Category: Daily Security Briefing
Somalia: Attack targeted Convoy Transporting Turkish Foreign Ministry officials
Istanbul (HAN) January 23, 2015- Public diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure Investment News. By. Joe Parkinson in Istanbul. A suicide car bomber killed at least six people in Somalia’s capital on Thursday, police said, in an attack apparently aimed at a Turkish government convoy in town ahead of a presidential visit. Speaking from the World Economic…
Eritrea Assessing Saudi Arabia’s New Yemen strategy
Asmara (HAN) January 23, 2015- Public diplomacy and Regional safety and security News. Eritrean Leader, Isyas Afwerki is watching closely as rebel assaults spark speculation Yemeni government could fall, prompting fears of instability in strategic state, close to Eritrean Red Sea neighbor. Eritrean Diplomats in Yemen expressed alarm about the security situation in Sana’a, which…
Ethiopia: Turkish investors can help benefit from quota and tariff free access to US and EU market
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 23, 2015- Public diplomacy and Regional Future Financial Investment News. President Erdogan said , Turkey cherishes win-win principle in its relation with Africa and places high importance to technology transfer along with trade and investment to Ethiopia from Turkey. Prime Minister Hailemariam said, Ethiopia is making huge investment in physical infrastructure and…
Djibouti: Transfer vehicles are used for US military in Afghanistan
Djibouti (HAN) January 21, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Africom Regional News Update: Transfer vehicles to Somalia are used for US military missions in Afghanistan. The US military (CJTF-HOA) is set to transfer 20 repurposed, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs) to the African Union mission in Somalia. The deliveries from the Combined Joint…
Eritrea: Pope Francis's New Initiative for Eritreans
Asmara (HAN) January 20, 2015- Public diplomacy and Regional Catholic church News. According to Catholic Herald comments, Pope Francis ‘leaves the exposition of doctrine to others, and reserves for himself the merciful style of the care of souls’: is he playing a dangerous game? The answer to that question depends in large part on what…
Eritrea: Houthi takeover in Yemen, A threats on the Red Sea
Asmara (HAN) January 19, 2015- Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page – Public diplomacy and national security issues by Gen. Ephraim Sneh, a Retired Israeli General (Ephraim Sneh, who holds no position in the current Israeli government). The Houthi militant group has threatened to overrun Yemen’s eastern oil-rich Maarib province, citing…
Somalia Justice Minister Farah 'Country is moving towards stability'
Doha (HAN) January 18, 2015- Public diplomacy and Regional Future Financial Investment News. The federal Justice minister Farah Sheikh AbdulQader pointed out several features to restore Somalia’s recovery. The Interim economic and security Strategy will propose a selective program of engagement and a realistic framework of results in 2016. In the early 1990s the Somalis…
Ethiopia: Track II Diplomatic Dialogue with Egypt’s National Security
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 17, 2015- Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The Ethiopian foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros holds talks with Egypt’s National Security Advisor. Dr Tedros Adhanom held a Track II Diplomatic talks with Faiza Abou el-Naga, Egypt’s National Security Advisor, at his office in Addis Ababa. The Track II Diplomatic…
Sudan: The Ideological Rift Between Turkey and Saudi Arabia
Khartoum (HAN) January 17, 2015 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa Intelligence analyst files. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By. Reza Akhlaghi, an independent political risk consultant (Article was originally published in the Diplomatic Courier). How Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism: Although IS…
Somalia: The surrender of New Senior Al-Shabaab figure
Mogadishu (HAN) January 16, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. National Security Alert (Video). A senior figure of Somali militant group Al-Shabaab has surrendered to the Somali government, local security official confirmed to the media today. Bishar Adan Abdihakim, acting district commissioner of Luq city near the Somalia-Ethiopia border, told media the…
