Category: USAFRICOM
Somaliland and Iraq "Partition can often actually lead to more conflict"
Washington (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. what lessons Somalis could learn from this perspective and the remarks of outgoing US Army chief General Ray Odierno on the possible partition of Iraq. The US Army chief General said that Sunni-Shiite relations in Iraq are at a nadir and…
Djibouti: Italy Warns Libya Risks Becoming 'Another Somalia'
Djibouti (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni warned that Libya risked turning into “another Somalia” as it signed a joint statement with the US and several European allies condemning “barbaric” acts carried out by the Islamic State group there. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said…
Djibouti: The Global Military Agenda are Behind the "War on Terrorism"
Djibouti (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. According to a new discovery by Professor Michel Chossudovsky, “Terrorism is Made in the west”. Watch and listen Professor Michel Chossudovsky, the US Global War on Terrorism, including “Somalia is a Big Lie” “The announcement, made the day after US Secretary…
Djibouti: Britain's Favorite Political Party Scapegoat "Somali oil contract bid"
Djibouti (HAN) August 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure Initiative News. UK political Party’s 2016 scapegoats. Serious Fraud Office to investigate firm’s Somali oil contract bid. According to theguardian’s Holly Watt and Harry Davies: Soma Oil and Gas, chaired by ex-Conservative leader, paid company negotiating for government of Somalia over lucrative oil deal A…
Uganda: Chinese Defense idea to deploy the equipment in volatile Somalia
Kampala (HAN) August 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure Initiative News. China donates equipment to Uganda for peacekeeping mission in Somalia. According to China news agency, China has donated equipment worth about 5.5 million U.S. dollars to Uganda for its peacekeeping operations in war-torn Somalia, without consultation with the Somali Federal Government. The…
Djibouti: Anti-Piracy Mission Off Somalia Coast Extended
Djibouti (HAN) August 8, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Maritime Security News. The Japanese government has decided to extend the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia by another year (2016). The current anti-piracy mission will expire later this year. Japan has deployed escort ships and patrol aircraft to guard commercial ships…
US are learning ethiopia's counterterrorism Strategy
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. Dealing with terrorism and Security co-operation is an area of high interest for the US in Africa. news24. The secret to Ethiopia’s counterterrorism success: Obama has repeatedly expressed his administration’s keen interest in learning from Ethiopia’s counterterrorism (CT) efforts and its counterinsurgency…
Djibouti: UN Security Council authorizes deployment of 22,126 AMISOM Soldiers
Djibouti (HAN) July 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. Security Council authorizes ongoing African Union deployment in Somalia, extends UN assistance mission. The Security Council this week authorized the Member States of the African Union to maintain the deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for an additional…
Djibouti: Watch Full session "Foreign Policy and Security Cooperation in Africa"
Djibouti (HAN) July 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – Security Briefing Interview -By Klutts, Christopher C. SSG, United States Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany, “Foreign Policy and Security Cooperation in Sub Saharan Africa.” General David M. Rodriguez, commander of U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs…
Uganda: Somalia Security Efforts 'Urgent'
Kampala (HAN) July 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – Security Briefing – In a message to the Special Meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on foreign terrorist fighters today, the Secretary-General said the rise in the number of those fighters demonstrates the growing spread of violent extremism, which demands urgent international attention…
