Category: Daily Security Briefing
Djibouti: Research conference for a secure air transport service in Africa
Djibouti (HAN) November 20, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Aviation Security and safety news. The Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa is enabling environment for a secure air transport service in Africa. A five-day seminar and research conference on African Aviation began in Addis Ababa Monday (November 17). The purpose of the conference is to discuss ways…
Ethiopia: Tedros briefed Danish Foreign Affairs Committee Chairperson
Addis Ababa (HAN) November 20, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The Ethiopia Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tedros Adhanom, held talks with the Danish Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairperson, Mette Gjerskov, in Copenhagen on Tuesday. The Ethiopia Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Tedros briefed Ms. Gjerskov on Ethiopia’s…
Ethiopia: Somaliland signed strategic trade and infrastructure agreement
Hargeisa (HAN) November 19, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional investment and security news. Ethiopia and Somaliland Administration have signed a trade and infrastructure agreement. Ethiopia’s Minister for Finance and Economic Development, Sufian Ahmed who signed this agreement stated that the agreement will enhance the economy Somaliland Administration and Ethiopia and that the appointed technical…
Somaliland: Speaker "I will not step down until the exact date of election"
Hargeisa (HAN) November 18, 2014. Horn of Africa Security Briefing news. The speaker of Somaliland parliament and the chairman of the opposition party Wadani Abdirahman Mohamed Irro held press conference in Hargeisa, he discussed wide range of issues including the no confidence motion tabled against him and the upcoming Somaliland elections. speaker of Somaliland parliament said, I…
Somalia: President will appoint another prime minister
Mogadishu (HAN) November 17, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. , Somalis sat down with donors in a format that’s called a New Deal, where the Somalis themselves would have a say in the support that the international community is giving to Somalia. If Prime Minister Ahmed does not resign, Mohamud would…
Eritrea: PFDJ Officials Continue to Collect Millions
Asmara (HAN) November 16, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. It is the assessment of the UN Monitoring Group that senior Eritrean officials continue to collect millions of dollars per year through unofficial revenues by means of private business arrangements involving PFDJ-run companies domestically and the Gulf states including Sudan and…
Somalia Parliament closed prematurely without proceedings
Mogadishu (HAN) November 16, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. A Somali Parliamentary debate on whether to sack Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed descended into chaos again. Therefore, Somalia Parliament closed prematurely without official proceedings as parliamentarians once again disagreed over the debate concerning the Motion of No Confidence in…
Somalia: Ambassador McAnulty, declined to comment falsely reported Somali's tabloid News
Mogadishu (HAN) November 15, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Falsely today’s Somali tabloid news reported, ” the top US representative to Somalia, James P. McAnulty, recently threatened an aid cut unless the country’s bickering president and prime minister begin working together.” The intelligent tabloid. For more than a two decade,…
Djibouti: UNSC Voted to Protect ships in the Indian Ocean from pirates
Djibouti (HAN) November 13, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Maritime Security and safety news. Increased attacks by pirates on merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa and the east African coast have been cause for concern and increased headlines. The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to authorise international ships to keep patrolling sea lanes off…
Ethiopia: Germany to defend 'safe haven' status for stability
Addis Ababa (HAN) November 12, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Germany regards Ethiopia primarily as a strategic partner in the volatile Horn of Africa region and as a guarantor of stability, despite all the democracy shortcomings and human rights violations. “Today Ethiopia is a very important partner for Germany on…
