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Eritrea: To join COMESA'S National Leather Value Chain Strategy
Asmara (HAN) September 14, 2014 – Commodities and National trade investment news. The Ministry of Trade and Industry has endorsed the National Leather Value Chain Strategy. It was devised in cooperation with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Eritrean Leather and Allied Industries Association. Speaking at today’s endorsement ceremony at…
Somalia: President answered wide range of security and alleged rape questions
Mogadishu (HAN) September 13, 2014 – Regional security and Public diplomacy news. The Federal Somali president Hassan Sheikh attended a public diplomacy and govornance awarness event in Mogadishu to mark the end of Federal Somali Government’s 2nd year in Somali presidential office. The Somali president answered wide range of questions to selected members of the Somali society…
Somalia Will be a successful model for U.S. intervention in Syria and Iraq
Nairobi (HAN) September 13, 2014 – Regional security and Public diplomacy news, by AFP Nairobi. The U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a “relentless” war against the Islamic State, and has cited the ongoing intervention in Somalia as a model for intervention in Syria and Iraq. So drawing on the experience of US operations against…
Somalia: Jubaland Security forces arrested Al-Shabaab fighters planting roadside bomb
Kismayo (HAN) September 12, 2014 – Regional defense and National security news. Jubba interim administration security forces have detained two Al-Shabaab militants who were caught planting a bomb on a road in Kismayo, the regional capital of Lower Jubba and the Jubba administration center. The administration security forces have told the press that the two…
Kenya: Indian Ambassador is unable to meet Foreign Affairs Amina Mohammed
Nairobi (HAN) September 12, 2014 – Public diplomacy and National security news. In a diplomatic statement between Muturi and the Indian High Commissioner, it emerged that for the five months that the envoy has been in Kenya, he has been unable to meet the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Amina Mohammed. “I have been trying…
Kenya: Rising threat level forced to name new Intelligence chief
Nairobi (HAN) September 12, 2014 – Regional defense and National security news. The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta has said he picked Kameru for his success in intelligence-gathering in Somalia. Kenyan troops first launched an offensive against the Somali Islamist in October 2011, accusing the Al-Shabaab militants of raids inside Kenyan Towns and cities. Deputy…
Djibouti: Arab League “demanded Eritrea to release Djibouti soldier immediately”
Djibouti (HAN) September 11, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. The Arab League released a press statement after meeting on Sept. 7, 2014, held at the level of Arab foreign ministers condemned Eritrea for “the kidnapping of a Djiboutian soldier from the demilitarized zone” on the border between Eritrea and Djibouti. The Arab League “demanded…
Eritrea: Afwerki “Why should I waste my time thinking of Sweden?”
Stockholm (HAN) September 11, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by editorial Awate.com and Geeska Afrika Online. To update readers, for the last 4 years, a diplomatic crisis broke out between Eritrea and Sweden after the Swedish ambassador to Eritrea had openly criticized the resolution of the Eritrean government…
Eritrea: Patriarch gives EDF leaders blessings in their mission
Asmara (HAN) September 11, 2014 – Regional security and Patriarch’s public diplomacy news. His Holiness Abune Dioskoros, 4th Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, gave benediction to the Eritrean people in connection with Geez New Year. The Patriarch wished a happy Easter to the faithful and prayed for the success of the Eritrean people’s endeavors…
Eritrea: Cairo to boost peace, security and stability in the Horn of Africa
Asmara (HAN) September 11, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi discussed developments in Somalia, Ethiopia, South-Sudan, Sudan and Djibouti with Eritrean President Isias Afwerki, during Afwerki’s second visit to his regime’s regional powerful ally since winning last military election in Egypt. “This meeting between Afwerki and Al-sisi’ powerful leaderships…
