Category: Daily Security Briefing
Djibouti: The Statement of 53rd Extra-Ordinary Session of IGAD Council of Ministers
Djibouti (HAN) January 11, 2015 – IGAD PRESS RELEASE and Regional Security and safety news. The Council received reports from the Federal Government of Somalia on the implementation of Vision 2016, security and the integration of forces, stabilisation and access to recovered area. The Council was also briefedby the IGAD Special Envoy on the IGAD Office of…
Ethiopia: Cargo Plane Crashed “skidded the runway”
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 11, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Aviation Security and safety news. The Ethiopian Airline Cargo with its dedicated freighter network, serves more than 20 destinations in Africa via Addis Ababa and the new hub in Lome, Togo, West Africa. Bad News: Ethiopian Airways cargo plane from traveling from Lome, Togo to neighboring…
Somalia: Ethiopia Pledge more Security Cooperation in Fight Against Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu (HAN) January 11, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Ambassador Ahmad AbdiSalam told Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Addis that Ethiopian forces were fighting to root out Al-Shabaab militants and were regaining territory in Southern Somalia. “Their grip is weakening,” Ambassador Ahmad said. Relations have improved since Ambassador Ahmad took…
Somalia "Chinese illegal mineral digging company operating in Somaliland"
Hargeisa (HAN) January 10, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional resources news. Somaliland’s Awdal region is rich in minerals and petroleum and has therefore attracted several international mining firms. Some of these companies, are said to be operating on invalid agreements and contracts. Somali Foreign Minister Abdirahman Duale Bayle (A citizen of Awdal Region) has already…
Ethiopia: Global Panel of Experts for Peace and Stability in Africa
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security news. Global Panel of Experts for the cause of peace and stability in Africa. The various Security Council resolutions that mandate sanctions, peace operations and Panels of Experts clearly delineate mutually reinforcing objectives, this meeting works from the assumption that increased cooperation between…
Sudan: Ethiopian Mediator Condemn New Violence in South Sudan
JUBA (HAN) January 7, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Humanitarian news. The Ethiopian diplomat who is a IGAD mediator condemn, the new violence in South Sudan’s Unity and Upper Nile States. The IGAD Special Envoys for South Sudan strongly condemned on Wednesday (January 01) reports of heavy fighting in Nassir, Upper Nile State, and near…
Somalia: The Project, the world’s most notorious security contracting firm
Mogadishu (HAN) January 6, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian news. The South African citizen, Prince of Mercenaries who wreaked havoc in Iraq turns up in Somalia. reports a spokesperson from the Islamist Al-Shabaab group in Somalia claiming that the US mercenary group Blackwater (Xe Services) is in Somali. More and more, today’s video game business is…
Kenya: 2015 Al-Shabaab and the Rise of Jihad in Kenya
Nairobi (HAN) January 4, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian news. Kenya orders refugees off the streets to stop attacks by armed groups from Somalia. Dareen Abughaida speaks to Mohammed Adow a Kenyan-Somali journalist; Mark Yarnell – a senior advocate at Refugees International; and Andrew Asamoah – a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies. “We…
Somalia: Security 'foiled' attack plots by Al-Shabaab militants
Mogadishu (HAN) January 3, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security news. A highly organized and planned suicide car bomber blew up near a moving military convoy of Somalia’s U.S.-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing about fout trained elite according to Al-shabaab’s Radio Andulus and eyewitness said, Al-Shabab urban warfare group militants in Mogadishu claimed…
Ethiopia: General Samora Lambasts Opposition disregarding values
Addis Ababa (HAN) January 3, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Interview with dialogue news. General Samora Muhammad Yunis is the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces. General Samora Muhammad Yunis, chief of staff of Ethiopian national defense forces, has strongly criticized Ethiopian opposition groups for disregarding values of Ethiopian national interests. After…
