Category: Daily Security Briefing
Somalia: U.S. Navy launches first series of drone and ground Operations
Mogadishu (HAN) September 2nd, 2014 – National security and regional threat level news. Africom: U.S. military forces carried out military operation against Al-Shabaab militants in Southern Somalia, a U.S. Department of Defense spokesman said. “We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate,” Pentagon spokesman Rear…
Somalia: Weekly Security and National Army Operations update
Mogadishu (HAN) September 1, 2014 – Regional defense and National security news. Weekly update on the progress of the Federal Government of Somalia over the last week. The Somali Minister discussed various issues with reporters, including Geeska Afrika Online security reporter in Mogadishu: The Military Court’s conviction of two members of al Shabaab; Talks between…
After US-Africa Summit: What lessons for Eritrea?
Khartoum (HAN) September 1, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Michael Abraha. President Isaias Afwerki said that the Ethiopian propaganda against Eritrea had its roots in Washington’s “failed agendas in Eritrea” and “wrong calculations in Eritrea”. Washington’s decision not to let President Isaias Afewerki join over forty other…
Somalia: National security forces repulse Al-Shabaab militant attacks on Main Prison
Mogadishu (HAN) September 1, 2014 – National security and Intelligence news. Somali’s national security forces have managed to repulse an attack launched by Al-shabaab militants on the Somali’s largest secure prison in Mogadishu, the Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Mogadishu reported on Sunday. Somali National army regained control of a high security prison in the…
Ethiopia pledges not to harm Egyptian shares of Nile water
Khartoum (HAN) September 1st, 2014 – Diplomacy and regional water Security. Ethiopian pledges not to harm Egypt’s share of Nile water. Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam al-Moghazi downplayed Friday the negative effects on Egypt’s water supply of the ongoing construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, saying the first phase of construction would not cause any tangible harm…
Somalia filed maritime legal proceedings against the Republic of Kenya
Mogadishu (HAN) August 31, 2014 – Diplomacy and Maritime Security. Presidential Palace – Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Investment Promotion. Kenya played a pivotal role in the negotiations leading to the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”) in 1982. Both counties are contracting parties of UNCLOS, which prescribes…
Somalia: AMISOM and SNA special forces are advancing to Barawe
Mogadishu (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. Somali and African Union (AMISOM) forces have re-taken the southwestern town of Bulomarer and several neighboring villages as part of an offensive against al-Shabab in the country’s Lower Shabelle region. Abdiqadir Mohamed Nor, the governor of Lower Shabelle region, where the offensive began, said…
Somali: British radical Khadijah wanted to carry out a copycat killing
London (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional safety and security news. Militants from Islamic State (Isis) claimed to have killed an American journalist long held captive in Syria in retaliation for ongoing US air strikes against its forces in Iraq. Somali clerics, Sheikh Nur Barud, say they are wworriedabout Somali youth who are leaving their…
Somaliland: Diplomatic and Security offensive to Stop "Khatumo State"
Hargeisa (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional safety and security news. Presidential Palace, press statement sent to Geeska Afrika Online. The regional tensions that arose in Eastern Somaliland in June, the same actors have sought to undermine the stability and territorial integrity of Somaliland by continuing to provoke local conflict and engage in terrorist activities. Ali…
Eritrea: To prevent being held in an Israeli detention centers
Geneva (HAN) August 29, 2014, Eritrea Humanitarian and regional security concerns. By, Ilan Lior, Haarets. A Swiss court recently permitted an Eritrean asylum seeker to enter Switzerland, in an effort to prevent the man from being held in an Israeli detention center. Judge says petitioner ‘in genuine danger of being imprisoned or held indefinitely in…
