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  • Somalia: Germany Promotes active Foreign Policy in Somalia Military Mission

    Somalia: Germany Promotes active Foreign Policy in Somalia Military Mission

    BERLIN (HAN) March 19, 2014 -Germany’s cabinet members have given the green light to an European Union-led military training mission in Somalia, that will be part the International community to enhance economic and political cooperation with the current Somali government. The approval from Berlin comes behind an EU approval last year. Therefore, Germany will contribute…

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab claimed a suicide bomber was Norwegian national

    Djibouti (HAN) March 19, 2014 – Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabaab has claimed that a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a hotel in the east African country was an elderly Norwegian national. By Umberto Bacchi – IB Times. Accoding to Amisom in Bole-burte, Six soldiers, including a top Somali National army commander, were…

  • Somalia: Geeska Afrika Online's Daily Security Brief

    Somalia: Geeska Afrika Online's Daily Security Brief

    Djibouti (HAN) March 19, 2014 – The loss of Somali territory appeared to funnel Somali national Army’s energies back to governance and away from failed state. Always a source of tension within the group, al-Shabaab’s national interests began to take a back seat to the priorities of the broader terror network, a series of assassinations…

  • Somalia: Al-Shabab's Deadly attack Killed military commander of Central Region

    Somalia: Al-Shabab's Deadly attack Killed military commander of Central Region

    Mogadishu (HAN) March 19, 2014 – AMISOM officers and soldiers stand near the bodies of Al-Shabaab fighters who were killed during a military operation in Bulo-Burde and Djibouti Soldiers read a Quran verses for AMISOM soldiers targeted by Al-Shabaab.  Eye Witnesses told reporters the car blast at the hotel happened around early morning and the face…

  • Kuwaity Lawmakers Agree to Support Deportation of Ethiopian Housemaids

    Kuwaity Lawmakers Agree to Support Deportation of Ethiopian Housemaids

    Kuwait (HAN) March 18, 2014 – Arab Times reported that, Several lawmakers have expressed their anger over the killing of a Kuwaiti girl by an Ethiopian housemaid in Sulaibikhat on Sunday, calling on the Interior Ministry to immediately take the necessary action. According to the lawmakers, the ministry should not just stop the recruitment of…

  • Ethiopia: Prince Ermias, Grandson of King Haile Selassie to Visit Historical Churches

    Ethiopia: Prince Ermias, Grandson of King Haile Selassie to Visit Historical Churches

    London (HAN) March, 2014 – The mission of the Queen of Sheba Research Foundation, Inc. (QSF) is to educate the public about the impact of African Nile Valley civilizations on ancient and modern society as a means to facilitate maximum intellectual and cultural exchange between America and Africa. Can knowledge of self really make a…

  • Somalia: Mogadishu roads with photo gallery

    Somalia: Mogadishu roads with photo gallery

    Mogadishu (HAN) March 17, 2014 – The Two Somali veteran traffic officers who came out of retirement to help restore order on Mogadishu’s busiest traffic roads. They first joined the traffic service in the 1960s. They say work was easy at that time; their was a oly few cars on the road. the two officers…

  • South Sudan: Rebels Questioned IGAD's Neutrality as a Mediator

    South Sudan: Rebels Questioned IGAD's Neutrality as a Mediator

    Jubba (HAN) March 17 march, 2014 – South Sudan’s rebels on Saturday criticized plans by east Africa’s regional bloc to deploy troops to South Sudan, questioning its neutrality. Neighboring states fear that unrest in the world’s newest country could spill beyond its borders and destabilize a volatile region that has in recent years enjoyed strong…

  • Ethiopia: The leader of Oromia’s ruling party and EPRDF, Laid to Rest

    Ethiopia: The leader of Oromia’s ruling party and EPRDF, Laid to Rest

    Addis Ababa (HAN) March 16, 2014 – By Daniel Berhane – Alemayehu Atomsa, President of Ethiopia’s largest state Oromia, was laid to rest on Saturday, at age 45, in a rare state funeral. Nur Kafi’s Column on the Eye of the Horn of African Affairs, at nurkafi@geeskaafrika.com Alemayehu Atomsa wa chair of OPDO (Oromo People’s…

  • Somalia: AMISOM was aware that Al-Shabab were planning to secretly enter Mogadishu

    Somalia: AMISOM was aware that Al-Shabab were planning to secretly enter Mogadishu

    Addis Ababa (HAN) March 15th, 2014 – The new Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Lt. Gen. Silas Ntigurirwa of Burundi arrived on 29th November last year in the Somalia capital Mogadishu for a familiarization tour. He takes over from Uganda’s Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti who has held the office since…

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