Category: Daily Security Briefing
Ethiopia: The major threat of Lake Turkana’s primary source of water
Nairobi (HAN) August 14, 2014 – Critical Environmental issues in the Horn of Africa news. Kenya’s Lake Turkana is key to sustaining life in the dry area. But new development upstream in Ethiopia could ruin it. Lake Turkana is the world’s biggest desert lake, a vital source of life for humans and animals alike. But its lifeline…
Somalia: The highest ranking US official visits Mogadishu in two decades
Mogadishu (HAN) August 14, 2014 – Diplomacy and security issues news. Something very strange is happening in Somali capital Mogadishu, this week. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud, in Mogadishu, who hailed UNSC visit said: “many ppl can’t believe you’re here. It’s a new opening for Somalia” Ambassador Samantha Power is the U.S. Permanent Representative to…
Somalia: The next phase of military operations against Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu (HAN) August 13, 2014 – Safety & Security news: The Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud met with high level international diplomats including, the Under Secretary General of the United Nations Safety & Security, Peter Drennan, at Villa Somalia. The Somali President and the Under Secretary General discussed the various challenges facing Somalia and the…
Ethiopia: Scientists at work counting volcanoes eruptions
Addis Ababa (HAN) 12 August, 2014 – Scientists and Geological news. In September 2014, the Natural Environment Research Council will launch a major five-year programme to study the volcanoes of Ethiopia’s Great Rift Valley. The project team contains core investigators from seven UK institutions and several international partners, as well as a network of local collaborators including Addis…
Somalia: American parents to prevent brainwashed their children by Al-Shabaab
Minneapolis (HAN) August 12, 2014 Community and Public diplomacy news By Mukhtar Ibrahim, MPR in Minneapolis. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged Somali-Americans gathered Saturday night at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium not to raise money for al-Shabaab, and he called on parents to prevent their children from being brainwashed by the militant group. He said…
Eritrea: The briefing’s major findings and recommendations
Asmara (HAN) August 10, 2014– Humanitarian news and views of International Crisis Group. Eritrea’s youth exodus has significantly reduced the young nation’s human capital. While this has had advantages for the government – allowing the departure of those most dissatisfied and most likely to press for political change – the growing social and political impact of…
Djibouti: Diaspora trust, the key outcomes from the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Washington (HAN) August 8, 2014- Diaspora Investment news. Through African Diaspora, western aid, philanthropy and investments have been seen as the drivers of development, especially funding, in Africa, Specialy in Somalia, kenya, and Ethiopia. With improving economic indicators in many IGAD countries and an increasing number of middle-class and wealthy individuals, there is now recognition…
Somaliland: Opposition leader's Son Joined international jihadists in Iraq
Stockroom (HAN) August 6, 2014 – Regional security and public diplomacy news. Numerous Somali militants images of Al-Somali origin have recently emerged in Iraq, showing them posing alongside an international group of jihadists – including faysal Ali waraabe’s Son, a former presidential candidate in his native Somaliland. Faysal Ali Warabe , confirms to BBC Somali…
Eritrea: US-Africa Leaders Summit, Eritrean community agree on one thing
Washington (HAN) August 7, 2014 – Regional strategic & Diplomatic partnership News: Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki, was not invited US-Africa leaders summit, and that snub has become big topic among Washington’s Eritrean-American community. “It was abnormal that Africa accepts to go to this meeting while one of its very important members (Eritrea and Sudan) was not invited”,…
Eritrea will host the next Russian Heavy military Exercises on water
Asmara (HAN) August 4, 2014 – Defense and Security News update. In Eritrea, military, academic, business and media circles, there is breathless excitement about the rise of Russia and the US decline, they assume as its inevitable corollary. There is an announcement that Russia’s Defense Ministry will hold drills for reservists in all of the country’s…
