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Ethiopia: Zenawi Vision "the glass is more than half full"
Addis Ababa (HAN) July 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News – 2015 reflections of Prime Minister Meles credits for Ethiopia’s success. Read SHAWN HOULIHAN’s Interview with prime minister Meles Zenawi. In the following interview, Prime Minister Meles credits Ethiopia’s success to its federal, democratic system, which he says “accommodates the ethnic and…
Strong Diplomatic Ties between the United States and Ethiopia
Addis Ababa (HAN) July 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News – U.S. Ambassador Patricia M. Haslach, to Ethiopia and Ambassador Reuben Brigety, U.S. Ambassador to the African Union and Permanent Representative of the United States to UNECA, hosted a reception to celebrate the 239th anniversary of American Independence. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros…
Kenya: Sarah Obama Honored at UN Women’s Day
Nairobi (HAN) July 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Humanitarian Weekly updates – The only surviving grandparent of President Barack Obama, 94-year-old Mama Sarah Obama, as she prefers to be called, is visiting the United States, in part to raise money to build a $12 million educational and medical center in her community of Kogelo, Kenya. Nairobi…
Kenya: The Hague will Determine the framework of Maritime Boundary Law
Nairobi (HAN) July 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Weekly Security News – Somalia not in talks with Kenya to settle out of court in Maritime dispute, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia issued this statement: Somalia would like to clarify and reiterate its commitment to the legal case and proceedings at…
Eritrea: Isyas Faces Another Step Closer to ICC Global Court
Asmara (HAN) July 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News – The Hague, the first permanent global criminal court moves another step closer to being fully operational to investigate human rights violations in Eritrea and Eritrea’s strong man, Isaias Afwerki. Updates: Eritrea faces a second year of scrutiny by human rights investigators after the…
Somalia: Regional leaders Congratulate Abdikarim on Election triumph
Adaado (HAN) July 4, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News – His Excellency Abdikarim Haji Guled is the new President of regional Galmudug State of Central Somalia. The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United States of America welcomed the…
Djibouti Minister says Somalia will Defeat Terrorists
Djibouti (HAN) July 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News – Djibouti Minister -Mahamoud Ali YOUSSOUF, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that Djibouti will be victorious in its battle with militants in Central Somalia Soon, with the help of Somali National Army (SNA) and its people. Speaking after the attacks in Lego that left…
Ethiopia vows to wipe out 'dens of terror' after Al-Shabaab attacks
Addis Ababa (HAN) July 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News – Somali militants of Al-Shaabab attacks Lego AMISOM base (watch). Reports indicate that at least 70 Amisom soldiers were killed after Al-shabaab militants attacked a base of the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (Amisom) in the capital Mogadishu. The African Union…
Somalia: President "Al-Shabaab Operate On External Financial Support"
Mogadishu (HAN) July 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News – Somalia has made “remarkable” progress in the last two years and has reached a “tipping point” where it can secure peace. Philippe Lazzarini, also spoke to reporters in Nairobi and said, “For the first time, a real peace and state-building agenda is…
Kenya: ICPC urges Joint Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism in Nairobi
Nairobi (HAN) July 2, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News – A Kenyan organization on Thursday called on regional governments, civil society, faith-based organizations and private sector to share the responsibility in countering violent extremism in Eastern and Horn of Africa region. International Center for Policy and Conflict (ICPC) Ndung’u Wainaina Executive Director…
