Category: Daily Security Briefing
Ethiopia: UN’s New Strategic Facility Planning in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 30, 2014 – Public diplomacy and International development news. United Nation’s New Strategic Facility Planning in Addis Ababa for the Horn of Africa and in Africa in general. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon officially inaugurated the United Nations’ New Office Facility (NOF) in Addis Ababa at the…
Somalia: Regional Security Industry Tracker, No Flak Jacket in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) October 29, 2014. Public diplomacy and Regional Security Industry Tracker news. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon, joined by leaders of the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank and other institutions, is calling for action to prevent another famine in Somalia, where he says more than three million people are in need of humanitarian aid.…
Eritrea: Denying access will force Regional pressure to protect Eritrean People
Asmara (HAN) October 29, 2014. Public diplomacy and Regional Security Industry Tracker news. IGAD & Security Council Policy Brief -denying human right access review in Eritrea. Ban spoke Wednesday during a brief stop in the capital, Mogadishu, part of a multi-nation tour without Eritrea to pledge support for Somalia’s transition and strengthen security across the wider…
Kenya: Africom General Rodriguez briefed Uhuru on Somalia Security
Nairobi (HAN) October 27, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional defense and security news. According to Horn of Africa Security Industry Tracker, President Uhuru Kenyatta held talks with the Commander of US Africa Command, General David Rodriguez, who paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi. President Uhuru Kenyatta, I held talks with the…
Somalia: The Speaker of Parliament Jawari expressed security concerns
Mogadishu (HAN) October 27, 2014. Public diplomacy and Regional Security Industry Tracker news. According to latest reports, the Hon. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud released a presidential decree and told the Justice minister and the Animal Husbandry minister who had been ordered to swap places on Friday by the premier not to take up their new…
Eritrea: Embargoes and sanctions without credible link to Al-Shabaab
Asmara (HAN) October 27, 2014. Public diplomacy and Regional Security Industry Tracker news. The government of Eritrea still maintains it has nothing to hide from SEMG and is a victim of a conspiracy. Given that SEMG reports appear to give Eritrea a ‘clean bill of health’ on Al-Shabaab, it has not lifted SEMG’s persona…
Somalia: Better decisions to include the input of all stakeholders
Mogadishu (HAN) October 26, 2014. Public diplomacy and Regional Security Industry Tracker news. Somali governance crisis is two step forward with two step backward. Somalia Prime ministers’s plan to seize a personal goal and to evict one of the hard-workers of the ministerial council from his inner circle cabinet has come amiss. But to turn…
Ethiopia: Critical Infrastructure projects keeps on track for Africa's economic successes
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 23, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by William Davison in Addis Ababa (Global Development – TheGuardian). According to Geeska Afrika Online reporter, The world’s most challenging infrastructure projects are developing in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia’s terrain has posed challenges for the track’s engineers: the…
Somalia: 2020 Petroleum strategy for Production
Mogadishu (HAN) October 22, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Energy Security and safety news. The geopolitical leverage achieved by large petro-exporting states has been a major challenge for the U.S. and its allies, therefore, what does Somali oil production mean for energy markets and regional geopolitics in the Horn of Africa? According to Eng.…
Eritrea: Africa Bank approved Strategical transition to green growth
Khartoum (HAN) October 19, 2014. Public diplomacy and Regional food security and safety news.Interim Country Strategy Paper 2014 upto 2016. Based on the Notion of Beyond Survival, The Economic Challenges of Agriculture & Development in Post-Independent Eritrea. Although important assistance has been provided, the uneasy relationship between the Government of Eritrea and UN agencies and international…
