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Sudan: U.S. provides financial facilities to clear World Bank arrears
December 15, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – The United States will provide financial facilities to support Sudan’s debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, said the Sudanese finance minister in a statement written in Arabic and English released on Tuesday. In the Arabic version, Heba Mohamed Ali stated that these facilities exceed one billion…
Ethiopia: Most Peaceful Place, Somali Regional State
The region, also known as Ogaden, has rich natural gas resources and an impoverished population. It has been wracked by violence amid a government crackdown on the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), active since 1984. Abiy granted amnesty to the ONLF in return for a promise to engage in peaceful politics. Now Mustafa –…
Bilateral Talks Between Kenyan And Somaliland Delegations
Press Release Bilateral talks between Kenyan and Somaliland delegations His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta today at State House, Nairobi hosted bilateral talks between Kenya and the visiting Somaliland delegation led by His Excellency Musa Bihi Abdi, President of Somaliland. During the meeting, the two leaders initiated discussions on a number of subjects of mutual interest…
Sudanese parties agree on coordinating role of Partners Council
December 13, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s ruling parties and the Juba peace groups have agreed on the powers of the partnership body but failed to settle the dispute on the position of the Prime Minister in the new council. The Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the military component of the Sovereign Council, and the…
Somalia: Farmajo challenges to resolve the ongoing electoral row
Garowe (HAN) 14 December 2020. Regional Security and Election platform initiates. The shuttle diplomacy attempts by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble to resolve the ongoing electoral issues with Puntland state’s new election road map has ended a major obstacle initiated by the regional leaders. President Abdullahi Said Deni blocks PMs initiatives to negotiate and set-out…
Global Security Eye on Somalia: Egyptian perspective
Cairo (HAN) 13 December 2020. Weekly updates for regional security and terror alerts. Egypt Participates In 5th Somalia Partnership Forum dated 9th December 2020, published by daily News Egypt. Egypt’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for African Affairs Ambassador Sherif Issa visited the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on 7th December to participate in the opening of…
UK Revisioning Security in the Region: Critical For Somali Security
Mogadishu (HAN) 13 December 2020. Weekly updates for regional security and terror alerts. UK Minister Reiterates UK Commitment To Somalia And The region’s response to the threat of Al-Shabaab for UK Government’s initiatives for Somalia security. The Somali Civil-society organizations have been pivotal in framing human security through their UK initiative linkages and work in…
General Austin: A threat or an opportunity for the Horn of African security?
Mogadishu (HAN) 13th December, 2020. Regional security and Drone operation in Somalia. The new re-engagement of an African military command 2021 by the United States reflects the growing focus of the United States on Africa in the US National Security Strategy, which appears to be continuing under new US President Joe Biden. The appointment of Gen.…
Sudan’s Prime Minister Arrives In Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, December 13, 2020 –Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok this morning arrived in Ethiopia for a two-day working visit. Upon arrival at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, he was received by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other government officials. The two leaders are expected to discuss various humanitarian, economic, political and security issues…
Ethiopia: Fikre Selassie Wogderess Former Prime Minister Passes Away at 75
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) December 12.2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Fikre Selassie Wogderess, the first Prime Minister of Ethiopia during the Dergue regime, passed away this morning after receiving medical treatment for diabetes and kidney complications. The former Captain, who had also served as Secretary-General of the Provisional Military Administrative…
