Category: Daily Security Briefing
Somalia: Somali police officer Arrested Pirate Leader
Mogadishu (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Regional security and marine safety news. A seniot Somali security official, Capt. Mohamed Husein said, a Somali police officer arrested a senior pirate commander in Mogadishu, known as Mohamed Garfanji, considered to be the second-ranking leader of Somalia’s pirate industry, was arrested in Mogadishu Sunday for possessing illegal arms and…
Eritrea is a Part of Russian Declaration on Strategic Partnership
PARIS (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Strategic partnership News opinion By.Kester Kenn Klomegah. Russia and Africa have entered a new phase of growth in their economic diplomacy mainly due to rising interaction by high ranking government officials from some African countries with their Russian colleagues during the first half of 2014. Undoubtedly, Russia’s intensified move to…
Somalia: The UNSC process and AMISOM launched final attack on Al-Shabaab base in Barawe
Mogadishu (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Somalia National Security news. The Somali National Army and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will within the next few days launch the final attack to smoke-out Al-Shabaab insurgents from the areas they control in southern Somalia, special their main headquarters in Barawe, the Somali President Hassan Sheikh…
Somalia: The new National Security law for Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) August 17, 2014. Security and Public diplomacy news. The new Somali cabinet meeting that was attended by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, the Somali cabinet ratified the recently launched disarmament operation in the capital Mogadishu. The Minister provided details on various issues including: UN Under Secretary General for…
Ethiopia: Egyptians will present new Grand Renaissance Dam vision
Cairo (HAN) August 17, 2014 – Regional water security and defense. Egypt has a new “vision” regarding Ethiopia’s planned Grand Renaissance Dam. Egypt’s Irrigation Minister Hossam El-Moghazi told privately owned Mehwar channel that Egypt has a new “vision” regarding Ethiopia’s planned Grand Renaissance Dam ahead of another round of talks in the Sudanese capital. In…
Somalia: Colonial officer Gerard Hanley in his book: Warriors and strangers
Mogadishu (HAN) August 17, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, Today’s opinion Facebook Page by Abdi Hosh, Member of the Somali Parliament A friend recently posted this quote written about colonial Somalia by a former Colonial officer Gerard Hanley in his book: Warriors and strangers “Of all the races of Africa,…
Somalia: Disarm operations are part of the wider effort to improve security in Mogadishu
Djibouti (HAN) August 16, 2014 – National security and stability issues in Somalia. Explosions and gunfire were heard as troops battled militiamen loyal to the former Somali warlords in Southern Somalia. Militia fighting broke out in Mogadishu as Somali government and African Union troops battled a powerful militia warlords in a bid to disarm them,…
Kenya: Security briefing by Ambassador Seyoum Mesfin
Nairobi (HAN) August 15, 2014. Regional security and defense news. An Extraordinary IGAD Council of Ministers meeting, chaired by Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, was held in Nairobi on Wednesday without Somalia minister of Foreign affaires. The meeting was briefed by Ambassador Seyoum Mesfin, Chair of the IGAD Special Envoys, on the progress of…
Eritrea: Reasons Denmark Evaluating Eritrean Asylum-seekers
Copenhagen (HAN) August 15, 2014 – Humanitarian refugees and European security issues. The Danish minister explained clrearly that the many Eritrean asylum-seekers will not be granted asylum in Denmark until the evaluation has been completed. Developments in the amount of crime committed by asylum seekers corresponds to the total number of asylum seekers: Last year,…
Somalia: The Somali financial system at a crossroads
Santa Clara (HAN) August 14, 2014 This is a guest post by Sarah Madden, volunteer intern for the Council on Foreign Relations, Department of Studies. Sarah is currently a student at Santa Clara University studying business economics and entrepreneurship. Her interests are in Africa, economic development, and emerging markets. In December 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice…
