Category: USAFRICOM
Somalia Will be a successful model for U.S. intervention in Syria and Iraq
Nairobi (HAN) September 13, 2014 – Regional security and Public diplomacy news, by AFP Nairobi. The U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a “relentless” war against the Islamic State, and has cited the ongoing intervention in Somalia as a model for intervention in Syria and Iraq. So drawing on the experience of US operations against…
Djibouti: Global coalition to defeat Islamist extremists
Djibouti (HAN) September 10, 2014 – Regional defense and diplomatic news. The United States is taking the lead in an international coalition aimed at repelling and defeating the Islamist extremists marauding across parts of Iraq and Syria, according to Al-Ahram sources. Jihadists from the so-called “Islamic State,” still referred to by US officials by their former…
Somalia: Al-shabaab fighters are planning revenge against U.S. Assets in the region
Mogadishu (HAN) September 7, 2014 – Defense and national security news. Somali Chief of National Security Intelligence sacked for ineffectiveness, according to Geeska Afrika Online security correspondance in Mogadishu. The U.S. has carried out several airstrikes in Somalia recent years. Somali National Security Agency (NSS) has got a credible intelligence that Al-Shabaab Islamic militants are…
Ethiopia: U.S. Senatorial Delegation meets Prime Minister Hailemariam
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Regional defense and security news.A US delegation headed by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Chair, Senate Agriculture Committee, met with Prime Minister Hailemariam. The discussion covered Ethiopia’s agricultural development and its successes in food security and in developing resilience on climate change as well as the upcoming Global Alliance for…
Djibouti: U.S. Marine helicopter crashed again
Djibouti (HAN) September 2nd, 2014 – Regional Defense and security news. The U.S. Marine helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea Monday following training exercises in Djibouti, the U.S. Navy said. The UN navy helicopter were carrying 25 military members, 17 marines and eight sailors, aboard the Super Stallion chopper were safely recovered from the Gulf of…
Somalia: U.S. Navy launches first series of drone and ground Operations
Mogadishu (HAN) September 2nd, 2014 – National security and regional threat level news. Africom: U.S. military forces carried out military operation against Al-Shabaab militants in Southern Somalia, a U.S. Department of Defense spokesman said. “We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate,” Pentagon spokesman Rear…
Somali: British radical Khadijah wanted to carry out a copycat killing
London (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional safety and security news. Militants from Islamic State (Isis) claimed to have killed an American journalist long held captive in Syria in retaliation for ongoing US air strikes against its forces in Iraq. Somali clerics, Sheikh Nur Barud, say they are wworriedabout Somali youth who are leaving their…
Somalia: Impact of New Turkey, New System, New Governance
Istanbul HAN) August 28, 2015 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page Re-published by Tulu Gümüştekin – Daily Sabah. Turkey’s Somalia Policy Aims to Ease Regional Tensions. A systemic impact in a small group or through an international institution: “We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence…
Djibouti: The crew Leader of US-owned anti-pirate leader arrested
Djibouti (HAN) August 19, 2014 – Regional security and marine safety news. The Indian navy is not yet convinced the story of US security firm called AdvanFort, who use to station in Somali waters to protect Ships. “The simple explanation that the vessel was providing security to other merchant vessels from pirates cannot be taken at…
Somalia: Somali police officer Arrested Pirate Leader
Mogadishu (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Regional security and marine safety news. A seniot Somali security official, Capt. Mohamed Husein said, a Somali police officer arrested a senior pirate commander in Mogadishu, known as Mohamed Garfanji, considered to be the second-ranking leader of Somalia’s pirate industry, was arrested in Mogadishu Sunday for possessing illegal arms and…
