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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…
Djibouti: Sustainable IGAD Strategy to Empower Somalia Governance
Djibouti (HAN) August 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. Members of CTED, UNOAU and IGAD. During a visit by a delegation from the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) to the new headquarters of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, both parties reaffirmed their commitment and cooperation…
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…
Ethiopia: Reflecting On Militray Engagement in Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 21, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. By Gebre Selassie Araya. Scholars studying conflict agree that internal conflicts have different categories based on their causes and dimensions. These categories include conflicts triggered by ‘bad domestic problems’, such as socio-economic and political grievances; conflicts based on ethnicity and geographical disputes; conflicts…
A Twitter Account Targeted by Inside Eritrea as an “enemy number one”
Asmara (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. A Twitter account meaning the “state of Eritrea” – Exiles working to criticize the government describe a litany of abuse both on and offline by users intent on silencing them. The Article published by theGuardian, “From online trolling to death threats…
Sudan: IGAD Summit meeting on the peace process in South Sudan
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. At the signing of the South Sudan Peace Agreement at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Former South Sudan Vice President Dr. Riak Machar signed the peace agreement but the Government side declined to sign…
Ethiopia: Air Force Bombarded Al-shabaab Bases in Central Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. The official reports that are coming from Masagawaye area in Galgadud region in central Somalia say that Ethiopian troops who are part of AMISION (the African Union Mission in Somalia)air bombarded Al-shabaab bases in central Somalia on Monday night. According to…
Somaliland and Iraq "Partition can often actually lead to more conflict"
Washington (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. what lessons Somalis could learn from this perspective and the remarks of outgoing US Army chief General Ray Odierno on the possible partition of Iraq. The US Army chief General said that Sunni-Shiite relations in Iraq are at a nadir and…
Djibouti: Italy Warns Libya Risks Becoming 'Another Somalia'
Djibouti (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni warned that Libya risked turning into “another Somalia” as it signed a joint statement with the US and several European allies condemning “barbaric” acts carried out by the Islamic State group there. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said…
Djibouti: The Global Military Agenda are Behind the "War on Terrorism"
Djibouti (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. According to a new discovery by Professor Michel Chossudovsky, “Terrorism is Made in the west”. Watch and listen Professor Michel Chossudovsky, the US Global War on Terrorism, including “Somalia is a Big Lie” “The announcement, made the day after US Secretary…
