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Eritrean President Arrives in Doha, Qatar
Asmara (HAN) March 4th, 2014 – President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea is in his first working visit to the country after His royal highness Shiek Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani becomes the new Emir of Qatar. On his arrival at Doha International Airport, the President and the accompanying delegation were welcomed by HE the Minister of Municipality…
Statement: The UN Special Representative for Somalia on the state-building conferences in Baidoa
Mogadishu (HAN) March 4th, 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, is closely monitoring developments in Baidoa, including the outcome of today’s conference, and has taken note of the Federal Government’s response. “I urge all parties to observe maximum restraint and refrain from any action that could pose a…
Ethiopia’s efforts to restore peace in Somalia: Perceptions and Realities
Opinion Contributed to Geeska Afrika Magazine Online By: Zeray Hailemariam Nairobi (HAN) March 4th, 2014 – Ethiopia one of the founding member states of the League of Nations and United Nations has a significant role to the establishment of both the League of Nations and the UN. Since then, Ethiopia has remained committed towards African…
Somalia: The United Nations Special Security Guards Arrived in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (HAN) The UN Security Elite forces deployed in Somalia, in order to secure the capitals main areas. The troops are about 410 soldiers, their ethnic background are from Uganda, but in the name of United Nations action Guard. Uganda Government Forces spokesman Col. ITV, has told reporters that sending troops to Somalia, the latest…
Diaspora Somali Group Fights Al-Shabab Message Abroad
Nairobi, AMY FORLITI (AP) -Five members of a Somali-American youth group say they are shocked by what they learned during a recent trip to Kenya. Members of Ka Joog recently spent about a month talking to Somali youth in a refugee camp and other locations in an attempt to counter recruitment for the terrorist group…
Somalia: Interviewing elders from Barawe's minority Somali clans
Djibouti (HAN 1st March, 2014) – Hamza, Interviewing elders from Barawe’s minority clans. Among the elders is a man who lost family members to starvation after Shabelle river, which watered his farm, was blocked for more than a year because he had no money to give to the militiamen. The elders also told me how…
