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Somalia: Al-Shabaab has no Leader and no strategy to survive
Mogadishu (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Defense and National security news. The AFROCOM Airforce assasination of Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahideen leader of Somalia Ahmed Abdi Godane (Abu-zubair) by the United States on September 1st is unlikely to leave a vacancy for long. The Pentagon announced on 2 September that US Special Forces, ‘acting on actionable intelligence’,…
Eritrea: The first step toward shutting down Eritrean Embassy in Sweden
Stockholm (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Public diplomacy and regional security news. Edited By: Diplomatic Editor, Geeska Afrika Online. Sweden has ordered a diplomat from Eritrea’s embassy to leave the country within the next 48 hours, according to the news of the local in Sweden (news@thelocal.se). Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki accused the United States and Ethiopian diplomacy in…
Somalia: Pentagon announced the death of Godane “a major symbolic and operational loss” to Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu (HAN) September, 2014 – Regional security alert news update. By Helen Cooper, nytimes. Ahmed Godane – Abu Zubair, the militant leader of Al-Shabaab, was killed in a U.S. military operation, the Pentagon said Friday. “The U.S. military undertook operations against Godane on Sept. 1, which led to his death. Removing Godane from the battlefield is…
Eritrea: In South Africa Diaspora approach to enhance role in State affairs
Asmara (HAN) September 5, 2014 – Public Diplomacy and Diaspora approach news.The Eritrean community members in the city of Johannesburg and its environs, South Africa, have asserted readiness to enhance role in State affairs on the basis of higher organization. They also expressed appreciation for the pace of national development programs in the Homeland. They…
Somaliland: This week, Canada will host Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hargeisa (HAN) September 5, 2014 – Public Diplomacy and Diaspora approach news. The Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Bihi Yonis contributed to Geeska Afrika Online, regional security and diplomatic reports with stories on a IGAD foreign policy issues and Somalia-Somaliland relations, and was a guest contributor on regional defense and Security news programs, contributing,…
Eritrea: Strengthening Nation Building to Reinforce the Staunch Resistance
Washington (HAN) September 4, 2014 – Eritrean Diaspora community events. This year, 2014 East Coast Eritrean Festival celebrated in the Washington DC metro area, while Eritrean diaspora are also celebrating festivals in various places throughout the Globe. The 10th Eritrean annual YPFDJ and PFDJ II conference in North America was conducted from August 28 to…
Somalia: Regional Security alerts update on critical news events
Mogadishu (HAN) September 4, 2014 – Defense and Security note by Geeska Afrika Regional Security Editor. Somalia’s federal government has vowed to step up the military offensive dubbed Operation Indian Ocean which is aimed at defeating al Shabaab militant group. The statement was made on Tuesday after Somali cabinet held an extraordinary session in the…
Somalia: U.S. missiles are triggering power struggle
Nairobi (HAN) September 4, 2014. Defense and Security note selected by Geeska Afrika Regional Security Editor. Written by. BY EDMUND BLAIR AND DRAZEN JORGIC -Reuters. A hail of U.S. missiles aimed at the leader of Somalia’s al Shabaab militants may have left a gaping hole in the group’s leadership, potentially the biggest challenge to its unity…
Eritrea: Youth action campaign approach for international humanitarian law
Asmara (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Community and Youth program news. The Sawa Festival is celebrated biannually at the Sawa Vocational Training Centre, together with the military graduation ceremony of new trainees. The 6th National Sawa Festival, on 17–20 July 2014, brought together some 30,000 people from home and abroad. On the occasion of the 6th National…
Somalia: Turkish Assessing Jubbaland rebuilding efforts in Kismayo
Kismayo (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Regional reconstruction and development news. Turkish delegation led by the VP of Jubbaland State of Somalia Abdulkadir Lugadheere are Assessing Kismayo’s seaport planning & inland infrastructure to satisfy the needs of shipping services and free zone requirements as well, with TIKA & Kizilay’s Coordinators & Jubbaland State Authorities. According…
