Category: USAFRICOM

  • Ethiopia: The challenges and opportunities for US-African relations

    Ethiopia: The challenges and opportunities for US-African relations

    Addis Ababa (HAN) July 31, 2014 – Diplomacy and African Inititives news. Voice of America quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the key issues that will be discussed at the US-Africa Leaders Summit: J. Peter Pham said such growth is aided by Africa’s natural resources and fast-growing population, which already tops one billion…

  • Djibouti: Africom Gains New Perspective

    Djibouti: Africom Gains New Perspective

    Djibouti (HAN) July 30, 2014. Horn of Africa Defense and security news. An  Air Force NCO recently had the opportunity to job shadow Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s top enlisted leader July 11, 2014, at Camp Lemonnier. U. S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Rohlfing, 870th Air Expeditionary Squadron Radar Advisory Unit watch supervisor,…

  • Somalia: The Canadians are everywhere

    Somalia: The Canadians are everywhere

    Mogadishu (HAN) July 30, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter, Toronto Star. As the diaspora return in record numbers, tension is growing. Sending money from abroad is one thing, coming back to Somalia is another. The tables start to fill inside the air-conditioned…

  • Djibouti: Internal security has been tightened to mitigate threats

    Djibouti: Internal security has been tightened to mitigate threats

    Djibouti (HAN) July 21, 2014. Regional IGAD defense and Security news update. The threat of terror attacks in Somalia, Djbouti, Kenya and Ethiopia was underlined when national security agents in Mogadishu arrested five Al-Shabaab militants who had been driving a car with improvised explosive devices concealed inside their car towards International Airport. The Somali security…

  • Djibouti: Ambassador Tom Kelly, the first ambassadorial posting for the career civil servant

    Djibouti: Ambassador Tom Kelly, the first ambassadorial posting for the career civil servant

    Nairobi (HAN) July 21, 2014 – Diplomacy & Diplomatic News: U.S. Ambassador Tom Kelly, It would be the first ambassadorial posting for the career civil servant. Thomas P. Kelly III appeared before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on May 13, 2014, as it considered his nomination, five weeks earlier, by President Barack Obama to be…

  • Uganda: African leaders to establish rapid standby force with technical capability

    Uganda: African leaders to establish rapid standby force with technical capability

    Kampala (HAN) July 20, 2014 – East African defense and security news. The Eastern African community region, including Uganda will be ready to deploy a 5,000 strong standby force by the end of 2014, the Uganda Maj. General Francis Okello said. The The Eastern African community forces will be comprised of troops from Uganda, Kenya,…

  • Somalia: long term U.S. State Department's Dual Track Approach

    Somalia: long term U.S. State Department's Dual Track Approach

    Mogadishu (HAN) July 19, 2014. Front line Diplomacy. According to the Ambassador David Shinn, “There may be some confusion over the US so-called “dual track” policy in Somalia. It was first enunciated in 2010 as a policy for supporting the central government in Mogadishu in addition to Somaliland, Puntland, and other emerging entities in Somalia.…

  • Ethiopia: US assessment of threat impact of Humanitarian and Migration issue

    Ethiopia: US assessment of threat impact of Humanitarian and Migration issue

    Addis Ababa (HAN) July 15, 2014 – Humanitarian and IDP news updates. The Ethiopia Foreign minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom  met in Ethiopia,  Mrs. Anne Richards, Assistant Secretary for the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. Ethiopia is one of the biggest recipients of USAid and British aid and both USA and Great Britain are a…

  • Somalia: U.S. Diplomatic Press Statement about the New Somali Ambassador

    Somalia: U.S. Diplomatic Press Statement about the New Somali Ambassador

    Washington (HAN) July 16, 2014 – Diplomatic Press Statement. United States Welcomes new Somalia Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke. Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC July 14, 2014 We are pleased to announce the arrival of Ambassador Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, the first Somali Ambassador to the United…

  • Somalia: U.S. Africa Command engaged Al-shabaab militants except in self-defense

    Somalia: U.S. Africa Command engaged Al-shabaab militants except in self-defense

    Djibouti (HAN) Jul 5, 2014 – Edited and reported by Dr.Abdulahi Mohammad Aboubakar. In the politically charged aftermath of terror attacks in Somalia and Kenya, it emerged that something crucial was missing from the structure of U.S. Africa Command: a rapid reaction force in the Horn of Africa. The U.S. military has acknowledged having an…

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