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Ethiopia: One of Fastest Growing Economies in Africa wants more.
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 15, 2014 . With only one year to go before the expiry of the Growth & Transformation Plan (GTP), Members of Parliament expressed concerns about the failure to trigger economic structural transformation when the Plan’s implementation performance for the year 2012/13 was presented to them on Thursday, April 10, 2014. Discussion…
Ethiopian hostile Siege and Diplomacy tactics to Protect Dam
Khartoum (HAN) April 16, 2014 – The whole diplomatic battle regarding the quest for the Nile River in general and the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam in particular between Ethiopia and Egypt has just begun with full swing. Because of the Dam crisis, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to form a joint force along the borders…
Somalia: Briefing to Update the Security Council
Mogadishu (HAN) April 12, 2014 – In a statement (6975) last year read out by Mark Simmonds, Minister for Africa of the United Kingdom, whose delegation holds the Council’s rotating presidency for the month, the Council underscored the importance of the new Mission, known as UNSOM, quickly establishing a “significant presence” in the Somali capital,…
Somalia: President thanked the US government support rebuilding Professional army
Mogadishu (HAN) April 12, 2014 – The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia attended a ceremony marking the 54th anniversary of the creation of Somali National Army (SNA). “I congratulate the SNA on its successes in its ongoing operations against Al-Shabaab on the 54th anniversary of its inauguration.” Speaking on the occasion, the President…
Somalia: Special interest Group fired Rockets Attacks at Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) April 12, 2014 – The Somali Government and the UN Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has condemned the Embassy attack and stressed that the Turkish Staff and diplomats “remain determined to support the people and the Government of Somalia in their efforts to strengthen peace, security, and the rule of…
Eritrea: Turkish, Yemeni and Egyption Airlines are to Begin Strategic Flights to Asmara
Djibouti (HAN) April 12, 2014 – With the number of destinations Turkish Airlines is flying to in East Africa having increased to double, the company is now making efforts to trade places with Lufthansa, Ethiopian Airlines and Air France for being the Horn of Africa’s top carrier. Turkey’s contacts, diplomatic and otherwise, with Africa have increased greatly…
Eritrea: UNHCR urged the Europeans to help Italy provide more Human facilities
Nairobi (HAN) April 11, 2014 – The number of refugees landing in Italy rose tenfold in 2013, the country’s deputy interior minister said last month, complaining of an “incessant and massive influx of migrants, specially form Eritrea and Syria.” Again, Italy’s interior minister, reporting that about 4,000 had been rescued over the previous 48 hours,…
Somali challenges of growing up In Kenya: committing serious human rights violations
Nairobi (HAN) April 11, 2014 – Kenyan secret police and other illegal security agencies should stop arbitrary arrests and detentions, extortion, and other abuses against Somalis during security operations, Human Rights Watch said today. There have been numerous credible accounts of Kenyan security forces extorting money and beating Somali people ethnicaly during the arrests and…
Ethiopia: Reasons China is pursuing a new strategy in South Sudan's conflict
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 10, 2014 – By Jacey Fortin. South Sudan Oil spills onto the ground from an oil well head strafed by shrapnel from a bomb dropped by fighter jets at the El Nar oil field in South Sudan’s Unity State Rebel fighters in South Sudan have set their sights on a new…
Eritrean Extraordinary Ambassador Submitted Presentation Letter to Dr. Zuma
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 10, 2014 – Presentation of Letter of credence of H.E. Amb. Araya Desta, Ambassador of State of Eritrea to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, 09 April 2014. Three new AU member states’ Ambassadors to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representatives to…
