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Somalia: AMISOM Police in Joint Operational Plan to Ensure Security in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) June 17, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Safety and Security News – The Police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali Police Force (SPF) have unveiled a joint operational plan to ensure security in Mogadishu during the holy month of Ramadhan. This was revealed during a joint…
Somalia: Why Italy is Campaigning Against Somali Compact?
Mogadishu (HAN) June 16, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Safety and Security News . By Mohamud M. Uluso, “Somali Compact progress report”. Despite the crisis, there was some progress on key political milestones, according to Nichlas Kay. But the question is, Why Italy is campaigning against Somali Compact on State-building? Special Interest Groups: Special…
Uganda: AMISOM Leave Somali Women Alone "Don't Rape"
Kampala (HAN) June 16, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Safety and Security News – John Agaba. The Ugandan Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Katumba Wamala speaks to some of the UPDF soldiers during the send-off ceremony for Battle Group XVI to Somalia Peace Keeping Mission at Singo Training School in Nakaseke District on June…
Ethiopia To strengthen Africa’s support to IGAD Initiative
Addis Ababa (HAN) June 16, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Safety and Security News – Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn chaired a session to launch IGAD-Plus. IGAD-Plus is an initiative set up to give new impetus to the IGAD-led SouthSudan mediation. IGAD-Plus consists AU High-Level Ad-hoc Committee of Heads of State and Government comprising Algeria,…
Sudan: Things were Normal and There was no Risk to Al-Bashir
Khartoum (HAN) June 15, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Safety and Security News – The South African court issued the temporary ban after the International Criminal Court called for the arrest of Al-Bashir, who is wanted over alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the Darfur conflict. “It is difficult to give…
Somalia: Strong Remarks by the President Hassan in Addressing the Nation
Mogadishu (HAN) June 15, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Safety and Security News – The president also spoke the political progress in the country and exuded confident that his Federal Government will deliver it is promises before its time expires. According to exclusive speech notes received by Geeska Afrika Online: Speaking to the media in…
Kenya: Al-shabaab Attacks Froze the Tourism Industry in Lamu
Nairobi (HAN) June 14, 2015 – Regional Tourism Safety and Security News. The Kenyan Islamist militants carried out the early-morning raid on the military base near the town of Baure, said Lamu’s deputy county commissioner, Joseph Rotich. Kenyan Islamist Militants also entered Mangai village where they forced men out of their houses and took them…
Eritrea: Foreign Ministry Rejected the U.N. Findings as "Indecent Hyperbole"
New York (HAN) June 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. By Louis Charbonneau. Eritrea denied that it subjects its citizens to indefinite national service or kills people trying to flee the country, two of the most serious allegations among the findings of a year-long United Nations investigation. The 484-page U.N. Commission of…
Djibouti: The UN Envoy to Somalia Warned links to Extremists in Nearby Yemen
Djibouti (HAN) June 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Ambassador Nicholas Kay the UN envoy to Somalia warned that Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia are expected to do everything they can to derail elections next year (2016 ) and urged military forces to prepare to respond to any sign the Islamist group is…
Somalia: Puntland Government "Tired of Conflict and Destruction"
Washington (HAN) June 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Puntland’s Government Regional Security view. Yusuf Hassan (A Somali-American journalist, is a political and media analyst on Somalia and Horn of Africa affairs. Yusuf formerly served as Puntland’s government adviser ) – A brighter future for Somalia requires a narrative of peace that restores social trust, reinforces…
