Tag: africa
Eritrea: The “Needy and Less Capable” African
ASMARA (HAN) September 16. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues.By: Dr. Fikrejesus mahazion “#UnderstandingEritrea”. Broadly, the series aims to clarify and help shed further light on some of the most critical elements of Eritrea’s national development plans, such as the improvement, preservation, and sustainable use of its land and water…
Eritrea: Governments Is Ready to Expand Wind Energy Plants
ASMARA (HAN) September 16. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Since its independence, one of the major challenges Eritrea has been facing is the provision of sustainable energy in the country for industrial, agricultural as well as household consumption and making it equally accessible to the entire population. Currently, Eritrea’s…
Ethiopia: Dangerously Close to a Genocide “Facebook Hate Speech”
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues.Throughout his life, Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa sang about love, unity, and raising the marginalized voices of his Oromo ethnic group. He had always tried to keep his work and politics separate, saying, “Art should not be subject to political…
Eritrea Works for Peaceful Ethiopia
Asmara (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Eritrea is playing a major peace role in the region, said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed. In an interview conducted in Tigrigna language, the Ethiopian leader said to a local media in Addis Ababa that “the Western countries have…
Eritrea: A Suburb in Parts of Asmara
ASMARA (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Asmara was first settled in 800 BC with a population ranging from 100 to 1000. The city was then founded in the 12th century AD after four separate villages unified to live together peacefully after long periods of conflict. Eritrea’s…
Ethiopia: 720 Ethiopian Migrants in Beirut
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia would like to announce that among the 720 Ethiopian migrants registered at the Ethiopian consulate in Lebanon, 650 of them who volunteered to return are repatriated, quarantined, and started the reintegration process…
Kenya: Expand Counter-terrorism Drone War
WASHINGTON (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The U.S. military’s Africa Command is pressing for new authorities to carry out armed drone strikes targeting Qaeda-linked Shabab fighters in portions of eastern Kenya, potentially expanding the war zone across the border from their sanctuaries in Somalia, according to…
Somalia:14 Al-Shabaab killed in heavy attack on town
MOGADISHU (HAN) September 8. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. Militants loyal to jihadist group Al-Shabaab waged a heavy attack on Bal’ad town, 30 km north of Mogadishu, early on Tuesday. In a Twitter message, Ministry of Information spokesperson Ismael Mukhtar Omar said there was an ambush but that the Somali National Army (SNA) recaptured the town.…
Somali: How Cryptocurrencies Can Protect Citizens Against (Hyper)Inflation
Cryptocurrencies are often associated with strong price fluctuations that some argue make them unusable as day-to-day spending currencies. However, the reality is that the world’s leading digital currency bitcoin has helped to act as a store of value and as an alternative currency in countries that are suffering from high levels of inflation and weakening…
Ethiopia get ready for blockchain revolution
ADDIA ABABA (HAN) 29 January, 2019. Regional Financial Institution and Digital Tech for 21 century The buzz around cryptocurrencies which were making headlines not long ago has finally abated. The time has come for the blockchain technology itself, says Russian tech entrepreneur Aleksandr Ivanov. The founder and CEO of Waves Platform and Vostok project told…
