Category: Daily Security Briefing
Eritrea: President targeted new diplomatic approach with yemen
Djibouti (HAN) July 27, 2014 – Regional diplomacy news. The Yemeni Deputy Foreign Minister Amir al-Aidaros received a copy of credentials of a new Eritrean ambassador Mohammed Sheikh Abdul Jalil. The announcement came as a relief to a country on edge and worried about how the Fishing boats issues and border dispute would resolve itself.…
Eritrea: Reasons it confiscated Yemeni fishing boats
Khartoum (HAN) July 24, 2014. Red Sea issues and Border Security. Eritrean port and border security agents have confiscated 863 Yemeni fishing boats since 2006, according to Ali Hassan Buhaidr, the secretary general of the Fishery Cooperative Union. In 2008, Arbitral Tribunal handed down its Award regarding the first stage of an arbitration between Eritrea…
Somalia: Al-shabaab Killers Kill Somali female singer Sado Ali warsame
Mogadishu (HAN) July 23, 2014 – Heart breaking news to Somali-American Communities; Somali Federal parliament member and legendary Somali singer Sado Ali warsame (Waaberi legend) has been shot dead by Al-Shabaab Militant as she was travelling on her car in the centre of the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday 23 July, 2014. The Somali militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for…
Somaliland: Dutch Somali National fighting alongside ISIS militants
Hargeisa (HAN) July 23, 2014 –Terror propaganda against Muslims and young Somali Youth in the West. By JOHN HALL, dailymail. A blind jihadist pictured fighting alongside ISIS militants in Syria has reportedly urged others to join the Islamist militants, saying having a disability is no excuse. A blind jihadist pictured fighting alongside ISIS militants in Syria…
Kenya: The Muslim curfew is a breach of the constitution
Nairobi (HAN) July 22, 2014 – Muslim faithful and Kenyan Security Issues. According to Kenyan politician denying Muslim faithful their religious obligation on this holy month is unacceptable. For public diplomacy, (photo) Uhuru flagged-off a truck carrying foodstuffs donated by Muslim Ambassadors in Kenya to be distributed to the needy across the country. My Government…
Djibouti: Internal security has been tightened to mitigate threats
Djibouti (HAN) July 21, 2014. Regional IGAD defense and Security news update. The threat of terror attacks in Somalia, Djbouti, Kenya and Ethiopia was underlined when national security agents in Mogadishu arrested five Al-Shabaab militants who had been driving a car with improvised explosive devices concealed inside their car towards International Airport. The Somali security…
Djibouti: Ambassador Tom Kelly, the first ambassadorial posting for the career civil servant
Nairobi (HAN) July 21, 2014 – Diplomacy & Diplomatic News: U.S. Ambassador Tom Kelly, It would be the first ambassadorial posting for the career civil servant. Thomas P. Kelly III appeared before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on May 13, 2014, as it considered his nomination, five weeks earlier, by President Barack Obama to be…
Uganda: African leaders to establish rapid standby force with technical capability
Kampala (HAN) July 20, 2014 – East African defense and security news. The Eastern African community region, including Uganda will be ready to deploy a 5,000 strong standby force by the end of 2014, the Uganda Maj. General Francis Okello said. The The Eastern African community forces will be comprised of troops from Uganda, Kenya,…
Pakistan interested lessons from Ethiopia’s experiences in combating terror
Addis Ababa (HAN) July 20, 2014 – Diplomacy and security news. The Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros met with Ambassador Imran Yawar of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Ethiopia. The diplomatic Discussions centered on ways to scale up the economic partnership of the two countries, expedite high-level contacts and exchanges and inject new impetus…
Somalia: long term U.S. State Department's Dual Track Approach
Mogadishu (HAN) July 19, 2014. Front line Diplomacy. According to the Ambassador David Shinn, “There may be some confusion over the US so-called “dual track” policy in Somalia. It was first enunciated in 2010 as a policy for supporting the central government in Mogadishu in addition to Somaliland, Puntland, and other emerging entities in Somalia.…
