Category: Djibouti
Djibouti: Ambassador Mahboub Condemned the terrorist attack on northern Kenya
Djibouti (HAN) November 27, 2014 – Diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Ambassador Mahboub Maalim, IGAD Executive Secretary, strongly condemned that left at least 28 civilians dead on Saturday November 22, 2014. In a diplomatic statement IGAD issued on Tuesday, Ambassador Mahboub Maalim stressed the need to immediately bring those responsible to justice. Ambassador…
Djibouti: Customary laws under Trees never Accepted Foreign Mediation
Djibouti (HAN) November 26, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page, by Abdi Gutale. The solution to the current stalemate is dismissing the parliament and calling for selections of new parliament by a representative constituency. The parliament’s first law should be to choose between parliamentary or presidential and select PM…
Djibouti: Iran’s strategic Policy in Africa “friend and brother”
Djibouti (HAN) November 23, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The Iranian parliament speaker arrived in Djibouti and described Djibouti as a “friend and brother” country and called for the expansion of Tehran and Djibouti strategical Horn of Africa ties. “We hope that the two countries will be able to expand…
Djibouti: Research conference for a secure air transport service in Africa
Djibouti (HAN) November 20, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Aviation Security and safety news. The Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa is enabling environment for a secure air transport service in Africa. A five-day seminar and research conference on African Aviation began in Addis Ababa Monday (November 17). The purpose of the conference is to discuss ways…
Djibouti: UNSC Voted to Protect ships in the Indian Ocean from pirates
Djibouti (HAN) November 13, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Maritime Security and safety news. Increased attacks by pirates on merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa and the east African coast have been cause for concern and increased headlines. The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to authorise international ships to keep patrolling sea lanes off…
Djibouti: Despite Unrest No Oil Interest in Somalia
Djibouti (HAN) November 12, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Energy Security and safety news. in Horn of Africa, Somalia remains not only one of the most promising, but also most challenging potential in Africa. Other than providing additional weaponry, military training and diplomatic support for the fractured federal government in Mogadishu, the U.S. State Department has no…
Djibouti: Piracy, a non-traditional threats to security
Djibouti (HAN) November 9, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page By Lisa Otto. The paper, which is the first part of the scholar’s monograph for maritime security, identified the non-traditional security threats prevailing in the Indian Ocean, and examined their causes and trends, as an essential first step to formulate measures…
Djibouti: Ban Ki-moon, the Horn of Africa has a “huge untapped natural resources”
Djibouti (HAN) October 27, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional defense and security news. Press Release- Spearheading a high-level delegation of global and regional leaders in a visit to the Horn of Africa, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced a new $8 billion development initiative aimed at boosting economic growth, reducing poverty and spurring…
Djibouti: Is ISIS a threat to American, European or Canadians?
Djibouti (HAN) September 23, 2014 – Defense and National security news. The Militants audio recording says it does not matter whether the “disbeliever” is civilian or military. “The best thing you can do is to strive to your best and kill any disbeliever, whether he be French, American, Canadian, Australian, British or from any of…
Djibouti: U.S. Strategy Against ISIS
Djibouti (HAN) September 17, 2014 – Geeska Afrika Online Daily Security Briefing. Secretary Hagel and General Dempsey on ISIS Threat.: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Martin Dempsey testified on President Obama’s strategy for combating ISIS* militants. Secretary Hagel outlined the administration’s approach that includes expanded airstrikes, additional U.S. personnel in Iraq,…
