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Djibouti: Moving forward Together, Africom Update episode 1
Djibouti (HAN) May 11, 2014 – HAN & Geeska Afrika Online’s weekly security reporter in Djibouti. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met at the Pentagon last week with Ismail Omar Gueleh, the president of Republic of Djibouti (The former French base of the Horn of Africa and the French Somali coast). In a statement summarizing the…
Somaliland: General Ali Samatar Again Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review
New York (HAN) May 11, 2014 – HAN & Geeska Afrika Online reporter in partner in the international and national security law practices at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington. By John Bellinger . For the third time in five years, the Samatar case is back before the Supreme Court. On May 5, former Somali…
Somalia: Exclusive Interview with the British Ambassador Neil Wigan
Nairobi (HAN) May 11, 2014. Britain government has appointed Mr Neil Wigan as its new senior representative to Somalia, Neil is based on Kenya capital, Nairobi. Ambassador Neil Wigan has cordially welcomed for being appointed as the new envoy to Somalia. Ambassador Neil Wigan was set to replace the first UK envoy to Somalia for nearly…
Ethiopia: Egypt undertaken extensive diplomatic efforts about the dam
Djibouti (HAN) May 11, 2014. Egypt is keen to interact with Equatorial Guinea at the political level as the African country has always adopted positive stances on Egypt, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, who is accompanying a visiting Cabinet delegation led by the prime minister to Equatorial Guinea’s capital Malabo. Ethiopia: Egypt undertaken extensive…
Somali: Nike Running , Just Do It, Mo Farah
London (HAN) May 10, 2014- Selected Topic for the new Somali diaspora Sports Week: Mo Farah said “Eat, sleep, train. That’s all I’ve done.” Mohamad Farah, a Somaliland, Somali Origin, a World Champion. His advise about the moment inside a champion’s preparation. Mo’ miles? No worries for Mo Farah. The double gold-medal winner in the…
Eritrea: Dutch government Empowered National Football Team
Djibouti (HAN) May 10, 2014: Eritrean national football team: Seventeen members of the Eritrean national football team who vanished during a tournament in Uganda two years ago are living in the Dutch town of Gorinchem, the AD newspaper said on Saturday. The team went missing after going shopping ahead of returning home to Eritrea when…
Eritrea: Sudan plans to supply Ethiopian Electricity to Asmara
Djibouti (HAN) May 10, 2014, Sudan plans to supply neighbouring Eritrea with electricity, just months after Khartoum said it would buy power from Eritrea’s rival Ethiopia. Sudan would initially buy 100 megawatts from Ethiopian electricity DAM. Eritrea is one of the world’s poorest nations, according to the UN Human development index. The president of Eritrea and…
Kenya: Somali Lawyer rejects threats to Continue protecting Kenyan values
Nairobi (HAN) May 10, 2014 – There are restrictions on freedom of expression and the media to prevent incitement and hate speech, David Kimaiyo, the inspector-general of police, said according to a HAN & Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Nairobi-based Horn of Africa’s regional security and defense website. Individuals who have “over-stepped” those boundaries “will…
Somalia: The United Nations Multi-donor Trust Fund Meeting
Mogadishu (HAN) May 10, 2014 -The Somalia president Hassan Sheikh had In a meeting with a European & international donors Ambassadors at Halane Compound in Mogadishu. The delegations updated and exchanged views about the the New Deal Compact, Somali vision of 2016 and the Peace and State building Goals for Somalia. The first High Level Partnership Forum…
Sudan: South Sudan and US National Security
Khartoum (HAN) May 10, 2014. By Andrew Natsios: Why care about Sudan? Professor Andrew S. Natsios, Former US Special Envoy to the Sudan; Former Administrator, US Agency for International Development. The Africa Center for Strategic Studies and the Center for Complex Operations hosted a conference at the National Defense University entitled: “Sudan: Regional Implications of…
