Category: Opinion
Somalia: Britain’s reaction to the corruption allegations
London (HAN) October 18, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Clár Ní Chonghaile (The Gaurdian). Somali links raise concern as UN alleges corruption and arms deals. Questions raised about Britain’s relationship with Somalia as UN alleges misappropriation of funds and exploitation of loopholes in an arms embargo Caroline Lucas,…
Somalia: Public Overdue Apology for Farah Sheik Abdikadir
Mogadishu (HAN) November 15, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Dr. Abdirahman Birmad. I could not resist to say something over the unfair calumny and defaming comments heralded at the only and the best able minister in the current government. It is morally and religiously urgent to respond…
Somalia: Mogadishu Regains its Lost Moxie
Mogadishu (HAN) November 13, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Abdi Latif Dahir (Shan Journal). THE ROAD BACK HOME begins before dawn. Before the rose pink light of the day breaks the skyline, the long queues of people at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport form in a procession-like fashion. Here,…
Ethiopia: Siyoum, DW’s Amharic listeners know him
Addis Ababa (HAN) November 12, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. . MY DW CONTRIBUTORS. Mantegaftot Sileshi is an author, producer and coordinator from Learning by Ear, a project that is celebrating international success with educational radio dramas. The topics are chosen and developed on location and the program addresses challenges that…
Somalia: Traditional law in Dialogues with Militia and Militant Groups
Mogadishu (HAN) November 11, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Energy Security and safety news. ICRC (press release). The main sources of international humanitarian law (IHL) are international treaty and customary law. In addition, domestic traditional law can improve the protection of victims of armed conflict. The ICRC’s online Customary IHL Database was recently updated…
Kenya: Why offshore Somali Indian Ocean becomes so important now?
Nairobi (HAN) November 9, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Amukowa Anangwe, “Kenya and Somalia could go to war on territorial row” According to Abdulkadir Abiikar and Eng. Ahmad Haji Yusuf, a senior somali geologist and energy consultant of Geeska Afrika Online, Offshore Somali coast shares the same geological…
Djibouti: Piracy, a non-traditional threats to security
Djibouti (HAN) November 9, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Lisa Otto. The paper, which is the first part of the scholar’s monograph for maritime security, identified the non-traditional security threats prevailing in the Indian Ocean, and examined their causes and trends, as an essential first step to formulate measures…
Somalia: The Power Tussle!
Toronto (HAN) November 3, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by – Mohamed “Dudishe” Abdulle. The dichotomy of a powerless/powerful prime minister and a powerless/powerful president has confused many ordinary Somalis. Some say the president has too much power & others say the president is powerless. Somali pessimists’ latest conspiracy theory is the…
Somalia: Somali Shilling needs a new monitory policy
Mogadishu (HAN) November 3, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Mahad Wasuge in Mogadishu, “Somali Shilling: valueless currency that needs a new policy.” Somali shilling vs Dollar and Euro: 1 Somali Shilling equals 0.0013 US Dollar The official currency of Somalia is the “Somali Shilling”. It is the weirdest…
Ethiopia: Restoring and Re-greening in Tigray region
Tigray (HAN) October 31, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Energy Security and safety news. Sami Grover, Science and Sustainable Agriculture. I recently mused on the fact that conservation is not enough. We need to also focus on restoration and rehabilitation of nature too. So I was delighted to read over at The Guardian about…
