Category: Daily Security Briefing

  • Somalia: U.S. Special Forces helping train Somali army

    Somalia: U.S. Special Forces helping train Somali army

    Mogadishu (HAN) July 19, 2014 – Defense and Security news update in Somalia.  Following months of rumor and innuendo, Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamed leaked some very encouraging news. Somalia has a new counterterrorism force—the Gaashan, led by a Somali-Canadian – a former Somali National Army general. Gaashaan translates as “the shield.” The 150 Gaashan…

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab step ahead of Somali's intelligence services

    Somalia: Al-Shabaab step ahead of Somali's intelligence services

    Mogadishu (HAN) July 16, 2014 –  Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Fuad Ahmed, Sabahi in Mogadishu. Somali citizens and analysts are taken aback by the revelation that a man working inside the Villa Somalia presidential compound helped al-Shabaab pass through several checkpoints when the militant group attacked the complex last…

  • Somalia: An Interview with UN Representative, Nicholas Kay

    Somalia: An Interview with UN Representative, Nicholas Kay

    Mogadishu (HAN) July 13, 2014 . An Interview with UN Representative of the Secretary-General, Nicholas Kay. The violent attacks on Somalia Parliament headquarters, presidential palace and other major locations, the United Nations envoy to the country has called on all Somalis to unite with the authorities to thwart future attacks and “bring to justice those…

  • Somalia: AMISOM Safety and Security Compliance Audit conducted In Mogadishu

    Somalia: AMISOM Safety and Security Compliance Audit conducted In Mogadishu

    Mogadishu (HAN) July 13, 2014:  African Union Security news update. The AMISOM Safety and Security Unit conducted a Private Company Security Compliance Audit as part of its mission implementation planned activity for the year 2014. This Amisom safety and Security exercise, which is a continuous process, is to ensure the safety of personnel and equipment…

  • Ethiopia Expects tough proposals from Egyptian President's Strategical Visit

    Ethiopia Expects tough proposals from Egyptian President's Strategical Visit

    Khartoum (HAN) July 13, 2014 – Nile water News Update.  In light of Egyptian new startagy about the Nile waters and the Ethiopian expectation of the visit of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Ethiopia, the Egyptian-Ethiopian committee is working on resuming dialogue on the Renaissance Dam issue. Egypt’s State Information Service Chairman, Ambassador Salah…

  • Somalia: A New Study Strategy to stop Somali Pirates

    Somalia: A New Study Strategy to stop Somali Pirates

    London (HAN) July 13, 2014 – Features & Analysis, in Somalia Warlords, religious groups and clans have been fighting for control of Somalia. According to BBC Analysis, the Operation Commander of the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) in the region, a number of local factors had led to Somali pirates being “contained and restrained”,…

  • Somalia: Turkish humanitarian workers temporarily evacuated

    Somalia: Turkish humanitarian workers temporarily evacuated

    Mogadishu (HAN) July 13, 2014. Daily security news Update.  in Southern Somalia, a wave of Al-Shabaab violence has forced the temporary evacuation of humanitarian staff in Mogadishu in the past two weeks, severely interrupting the provision of humanitarian aid, said Turkish diplomat  today. The serious deterioration of security in Southern Somalia regions bordering  Kenya threatens…

  • Eritrea: The Eritrean border guards assassinated Afar Leader

    Eritrea: The Eritrean border guards assassinated Afar Leader

    Khartoum (HAN) July 11, 2014 – Eritrean security news Update. The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) Confirmed that Abdul Karim Qadr was assassinated at the hands of Eritrean Special Security border guards in one of its secret prisons in Avabt on the northern coast in Eritrea. A statement issued by the Information Office of…

  • Ethiopia: UK Diplomat Responded “Britain is supporting Dictatorship“

    Ethiopia: UK Diplomat Responded “Britain is supporting Dictatorship“

    Adis Ababa (HAN) July 11, 2014 – Diplomatic Statement news update. In a response to a piece published “Britain is supporting Dictatorship “ on the Guardian newspaper, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to UK, Berhanu Kebede underlined that Ethiopia’s development initiatives are being undertaken without violation of rights of the people.  Berhanu Kebede  said, the prime objectives being…

  • Ethiopia: Rebel Leader "as terrorist", speaks out in Addis Ababa

    Ethiopia: Rebel Leader "as terrorist", speaks out in Addis Ababa

    Addis Ababa (HAN) July 9 , 2014 – National Security Update. The Ethiopian Rebel Leader, Andargachew Tsige, secretary general of Ginbot 7, an organization designated by the Ethiopian government as terrorist, speaks out on ETV. Please watch According to special diplomatic sources in Addis, Ethiopian government delighted the security operation and intelligence to capture one…

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