Category: Opinion
Ethiopia: Historic Bilateral Meeting with President El-SiSi
Addis Ababa (HAN) March 25, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional Security News. The Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam holds a bilateral Meeting with President El SiSi. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn extended his warmest welcome to the President and his Egyptian delegation. He said this state visit would further cement the existing relationship and cooperation between the…
Eritrea: Smith said "You Want the Truth", 'No Rule of Law' in Asmara
Asmara (HAN) March 19, 2015 – Humanitarian Security and Regional Assets Protection news. Press Release – How you can get honest feedback from the Eritrean People?. A United Nations panel investigating Eritrea says it has found “very clear patterns” of human rights violations and a total absence of the rule of law in the country,…
Somalia: The World Bank Increased compliance with regulatory standards to unlock investments
Nairobi (HAN) March 14, 2015– Regional Infrastructure Investment regulatory standards News. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has launched a multi-donor trust fund to help Somalia improve fiscal operations, central banking, and statistical systems over the next three years. 12 Mar 2015. The IMF formally recognised the establishment of a federal government in Somalia in April…
Sudan: South Sudan Received Chinese QW-2 Vanguard, New surface-to-air missile launcher
Khartoum (HAN) March 14, 2015– Weekly Security and Regional defense briefing News. The civil war in South Sudan is a little more than a year old, but it won’t end for lack of fresh weapons. Recently, South Sudanese troops proudly paraded a new surface-to-air missile launcher. It’s also Chinese. Specifically, it’s a Chinese QW-2 Vanguard, according to…
Somalia: Weekly Briefing on Deadly Suicide Attacks and Assassinations
Mogadishu (HAN) March 13, 2015– Weekly Security and deadly suicide attacks briefing News. The Suicide sttacks by Al-Shabaab militants on the southern Somali town of Wanla-Weyn has been successfully repulsed by Ethiopian peacekeeping forces with Somali National Army (SNA). The local Police officer, Abdiwali Farah claimed that five people were killed in the raid by…
Ethiopia: Intel Agency using Sophisticated surveillance tools
Washington (HAN) March 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine. opinion By Andrea Peterson. She covers technology policy for The Washington Post, with an emphasis on cyber-security, consumer privacy, transparency, surveillance and open government. The Ethiopian government appears again to be using Internet spying tools to attempt to eavesdrop…
Somaliland: Hidden Charms, Wild Roads, and Abiding Mysteries
Hargeisa (HAN) March 8, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine. opinion page By Abdi Latif Dahir: 180 Days in the Desert Democracy (Your Influence opinion, email to: news@geeskaafrika.com). I lay down a few meters away from a grave. At the time, I didn’t know it was a grave. Tired and…
Djibouti: Inside secret Iranian Unit and the Red Sea
Djibouti (HAN) March 6, 2015 – Regional political news. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page. Official statements confirms reports that Iran sees the Red Sea as a strategic central region in the Middle East. Iran also took over Al-Hudaydah commercial port, 100 miles south-west of Sana’a, on the eastern bank of the…
Somalia: Keith Ellison "National Security to keep the remittances open"
Minnesota (HAN) March 4, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Financial security news. According to Jibril Afyare, “Somali American community are not a threat, we are part of the solution”. Another Somali American community leader Abdirahman Mukhtar said, “We need to define and tell our story as a community of peace loving, civilized and law…
Somalia: Abdusalam Omer "Remittances, Somali at a critical juncture"
Mogadishu (HAN) February 28, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine. opinion By Dr. Abdusalam Omer, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion, Federal Republic of Somalia. Somali Remittances: The Reality by Dr. Abdusalam Omer, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia. Somalia is at a critical juncture: Al Qaeda…
