Category: Kenya
Kenya: Britain will not Desert Somalia Despite Al-Shabaab Threats
Nairobi (HAN) October 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Alert for Regional Investment Initiative News. Britain will continue to support Somalia for years to come, David Cameron. Britain will not desert Somalia despite threats from Al-Shabaab terrorists, says PM David Cameron, which is threatened by a very similar terrorist threat. Somalia Federal Government…
Somalia: The Top 72 Most Safe Countries In The World – Kenya Ranked 118
Nairobi (HAN) October 2, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment Initiative News. Gallup reported, 141 Countries Where Personal Safety Is Most Secure In 2015, Kenya ranked more unsafe than Somalia. Many in the international community are addressing safety and security in developing countries, but much more attention is needed to better understand safety and security…
Kenya : Illegal Fishing in Somalia Waters also Affects Kenya
Nairobi (HAN) September 19, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment Initiative News. By Adow Mohamed, ILLEGAL foreign trawlers are depleting fish stocks of the coast of Somalia, in a move that may spur piracy in the country and wreak havoc in Kenya’s deep sea fishing industry, According to Star reports. The new report, released…
Kenya: Progress Made in the advancement of the New Somali Deal Compact
Nairobi (HAN) August 28, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Security News. International Partnership Forum Steering Committee Meets In Mogadishu. The executive Steering Committee for the Somalia Development and Reconstruction Facility (SDRF) met in Mogadishu to take stock of progress made in the advancement in the New Deal Somali Compact. The meeting was a follow-up…
Kenya: Somali leaders Probing Process for Choosing Federal Parliament candidates
Nairobi (HAN) August 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. The upcoming 2016 Somali federal parliament should be chosen by regional leaders rather than by elders favoured by the president, the governor of the strategically important Jubbaland province said in an interview. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has vowed to hold elections before…
Somalia: Former President Moi said "prospects for peace looked bright"
Nairobi (HAN) August 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update for readers request. Former President Moi said one of the drawbacks in the Somalia peace process was the regional suspicion that a united Somalia might pursue its “expansionist dreams”. Moi was a guest speaker at American university. Speaking in Washington, Moi…
Somalia: The threat of Good Example!
Nairobi (HAN) August 4, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security update. The International Community congratulated the FGS for their successful event held (HLPF) in Mogadishu. The International Community “We congratulate the the commitments made at the HLPF in Mogadishuy, and congratulate FGS for their active engagement in a successful process” The United Nations, Inter-Governmental…
How does the US Federal Reserve Policy affect you in Africa?
Nairobi (HAN) July 30, 2015 – Geeska Markets – A stronger dollar this year (2015) has battered several currencies across sub-Saharan Africa and forced Central Banks to respond with a combination of liquidity curbs and aggressive rate hikes. In Kenya’s case, the policy rate has risen by 300 bp in 2 months, to 11.5%. The Shilling…
Kenyan official Says Security Situation ‘Hopeless’
Nairobi (HAN) July 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – The governor of northern Kenya’s Mandera county on daily attacks, what he called a “hopeless” security situation due to a wave of cross-border attacks by Al-Shabaab militants in his county zones. Security Breifing: Speaking in the capital Nairobi, Ali Roba said…
Kenya: Uhuru said, 'Gay rights is a non-issue for Kenya'
Nairobi (HAN) July 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Humanitarian Initiative News – According to Obama, “With US only recently ruling in favour of gay marriage in the US, the question about gay rights in Kenya and in Africa as a whole was bound to crop up. And when it did, Barack Obama and…
