Category: Daily Security Briefing
Somalia Crisis Viewpoint: Hirshabelle State Meltdown
Djibouti (HAN) December 6th, 2020. Crisis Viewpoint and Regional Security. Opinion by Mohamed Mohamud Adde. There are dark clouds of civil war hanging over Somalia once again, if the International Community does not act quickly and hold accountable those people who are working on Somali political melt down. Somali people can NOT afford and will…
Somalia: UN extends Mission to fight Piracy
MOGADISHU – UN Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the international forces fighting piracy off Somalia coast by a year. Unanimously adopting resolution 2554 (2020), the Council decided, for a further period of 12 months from the date of the resolution, to renew the authorizations, as set out in paragraph 14 of resolution 2500…
Trump Orders Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Somalia
The President of the United States has ordered the Department of Defense and the United States Africa Command to reposition the majority of personnel and assets out of Somalia by early 2021. The U.S. is not withdrawing or disengaging from Africa. We remain committed to our African partners and enduring support through a whole-of-government approach.…
Eritrea: Abey Ahmed “A True Beacon of Peace and Liberty”
Asmara (HAN) December 4th, 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional security. During the EPRDF/TPLF rule, the Eritrean border dispute with Ethiopia was embedded within a set of regional and international strategic conflicts mainly linked further through proxy wars to facilitate to instability in Somalia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Djibouti and the Ethiopian ethnic groups of lowlanders (Somalis…
Somalia says 51 al-Shabab fighters killed in botched military base attack
MOGADISHU, Dec. 1 – The Somali government on Tuesday confirmed that its forces killed 51 al-Shabab fighters during the latter’s botched attack on the Somali National Army (SNA) base in the southern region on Monday. Osman Dubbe, minister for information said six al-Shabab terrorists were also arrested including the mastermind of the attack. The attack…
Ethiopia: The Former Speaker Keria Ibrahim Surrendered
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 1st, 2020. Regional security and TPLF leaders update.The Ethiopian Former upper house speaker Surrendered to the Ethiopian forces today, according to the Office of the Prime minister Abey Ahmed and listen to the official Ethiopian news agency TV newsreel today. The former speaker Keria Ibrahim is also a top official in…
Ethiopia: Can the Tigray Conflict ever morph itself into regional crisis ?
NAIROBI (HAN) November 30.2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Farah Maalim is a Kenyan politician and former deputy speaker Kenyan National Assembly 2008 – 2013 . Mengistu Assefa talked to Mr. Maalim on the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia. Subscribe to our YouTube channel shorturl.at/dklLO Prime Media is an East…
Eritrea: “U.S. diplomacy is failing in Ethiopia”, Elizabeth
Asmara (HAN) November 30.2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. . A powerful voice in a global diplomatic efforts, the United States, is in disarray as the president Trump administration focuses on internal election politics after losing the November 2020 national elections and after President Donald Trump infuriated Ethiopia with comments…
Has the AMISOM Campaign Against Al-shabaab Gangs Failed in Somalia?
Mogadishu (HAN) November 29, 2020. Regional Security and Terrorism updates. Has the AMISOM campaign Against Al-shabaab Gangs Failed in Somalia? And could the conflict spread further in Oromia, Afar and Addis Ababa zone? In Shabeele and Juba zones in Somalia, local villagers are caught in the crossfire daily, and afraid Al-shabaab reprisals which infiltrates the…
Ethiopian troops in ‘full control’ of Tigray’s capital
Ethiopian troops are now in “full control” of Mekelle, the capital of the northern region of Tigray, the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, said on Saturday evening. “With full command of the regional capital, this marks the completion of the Ethiopian National Forces’ last phase … The main operation is successfully concluded,” Abiy said. There was no…
