Category: Daily Security Briefing
Ethiopia: Agricultural land issues and the Lesson learned Paraguay's Forgotten Coup
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 4, 2014. Agricultural diplomacy and National Investment news. The Ethiopian new government has recently set up the Agricultural Investment Support outfit to deal with land lease and related issues. The director of that agency on 29 July told Reuter in Addis Ababa of the marking of 1.6 ha of land “for…
Ethiopia: Harnessing Water to Power Africa – Bigger Solutions for Bigger Problems
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 3, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by. Zerihun Abebe Yigzaw. Looking at the earth during a night flight across the continent Africa tells all the grim story of a darker and invisible continent; face it, it is not as illuminated as many continents are…
Sudan: The Russian foreign minister visited Khartoum for the first time
Khartoum (HAN) December 3, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. According to Tass and Sudan Forign ministery, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Khartoum for the Republic of Sudan on a working visit to meet President Omar al-Bashir and hold talks with Foreign Minister Ahmed Karti. The Russian foreign minister’s…
Somaliland: The Five Core Concerns of Negotiations in Turkey
Hargeisa (HAN) December 2, 2014. Public diplomacy and National security news. The third phase of core Negotiations are expected to resume in Turkey between the Federal Government of Somalia seated in Mogadishu and Somaliland. The Somaliland delegation will include Minister of Presidential Affairs Hersi Ali Haji Hassan, Foreign Minister Mohamed Bihi Yonis, and other deputies.…
Ethiopia: Scandal at the Ethiopian Embassies
Rome (HAN) November 30, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by. Binyam Kedir Abdu, Re-Published request from readers and Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Binyam Kedir Abdu, former first secretary at the Ethiopian Embassy in Kuwait Political scandals of all sorts pervade Ethiopian embassies around the world. What…
Somalia: Looming Deadline and Unanswered Questions: What’s Next for the Parliament in Motion?
Mogadishu (HAN) November 29, 2014 – Parliamentary diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Somali parliament had postponed a session scheduled for this week on a proposed motion to withdraw confidence from the government until conflicts between MPs were solved. Parliament speaker Jawari said that diplomatic efforts had failed to settle the house conflicts, about…
Eritrea: Denmark need personal threat in order to be granted asylum
Asmara (HAN) November 27, 2014 – Humanitarian Diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The new flex Eritrean refugees increase in 2014, that led Denmark government to put a halt asylum seekers for Eritreans until the Danish Immigration Service could evaluate the reason for the sharp uptick. Denmark and Eu External action are talking to Eritrean…
Sudan: Security Council extends UN Mission in South-Sudan through 2015
Khartoum (HAN) November 27, 2014 – Diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The UN Security Council on Tuesday extended the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for an additional six months, maintaining its mandate to focus on civilian protection, facilitation of relief assistance, and human rights monitoring. The Security Council expressed its “grave…
Ethiopia: Horn of Africa Security Breifing for Civil-military Coordination
Addis Ababa (HAN) November 26, 2014 – Horn of Africa Security Briefing Tracker for Regional safety news. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) together with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday (November 24) issued Somalia Country Specific Guidelines to govern civil-military coordination in Somalia. The Somalia guidelines…
Somalia: UN accuses Puntland Administration of crimes against humanity
Paris (HAN) November 26, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. In a press release issued by UNESCO Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), denounces murder of Somali radio journalist, Abdirisak Ali Abdi, in Puntland, Southern Somalia. Killing Journalist are Crime against Humanity In a press release issued by…
