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Somalia: Kenyans Charged for Being In The Country Illegally
Mogadishu (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. A Somali court has ordered the deportation of 27 Kenyans found to be in the country illegally. This is the first time in 25 years that Somalia is to expel foreigners for overstaying their visas. The men have also been fined $10 (£6.50) for each day they…
Somalia: Canada's First Somali-born MP Being Sworn in
Ottawa (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. New members of Canada’s parliament are to be sworn in, and one of them is the first Somali-born lawmaker to be elected. Ahmed Hussen, who immigrated to Canada at the age of 17, is a member of the Liberal Party, which won the country’s recent election, ending…
S.Sudan Plane Crash Kills At Least 41 on Board & on Ground
Juba (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital, killing at least 41 people on the flight and on the ground, an official and a Reuters witness said. A crew member and a child on…
Uganda to Vote for Maybe New President Early Next Year
Kampala (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Uganda’s electoral commission has set February 18 as the date for presidential polls, with eight candidates approved to run for office, reports said Thursday. Veteran leader Yoweri Museveni, in power for 29 years, will face key opposition challengers Amama Mbabazi and Kizza Besigye. Opposition leaders have said…
Ethiopia & Korea Sign a MoU for a Cooperation Framework on Urban Development
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Ethiopia and the Republic of Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a cooperation framework on urban development and the housing sector. The MoU was signed in Seoul on Tuesday (November 3) by Ethiopia’s Minister of Urban Development and Housing, Mekuria Haile, who noted…
Kenya: M-Pesa, Data Drives Safaricom H1 Revenues Up
Nairobi (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Data and M-Pesa revenues have pushed Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecommunications firm’s growth in net earnings by 23 per cent in the six months to September to $180 million compared to $147 million the previous period. While announcing the results Thursday, the telco’s chief executive Bob Collymore…
Kenya Upbeat UK Tourist Arrivals to Peak in Two Years
Nairobi (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The number of UK tourists visiting Kenya is expected to return to the peak witnessed two years ago in 2017, the Kenya Tourism Board has said. Managing director Muriithi Ndegwa said he was “cautiously optimistic” that over the next 18 months British tourist arrivals to Kenya…
Ethiopia: Japan Business Investment for Geothermal Activities
Addis Ababa (HAN) November 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional energy stability Initiatives News. – Japan Pledges to Support Ethiopian Geothermal Development. Japan Business Investment . Japan is ready to support the geothermal development activities of Ethiopia, according to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Speaking at the opening of a geothermal development workshop, on November…
Eritrea Adopts the Political philosophy of Marxism-Leninism
Asmara (HAN) November 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security and stability Initiatives News. – The introduction of commercial banking in Eritrea, By. Neftalem Emanuel, themarketmogul. “The President, Isaias Afwerki, forwards his economic policies with a chauvinistic approach and therefore inoculates the people of Eritrea with the idea that the country does not need…
The Four Factors Behind Kenya-Somalia Maritime Border Row
Nairobi (HAN) November 3,2015. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security. BY STEPHEN OPANA. Last week, Kenyan authorities submitted data evidence to the UN on the ongoing Kenya-Somali border row. This follows an earlier suit filed by the Somali government at the Hague-based International Court of Justice concerning the maritime boundary dispute. What started as simple matter has…
