Category: Daily Security Briefing

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab has no Leader and  no strategy to survive

    Somalia: Al-Shabaab has no Leader and no strategy to survive

    Mogadishu (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Defense and National security news. The AFROCOM Airforce assasination of Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahideen leader of Somalia Ahmed Abdi Godane (Abu-zubair) by the United States on  September 1st  is unlikely to leave a vacancy for long. The Pentagon announced on 2 September that US Special Forces, ‘acting on actionable intelligence’,…

  • Eritrea: The first step toward shutting down Eritrean Embassy in Sweden

    Eritrea: The first step toward shutting down Eritrean Embassy in Sweden

    Stockholm (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Public diplomacy and regional security news. Edited By: Diplomatic Editor, Geeska Afrika Online. Sweden has ordered a diplomat from Eritrea’s embassy to leave the country within the next 48 hours, according to the news of the local in Sweden (news@thelocal.se). Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki accused the United States and Ethiopian diplomacy in…

  • Somalia: Pentagon announced the death of Godane “a major symbolic and operational loss” to Al-Shabaab

    Somalia: Pentagon announced the death of Godane “a major symbolic and operational loss” to Al-Shabaab

    Mogadishu (HAN) September, 2014 – Regional security alert news update.  By Helen Cooper, nytimes. Ahmed Godane – Abu Zubair, the militant leader of Al-Shabaab, was killed in a U.S. military operation, the Pentagon said Friday. “The U.S. military undertook operations against Godane on Sept. 1, which led to his death. Removing Godane from the battlefield is…

  • Somalia: Regional Security alerts update on critical news events

    Somalia: Regional Security alerts update on critical news events

    Mogadishu (HAN) September 4, 2014 – Defense and Security note by Geeska Afrika Regional Security Editor. Somalia’s federal government has vowed to step up the military offensive dubbed Operation Indian Ocean which is aimed at defeating al Shabaab militant group. The statement was made on Tuesday after Somali cabinet held an extraordinary session in the…

  • Somalia: U.S. missiles are triggering power struggle

    Somalia: U.S. missiles are triggering power struggle

    Nairobi (HAN) September 4, 2014. Defense and Security note  selected by Geeska Afrika Regional Security Editor.  Written by. BY EDMUND BLAIR AND DRAZEN JORGIC -Reuters. A hail of U.S. missiles aimed at the leader of Somalia’s al Shabaab militants may have left a gaping hole in the group’s leadership, potentially the biggest challenge to its unity…

  • Ethiopia: U.S. Senatorial Delegation meets Prime Minister Hailemariam

    Ethiopia: U.S. Senatorial Delegation meets Prime Minister Hailemariam

    Addis Ababa  (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Regional defense and security news.A US delegation headed by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Chair, Senate Agriculture Committee, met with Prime Minister Hailemariam. The discussion covered Ethiopia’s agricultural development and its successes in food security and in developing resilience on climate change as well as the upcoming Global Alliance for…

  • Kenya: African Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism ended

    Kenya: African Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism ended

    Nairobi (HAN) September 2, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. The 455th Meeting of the Africa Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) is holding a Summit on Terrorism in Nairobi, Kenya. The aim of the meeting is to agree on “practical steps to enhance the implementation of the AU counter-terrorism framework at national, regional…

  • Kenya: The role of African leaders against terrorism and risks posed to the region

    Kenya: The role of African leaders against terrorism and risks posed to the region

    Kenya (HAN) September 2, 2014 – Regional threat level and National security news. Africa Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) summit slated for Nairobi to discuss the latest security threats in the continent. The African security meeting is expected to agree on practical steps to enhance the implementation of the AU counter-terrorism framework at national,…

  • Djibouti: U.S. Marine helicopter crashed again

    Djibouti: U.S. Marine helicopter crashed again

    Djibouti (HAN) September 2nd, 2014 – Regional Defense and security news. The U.S. Marine helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea Monday following training exercises in Djibouti, the U.S. Navy said. The UN navy helicopter were carrying 25 military members, 17 marines and eight sailors, aboard the Super Stallion chopper were safely recovered from the Gulf of…

  • Somalia: The EU Approves the comprehensive peace agreement in Kismayo

    Somalia: The EU Approves the comprehensive peace agreement in Kismayo

    Mogadishu (HAN) September 2nd, 2014 – National security and regional threat level news. Peace keeping and monitoring work of the IGAD Monitoring Team (IMT) and of the members of its Civilian Protection Component. According to Geeska Afrika Online security reporter in Kismayo, regional security parties have been kept fully informed of this monitoring work done…

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