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Egypt: El-Hamza warns Ethiopia Plans to Build Dam on Nile River
Algeria (HAN) May 30, 2014. The Egyptian elected President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has warned Ethiopia over plans to build a new strategic giant dam on the river Nile to harm Egyptian assets. But the HAN News group “has no means to evaluate or resource it those comments.” Addressing the press at the media center in…
Djibouti: The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, What it will mean for Africa
Nairobi (HAN) May 20, 2014 – By Adam Taylor and Laris Karklis (washingtonpost). The African military and police have become much better fighting forces against any threats in Africa, but you can’t fight without understanding local issues, without guns or funding to maintain security to protect the energy supply lines in Africa. According to the…
Somali General Dahir Adan Elmi Survives Assassination attempt
Mogadishu (HAN) May 29, 2014 – Both, Turkish Press and Geeska Afrika Online reported that Somali army chief, General Dahir Adan Elmi (Indhaqarsho) has survived assassination attempt, an apparent roadside bomb attack in Mogadishu.Somali Security officials say the roadside bomb exploded Wednesday as an armored convoy carrying General Dahir Adan Elmi was passing by.The army commander told…
Djibouti: The truth about Africom; It does not create policy
Djibouti (HAN) May 29, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine. The Opinion note by Robert Moeller (FOREIGN POLICY), Admiral Moeller joined the Africa Center to pursue policy-directed research on African security issues. Geeska Afrika Online Re-published article, a request of our readers. I feel fortunate that I can say that I was…
Somalia: Grave diggers were grieving the improved security in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) May 29, 2014 – Interviewing the grave diggers of Mogadishu, Hamza said ‘the most interesting people I have ever met.’ The grave diggers were grieving the improved security in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu. In Mogadishu: With the guns falling silent in the Somali capital, their trade was hurting. One of the business man…
Kenya: Exiled Ethiopian Journalists in Nairobi tell their Struggle
Nairobi (HAN) May 28, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, Opinion by Abdi Latif Dahir. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on authorities in Ethiopia to release a journalist being held without charge following a spate of similar arrests in recent weeks. The Federal Ethiopian police in Addis…
Ethiopia: Efforts to Resolve Eritrean Border Dispute
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 28, 2014 – Regional diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and Yemen were inaugurated before the 2nd World War in 1935. Dr. Tedros Adhanom met last week in his office President Abdu Rebu Mansour Hadi in Sana’a following the conclusion of the Fifth Joint Ministerial Commission Meeting. Discussions centered on matters related to…
Ethiopia: American Strategic Office to Follow Business Affairs in Africa
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 28, 2014 – Geeska Afrika Online Trade and Investment News. According to the International Energy Agency, sub-Saharan Africa needs more than $300 billion in investments to achieve universal electricity access by 2030 – far beyond the capacity of any traditional development program. Africa is home to seven of the ten fastest…
Djibouti: Horn of Africa weekly security update briefing 114
Djibouti (HAN) May 28, 2014. Geeska Afrika Online Security Briefing Contents: Comprehensive security awareness program for government, NGO, UN Agencies, Piracy, NATO , defense and security isues. This briefing will update the current security issues of: Mogadishu: At least two dozen civilians died and scores wounded after government forces and Al-shabab clashed in Garas zone 25…
Somaliland: Political tension to end the current political impasse
Djibouti (HAN) May 28, 2014. Somali political party crisis update. Prominent tribal and political leaders within Somaliland Ruling Party are at the loggerheads as President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo is seeking re-election by 2015 The tension of the political dispute emerged after Silanyo sacked unexpectedly Commerce Minister Mohamed Abdulahi Omar by presidential decree-a move related to…
