Category: frontpage
Somaliland: New Strategy of Cooperation between UNSOM and Somaliland
Hargeisa (HAN) August 19, 2014 – UNSC Press Release. Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay meets Somaliland’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Bihi Yonis, on his arrival in the capital, Hargeis., Somaliland. The Special United Nations envoy in Somalia, Nicholas Kay pledged to step up the world body’s support for peace and progress in Somaliland during a…
Uganda: IGAD mediation is the tool of achieving peace in the Horn of Africa
Kampala (HAN) August 19, 2014 – Regional diplomacy and security news. Regional envoys from IGAD member states meeting at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort hotel in Uganda’s capital Kampala have called for a standby mediation team to boost early warning mechanisms and also diffuse conflicts within the member states. IGAD’s executive secretary Ambassador Mahboub Maalim spoke at…
Somalia: Al-shabaab is History, Warlords are Next
Mogadishu (HAN) August 19, 2014 – Intelligence and security note By. Abdi Guled (AP) and Nur Kafi (HAN). Somali security forces has launched a new disarmament campaign that has netted some 500 guns and sparked gun battles in a capital that is awash with weapons, said officials who want to get rid of the weapons…
Djibouti: The crew Leader of US-owned anti-pirate leader arrested
Djibouti (HAN) August 19, 2014 – Regional security and marine safety news. The Indian navy is not yet convinced the story of US security firm called AdvanFort, who use to station in Somali waters to protect Ships. “The simple explanation that the vessel was providing security to other merchant vessels from pirates cannot be taken at…
Somalia: Somali police officer Arrested Pirate Leader
Mogadishu (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Regional security and marine safety news. A seniot Somali security official, Capt. Mohamed Husein said, a Somali police officer arrested a senior pirate commander in Mogadishu, known as Mohamed Garfanji, considered to be the second-ranking leader of Somalia’s pirate industry, was arrested in Mogadishu Sunday for possessing illegal arms and…
Eritrea focused on extracting High-grade Bisha copper mine
New York (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Mining and Energy News by Creamer Media Reporter. The exploration programme was designed to expand the known resource down to a depth of about 250 m from surface. Nevsun said that the deposit had previously been sparsely drilled beyond the known resource and had been locally tested to a…
Eritrea is a Part of Russian Declaration on Strategic Partnership
PARIS (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Strategic partnership News opinion By.Kester Kenn Klomegah. Russia and Africa have entered a new phase of growth in their economic diplomacy mainly due to rising interaction by high ranking government officials from some African countries with their Russian colleagues during the first half of 2014. Undoubtedly, Russia’s intensified move to…
Eritrea: Female Ambassador Hanna presents credentials to UNESCO In France
Paris (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Envoy and Diplomats news. The new Eritrean Female Ambassador to the republic of France, Ambassador Hanna Simon, has presented her credentials to the Director General of UNESCO, Ms. Irina Bokova, as Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the specialized UN agency. During the presentation ceremony, Ambassador Hanna Simon is actively engaged in…
Somalia: The UNSC process and AMISOM launched final attack on Al-Shabaab base in Barawe
Mogadishu (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Somalia National Security news. The Somali National Army and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will within the next few days launch the final attack to smoke-out Al-Shabaab insurgents from the areas they control in southern Somalia, special their main headquarters in Barawe, the Somali President Hassan Sheikh…
The UNSC process of Federalism aimed at building a stronger and united Somalia
Garowe (HAN) August 18, 2014 – Press Release of Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Nicholas Kay, published by UN News Center. At a UNSOM ceremony marking its first year in Puntland, the United Nations mission in Somalia today pledged its continued support as the country looks ahead to…
