Category: Daily Security Briefing
Ethiopia: British-Somaliland Citizens Attack Investigation in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (HAN) January 16, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Breaking News – Training and conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in Addis Ababa is thwarted. Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the country is protected at all times from attacks by the Somali militant group al-Shabab but is…
Kenya: Al-Shabaab Attacked AMISOM Military truck in Lamu
Nairobi (HAN) January 15, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Tourism Security and safety news. Security has been stepped up in Lamu County in Kenya. Lamu County was once a popular tourist destination of for Europeans. Lamu Local Kenyan businesses say a dusk to dawn curfew has further hurt their struggling Tourism trade. Again, the…
Djibouti: Red Sea Tourism and Sinai Safari Downgraded for Security
Djibouti (HAN) January 15, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Tourism Security and safety news. The Red Sea region suffers from the complexity of heightened security measures and exaggerated fees, according to Egyptian Abanoub Travel Chairman Rabie Tawfik. Israel urges its citizens to leave Sinai. “the Red Sea is currently facing a challenge after the…
Sudan: What China's motive in South Sudan?
JUBBA (HAN) January 14, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. By. Aljazeera TV Presenter: Nick Clark. African international relations and the rise of emerging powers in Africa. The Foreign Affairs Minister of The People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, has arrived at State House, Nairobi. Kenya’s engagement with China is set…
Sudan: The Challenges of Doha Document Discussed in South Darfur
Nyala (HAN) January 14, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. – The ninth meeting of the Implementation Follow-up Commission (IFC) of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) was held yesterday in Nyala, South Darfur. The Commission discussed the progress made and the challenges faced in the implementation of the…
Ethiopia: Global Dam’s Water Transfers Not Enough For Security
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 14, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Water supply Security News. Africa is one of the first places that many think of when considering those most in need of water. Ethiopia is especially in need. Knowledge levels regarding Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam are extremely low in communities that live near Lake…
Somalia: U.N. envoy "IGAD summit is a clear indication of progress in Somalia"
Mogadishu (HAN) January 13, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. By. Abdulaziz Billow (VOA). Foreign ministers from seven IGAD of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development met in Mogadishu Somalia to discuss political and security progress made in Somalia, as well as the country’s anticipated future 2016 election goals. Somali President Mohamoud thanked IGAD…
Ethiopia: Egypt called Dam's Water Capacity "technically unacceptable"
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (HAN) January 12, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. According to Al-Ahram, Egypt’s irrigation ministry says the current capacity of the Renaissance Dam will negatively affect its water share. Egypt rejected the current the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s (GERD) high storage capacity, as studies showed it will affect…
Somalia Appoints New cabinet after Prime Minister's Ouster
Mogadishu (HAN) January 12, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Breaking News: Somali Prime Minister announces his new cabinet 2015. The largest in recent history. Somalia has named a new government three weeks after President Hassan Sheikh replaced his prime minister for a second time. Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid, one of…
Djibouti: Touring with an organization called Stars for Stripes
Djibouti (HAN) January 11, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. With so many fires burning throughout the world, it’s good to know FDNY smoke-eaters are literally everywhere. That’s what former CBS network morning weatherman Dave Price realized earlier this week. While performing standup comedy for the troops in the east African nation of…
