root causes means tackling poverty"
Djibouti (HAN) May 23, 2015, Regional Humanitarian Security and safety news. High Representative and Vice-President Federica Mogherini’s remarks at the UN Security Council, New York. Ministers also discussed Yemen where they said “the EU is following recent developments in Yemen with grave concern. The violence witnessed in Sana’a, in Mareb and in several other provinces,…
Djibouti: U.S. Rethinks Strategy to Battle Islamic State After Setbacks
Djibouti (HAN) May 23, 2015 – Regional Security and Safety News. by Lee, Carol E.; Nissenbaum, Dion. Washington is poised to reconsider its strategy in countering the Islamic State (IS) after the group seized control of the Iraqi city of Ramadi over the weekend. President Barack Obama met with top national security advisers on Tuesday…
Djibouti: President Warns of Yemen's Regional Threat risks
Djibouti (HAN) May 19, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. By Karim Lebhour. Ismail Omar Guelleh said the war in Yemen, on the other side of a narrow sea channel from the Horn of African nation of Djibouti, was stoking dangerous rivalries between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, bolstering Al-Qaeda’s franchise in the country…
Eritrea: Islamic State Militants ‘Smuggled to Europe’
Asmara (HAN) May 19, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Hundreds of Eritrean asylum seekers are landing on the shores of Italy, but Sources said, the militants of of Islamic State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean. Abdul Basit Haroun said smugglers were hiding IS militants on boats…
Somali: Saudi Style Face Veil Banned For Security Reason In Somalia
Mogadishu (HAN) May 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. According to Geeska Afrika online reporter, it is illegal to wear a face-covering veil in Southern Somali town of Dhuusamareeb. The town of Dhusamareb have banned women from wearing face-covering veil in public places for security reasons. The militia forces of Ahlu-Sunna Wal-Jamea…
Senait Failed to get the Golden Ticket to Canada "She didn't make it."
Djibouti (HAN) May 18,2015 Public Diplomacy Regional Humanitarian, Security News. The Eritrean refugee promised his cousin he would apply to sponsor her as soon as he got settled in Winnipeg in 2012. He didn’t know the Canadian government was about to slam the door shut on any new refugee applications. Neither did she. Senait Gabir,…
Somalia: Abdikarim Guled Endorsed by 9 to 1 in Poll on his Leadership
Mogadishu (HAN) May 11, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and Data Analysis News. The former Interior minister and security, Abdikarim Hussein Guleed has declared presidential candidate for central regions of Federal Somalia after a well organized ceremony has been held in central Somali region of Galgadud. Opinion Poll Survey Conducted by Data Grid Somalia endorsed…
Ethiopia: Haile Gebrselassie retires
London (HAN) May 10, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Sports News. Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of athletics’ greatest distance runners, said on Sunday he was retiring from competitive running but the Ethiopian’s long-time manager said it was not the end of Gebrselassie’s career. “No, he’s not retiring; he will be in Glasgow in October,”…
Eritrea Blossoming Beautifully at 24
Asmara (HAN) May 10,2015 Regional Investment and Security News. By Yemane Abselom has had a long history of mining industry starting with colonization period when Italy had established mining industry at Karora, Debarewa, and Augaro. After independence, the government of Eritrea passed a mining law that fosters a favorable environment for foreign investment in the sector…
