Category: Daily Security Briefing

  • Kenya: Al-Shabaab hitman who assassinated journalists in Somalia is in custody

    Kenya: Al-Shabaab hitman who assassinated journalists in Somalia is in custody

    Nairobi (HAN) August 23, 2014 – Security and public diplomacy news. The Somali national security agent (NSS) arrested 19 individuals at the network’s offices in the capital Mogadishu on August 15, 2014. Today Hassan Hanafi, who is wanted in Somalia for the killing of journalists is in custody today in Nairobi, Kenya, according to Kenyan…

  • Ethiopia: The main obstacles of the tripartite talks with Egypt and Sudan

    Ethiopia: The main obstacles of the tripartite talks with Egypt and Sudan

    Cairo (HAN) August 23, 2014 – Regional Defense, security and Diplomatic news. by Hend Kortam of Al-ahram. The Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday that Shoukry called Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom as part of the framework of “continuous consultation between the two ministers”. The call comes ahead of the tripartite talks…

  • Ethiopia: Yemeni Leaders are interested the operation of Ethiopia’s federal system

    Ethiopia: Yemeni Leaders are interested the operation of Ethiopia’s federal system

    Addis Ababa (HAN) August 23, 2014 – Regional diplomacy and security news. The Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Tedros, held discussions on Thursday August 21, 2014, with the deputy Foreign Minister of Yemen, Mr. Ameer Al Aidaroos. Talks covered different bilateral issues including the two country’s economic and political relations. The Yemeni minister said Yemen was very…

  • Somalia: Ethiopian Government’s efforts to promote peace and Security

    Somalia: Ethiopian Government’s efforts to promote peace and Security

    Addis Ababa  (HAN) August 22, 2014 – Regional security and safety news. The Ethiopian Foreign minister Tedros Adhanom met with UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Nicholas Kay. Dr. Tedros noted that tremendous progress had been made in Somalia in terms of peace and security in Mogadishu and Southern Somalia. The Ethiopian Foreign minister Tedros Adhanom  also reaffirmed…

  • Ethiopia: The High Level Ministerial Panel on Somali Refugees

    Ethiopia: The High Level Ministerial Panel on Somali Refugees

    Addis Ababa (HAN) August 21, 2014. Humaniterian and Diplomatic news. The regional Ministerial Meeting of the UNHCR’s Global Initiative on Somali Refugees convened on Wednesday (August 20) in Addis Ababa. It is aimed to mobilize resources, identify strategies and promote innovative, comprehensive and durable solutions for Somali refugees and for displaced populations in the region.…

  • Somali: AMISOM combat troops to Leave Somalia by End of 2016

    Somali: AMISOM combat troops to Leave Somalia by End of 2016

    Kampala (HAN) August 20, 2014 – Regional defense strategy and security news. The End of AMISOM mission roadmap in Somalia. According to Wanyoto, the process of Somalia becoming autonomous is almost achievable and that the only roadblock is the complete “flush out of Al-Shabaab” from the sea. “Going by the current projections, we are almost…

  • Somaliland: New Strategy of Cooperation between UNSOM and Somaliland

    Somaliland: New Strategy of Cooperation between UNSOM and Somaliland

    Hargeisa (HAN) August 19, 2014 – UNSC Press Release. Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay meets Somaliland’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Bihi Yonis, on his arrival in the capital, Hargeis., Somaliland. The Special United Nations envoy in Somalia, Nicholas Kay pledged to step up the world body’s support for peace and progress in Somaliland during a…

  • Uganda: IGAD mediation is the tool of achieving peace in the Horn of Africa

    Uganda: IGAD mediation is the tool of achieving peace in the Horn of Africa

    Kampala (HAN) August 19, 2014 – Regional diplomacy and security news. Regional envoys from IGAD member states meeting at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort hotel in Uganda’s capital Kampala have called for a standby mediation team to boost early warning mechanisms and also diffuse conflicts within the member states. IGAD’s executive secretary Ambassador Mahboub Maalim spoke at…

  • Somalia: Al-shabaab is History, Warlords are Next

    Somalia: Al-shabaab is History, Warlords are Next

    Mogadishu (HAN) August 19, 2014 – Intelligence and security note By. Abdi Guled (AP) and Nur Kafi (HAN). Somali security forces has launched a new disarmament campaign that has netted some 500 guns and sparked gun battles in a capital that is awash with weapons, said officials who want to get rid of the weapons…

  • Djibouti: The crew Leader of US-owned anti-pirate leader arrested

    Djibouti: The crew Leader of US-owned anti-pirate leader arrested

    Djibouti  (HAN) August 19, 2014 – Regional security and marine safety news. The Indian navy is not yet  convinced the story of US security firm called AdvanFort, who use to station in Somali waters to protect Ships. “The simple explanation that the vessel was providing security to other merchant vessels from pirates cannot be taken at…

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