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Somalia: Burundi President Visits AMISOM Security Forces
Djibouti (HAN) April 22, 2014 – Burundi President, His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, today made a historic visit to Somalia to check on his forces serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission as well as pay a courtesy call to Federal Somalia Ledaer, President Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud of Somalia. Burundi has sent six battle groups in…
Eritrea: The First American man to win the Boston Marathon in 31 years
Djibouti (HAN) April 22, 2014 – By: Nate Boroyan (City News Writer) –American success story – The Eritrean American Diaspora Mr. Meb Keflezighi became the first American man to win the Boston Marathon in 31 years. Though his 2014 Boston Marathon performance marked one of the great American sports moments in recent memory, his triumph…
The Solution of Current Security Situation Crisis In Kenya
Nairobi (HAN) April 22, 2014 – Former national assembly deputy speaker Farah Maalim and outspoken former Lagdera MP told Geeska Afrika Online that, Last weeks’s crackdown on Somali diaspora in Kenyan refugees reads like a show of force by a Uhuru government that desperately wants to hide the case they accused with the highest profile…
Kenyan Lawmaker Strategically supported President Uhuru's Ongoing security operation
Nairobi (HAN) April 22, 2014 – The Somali Kenyan Lawmaker and the Leader of the Kenyan Majority in the National assembly, Aden Duale, has changed his stand on the ongoing security operation in the country, stating that he is now fully behind the government in flushing out criminal elements. Speaking for the first time after…
Somalia: Ambassador Nicholas Kay, has condemned the Assassination of Politician
Djibouti (HAN) April 22, 2014 –UNSOM Press Release in Somalia. Despite the Somalia National security conference in Mogadishu, the UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Nicholas Kay, has condemned the assassination of Isaak Mohamed Rino, a Member of the Somalia’s Federal Parliament. Following the attack the Federal Government called for a full investigation and for…
Somaliland Apologized Ethiopian Diplomats and the case of Slovakia Diplomat
Djibouti (HAN) April 21, 2014 – IGAD2020 Weekly Regional Security News Headlines and Commentary – Somaliland officials apologized for the detention of Ethiopian government personnel, who were previously deemed spies turned out to be “diplomatic staff”. Earlier, Somaliland media reported that: Somaliland’s authorities arrested intelligence & plain clothes police officers from Ethiopia at Kalabaid center some…
Somalia: Financial charity watchdog warns of Islamist threat
Djibouti (HAN) April 21, 2014 – The Middle East Islamic extremism and the Horn of Africa of Al-Shabaab are the “most deadly” problem faced by British charities, British Intelligence communities and Western Allies, the head of the British sector’s watchdog said through private briefings. William Shawcross, the chairman of the Charity Commission, said the regulatory…
INTERVIEW: Kenyan Leadership Crisis, Somali terrorism Scapegoat and Regional Security
Nairobi (HAN) April 20, 2014 – The failure of Somalia has had a significant impact upon its neighbors, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Yemen. Kenyan Somali MP Duale said “I will not allow my people to be blacklisted as a Muslim terrorists.,” Because of this political statement, Kenyan TNA MPs accused leader of Majority Aden Duale of being…
Kenya: Security Raids targeted Kenyan Somali Ethnic Race
Nairobi (HAN) April 20, 2014 – By Gregory Warner is NPR’s East Africa Correspondent. Mohammed Ali Isaac’s hands shook as he showed his Kenyan ID to the police officers. They let him pass, but his cousins weren’t so lucky. The two women had forgotten their IDs at home, and the police were threatening to load them…
Edna Recipient for Global Award, an Advocate for Women and Girls in Somaliland
Nairobi (HAN) April 19, 2014 – Edna Adan Ismail is the inaugural recipient of the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health. This award and $100,000 prize will be presented biennially to a leader or leaders in the field of global women’s health. It was established at the University of Pennsylvania School of…
