Category: Daily Security Briefing
Somaliland: The biggest company targeted, Somali remittance Dahabshiil
Hargeisa (HAN) January 2, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Financial crime news. How terror funds from all over the world would be wired to Nairobi? The scale of the network of the Inter Services Intelligence for terror funding in the Horn of Africa has shocked the Intelligence and enforcement agencies in the region By Christine…
Eritrea: President to close the gap between rich and poor
Asmara (HAN) January 2, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and Humanitarian news. According to Samuel Gebre of bloomberg, Eritrean Leader is drafting a new constitution that will tackle inequality and satisfy the demands of the Horn of Africa nation’s people, President Isaias Afwerki said. Eritrean President, Afwerki “Concentration camps of Israel” A committee has…
Djibouti: The U.S. Security, Strategy and Military tactics is Working
Djibouti (HAN) December 31, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional safety and security News. The U.S. Regional military Security strategy is Working. The U.S. military carried out an airstrike in southern Somalia that killed the intelligence chief of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency said. Abdishakur Tahliil, was targeted in…
Ethiopia Assured Shorthold Dam Agreement Won't Affect Egypt
Cairo (HAN) December 30, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Orthodox Church News. According to Ethiopian diplomat in Cairo, Ethiopia Legally assured the dam won’t affect Egypt’s Nile share. The Egyptian president Alsisi also stated that there had been positive steps when it comes to Egyptian-Ethiopian Nile water relations. The talks between the two countries…
Sudan: The biggest security news story of 2014 in Kenya
Nairobi (HAN) December 29, 2014 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security news. In 2014 was Al-Shabaab and the Rise of Jihad in Kenya. Today Kenya believes that an Al-Shabaab brigade responsible for many of the killings is inside Southern Somalia city of El Wak district of Gedo region. The Somali National Army (SNA) declined to…
Somalia: A senior Intelligence Cheif of Al-Shabaab Captured in Gedo Region
Mogadishu (HAN) December 28, 2014 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa Intelligence files News. Somali Al-Shabaab’s chief of intelligence Zakariye Ismail Ahmed Hersi, for whose capture the U.S. has offered $3 million, has been captured in Southern Somalia town of El-Wak, in Gedo Region. Aliases: Zakariye Ismail Ahmed Hirsi, Zaki Madobe, Ahmed Diriye (Geeska…
Ethiopia: President Museveni in Addis for three days official visit
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 27, 2014 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa related Security issues. President Youweri Kaguta Museveni arrived here in Addis Ababa yesterday (December 26, 2014) for a three days official visit to Ethiopia. Upon his arrival, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalgn , Foreign Minister , Dr. Tedros Adhanom and other high…
Djibouti: Investigation is Underway how Al-Shabaab Dressed Military Uniforms
Djibouti (HAN) December 27, 2014 – Public safety and Regional Security news. The Djibouti government said, President Hassan and Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh pledged to work closely together to advance their shared vision for a secure, stable, and prosperous Horn of Africa and to strengthen and deepen the strategic partnership between the two brotherly…
Somalia: U.N. staff are safe from Al-Shabaab attack in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) December 25, 2014 – Public diplomacy, Safety and security News. Aleem Siddique, spokesman for the United Nations in Somalia, told reporters in Mogadioshu that, the U.N. staff are safe from Al-Shabaab attack African Union peacekeeping base in the capital Mogadishu. Somali militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack and said they were…
Eritrea: Military helicopter pilot defects to Eritrea
Asmara (HAN) December 24, 2014 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa related Security issues. An Ethiopian air force pilot has defected to Eritrea, flying a helicopter across the border with his co-pilot and a technician, Ethiopian state-run media said on Tuesday. Eritrea and Ethiopia have been locked in a border dispute for years…
