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Djibouti: AFRICOM Trains advanced skills for Restaurants and hospitality industry
Djibouti (HAN) April 18, 2014 – By. Tech. Sgt. Jasmine Reif, U.S. Africa Command (press release) – At the top of a hill overlooking the Gulf of Tadjoura, sits the hotel trade school, Lycee Hotelier d’Arta. The school provides Djiboutian teens the opportunity to learn skills for the restaurant and hospitality industry. Nearly 100 students…
Somaliland: Delegation in Djibouti to discuss Regional Security
Djibouti (HAN) April 17, 2014 – The Djibouti -Somaliland Ministerial discussions endearing the enhancement of relations between the two neighbouring countries have concluded successfully, according to the IGAD2020 Regional Security Watch. The Somaliland high level team led by His excellency minister Hirsi Haji Ali, Public works and Social services colleague Abdirizaq Khalif which departed from…
Djibouti: US Military Intervention in Africa Faces Logistical Hurdles
Khartoum (HAN) April 17, 2014 – Growing instability in the Horn of Africa, including Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Sudan and Central Africa will be the focus of Washington’s intervention. The U.S. military leaders and Congress must acknowledge that the underlying reasons for the build-up in Africa are clearly related to the economic and class…
Kenyan Security forces targeting Ethnic Somali Refugees for Deportation
Djibouti (HAN) April 17, 2014 – The majority of ninety one illegal aliens deported to Somalia were Somali, after Kenyan security forces found to be in Kenya illegally in the ongoing security operation to minimize Somali elements that ties Al-Shabaab militant groups, according to the IGAD2020 Regional Security Watch. Kenyan security forces in Nairobi since…
Ethiopia: Willing to strengthen Strategic Infrastructure projects with Djibouti
Djibouti (HAN) April 17, 2014 – A high level delegation from both the neighbouring State of the Republic of Ethiopia and Djibouti arrived in Djibouti to attend a technical framework for the construction of High level Strategic Infrastructure projects through the two countries. The delegation is composed of the State Ministers and permanent secretaries from the…
Ethiopia signed Bilateral Military Diplomacy Agreements with 14 Nations
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 17, 2014 – Ethiopian Defense Ministry fully prepared to protect the The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) from any external attack, according to the Minister of Defence, Siraj Fegessa, giving the Ministry’s six-month performance report to Parliament this week said the country was a policy of co-existence and development which had shown successful results.…
Ethiopia: Italy’s crucial role in bringing peace and stability in Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 17, 2014 – Ambassador Giuseppe Mistretta, Italy’s newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinaire and Plenipotentiary to Ethiopia, presented copies of his credentials to Dr. Yinager Dessie, State Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Yinager recalled the long diplomatic relations between the two countries and commended their current investment and trade relationship. He hoped this…
Uganda: Opportunities in Ethiopia and the main strategic Areas of Investment
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 17, 2014 – State Minister Dewano Kedir meets with a Ugandan Business Delegation. A Ugandan business delegation met with State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dewano Kedir. The State Minister welcomed the delegation which included representatives from companies involved in commercial farming, irrigation, trade, chemicals and cosmetics trade. He noted that Ethiopia…
Uganda and Britain expands the Peace Support Operations in Somalia
Kampala (HAN) April 17, 2014 – By Pascal Kwesiga – President Yoweri Museveni has halted the eviction of more than 500 people Center in Nakaseke district by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). The residents from Kisimula parish in Kapeeka Sub County petitioned President Museveni protesting the move by UPDF to annex their land to…
Somalia: British Bank Settles Dispute With Africa's largest money transfer Dahabshiil
London (HAN) April 16, 2014 – Africa’s major remittance company Dahabshiil, was battling for the last two years with the British Bank Barclays for planning to shut down its banking account, as part of a drive to meet stricter money laundering rules. The UK based Financial institution Barclays has defused a legal row with Africa’s biggest…
