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Somaliland: An Interview with former British Ambassador to Somalia
London (HAN) April 6, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. An Interview with former British Ambassador to Somalia William Fullerton. BY. Mohammed Ibrahim Shire. Ambassador William Fullerton served as the British Ambassador to Somalia from 1983 to 1987 (Including Somaliland). British government use to assign an experience diplomats to Somalia, because of its status…
Ethiopia: Strong Commitment to Evacuate from Yemen
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. The first Ethiopians evacuated from Yemen have reached Addis Ababa. Ethiopians evacuees from Yemen and received by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Public Diplomacy and Communication Directorate General Ambassador Ababi Demissie and Ministry’s spokesperson Tewolde Mulugeta. Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn: “We…
Business lessons I have learned from Somali traders
Mogadishu (HAN) April 4, 2015– As a Somali associate of mine likes to say, when people think of Somalis, they only think of PTW (Piracy, Terrorism & War). As with a lot of Africa, sadly this narrative only focuses on the negative aspects of the community. Somalia and its people have had a number of success…
Somalia: Security Intelligence Successfully Foiled Several Attacks
Mogadishu (HAN) April 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. Kenyan Somalis and relatives are identifying bodies today after Kenyan Al-Shabaab militants, targeting non-Muslims, killed more than 150 students and staff at a university in Somali Kenyan zone (NFD). One week after Al-Shabaab militants stormed a popular hotel in Mogadishu in…
Kenya: The Evil Terror Mastermind, Who is Mohamed Kuno?
Garissa (HAN) April 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. The evil terror mastermind who orchestrated the storming of a university in Kenya has been named as former school headmaster Mohamed Kuno. Authorities say nearly 150 staff and students died when Al-Shabaab militants stormed a university campus in northeast Kenya. The…
Kenya: Student "I saw beheaded bodies when we escaped"
Garissa (HAN) April 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. A member of Garissa University student, Winnie Njeri, one of those who escaped, told Geeska Afrika Online security reporter in Garissa, “We saw beheaded bodies inside rooms, when we escaped.” According to President Uhuru Kenyatta: I am saddened to inform the Nation that…
Kenya: University Attack "Kenya has learnt nothing"
Nairobi (HAN) April 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Expert Analysis, Interview: Asumpta Lattus. It is now 18 months since al-Shabab attacked the Westgate shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, killing more than 60 people. Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack at Garissa University College in northeastern Kenya. Security experts say the country…
Djibouti: Saudi Arabia Makes Its Own Move to Form Military Force
Djibouti (HAN) March 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. Yemeni refugees arrive in Somalia and Dibouti, Fleeing violence at home. According to Djibouti security forces and Somali goverment, dozens of Yemeni refugees fleeing the fighting and Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen have arrived in Somalia and Djibouti. The two Saudi Air…
Somalia: UNHRC Observed Silence in Memory of Ambassador “Bari Bari”
Geneva (HAN) March 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and security News. The United Nations silence in memory of Ambassador “Bari Bari”. The United Nations Human Rights Council observed a minute of silence this afternoon in memory of Ambassador Yusuf Mohamed Ismail “Bari Bari”, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the…
Ethiopia has taken COMESA chairmanship
Addis Ababa (HAN) March 31, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional Partnership News. The 18th COMESA Summit of Heads of States and Governments begins in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with the theme: “Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization.” The new Chairman of COMESA, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn opens the summit and said “COMESA moving forward with Africa’s remarkable…
