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Djibouti: The Saudi Military Is Mobilizing, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Djibouti (HAN) June 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. By. Jonathan Schanzer, The Huffington Post. The Saudis “will definitely be defeated,” crows one Iranian general. Riyadh “will pay a heavy price” for its war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a senior Hezbollah figure predicts. The war in Yemen will end in…
Somalia: Financial Briefing to Oversee the Smooth Running of the State Finances
Mogadishu (HAN) June 6, 2015 – Weekly Financial Briefing to Update Public funding and Regional Security News. The Somalia Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Arte Ghalib has met with top government Financial Management committee which is tasked to oversee the smooth running of the state finances. The committee which is parallel to that of IMF and World Bank…
Barack Obama's Speech to the Muslims Around the World
Washington (HAN) June 6, 2015 – Public Opinion, Diplomacy and Regional Security News. President Obama pledges a new beginning between the US and Muslims around the world “We also know that military power alone is not going to solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan. That is why we plan to invest $1.5bn (£914m) each year…
Somali Parliament "A critical step in the right direction"
Mogadishu (HAN) June 6, 2015 – Public Opinion, Diplomacy and Regional Security News. By. Mohammed Ibrahim Shire. The inauguration of so-called Parliament in Jubaland can not be a step towards realizing stability for the southern Somali regional state. A critical step in the right direction. Dysfunctional Somali parliament finally declares void the Ethiopian IGAD-built Jubbaland…
Eritrea: The EU Must Focus on Root Causes of Migration
Berlin (HAN) June 4, 2015 – Regional Humanitarian Security News. The European Union is planning to act against human traffickers from Eritre, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Ethiopia in the Mediterranean. But the plight of Humaniterian refugees can only be relieved when, the EU’s foreign policy engagement is strengthened. The EU needs to obtain a mandate in order to…
Kenya: Regional Security Conference for 70th UN General Assembly
Nairobi (HAN) June 1st, 2015 – Regional Security News. Kenyan security governance body Set to host Conference On a regional Extremism and terrorism to protect regional critical assets. According to KBI Empower Group, Kenya is set to host regional security Conference on extremism in June this year, Kenyan officials said. Permanent Secretary for Foreign affairs…
Ethiopia-Somalia Border Skirmishes Cost 35 Civilians
Mogadishu (HAN) June 1st, 2015 – Regional Security News. Somali cross border conflict cost 35 civilians. According to regional security officials in Dhuusamareeb, At least 35 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in a week of clashes in villages near Somalia’s border with Ethiopia, officials and traditional elders said Sunday. The sources said…
Kenya: The bright stars that has risen in Africa
Nairobi (HAN) June 1st, 2015 – Regional Security News. By. Rose Katabarwa-Kareba. Uhuru Kenyatta and President Yoweri Museveni who paid a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi ahead of the Madaraka Day celebrations. Two accomplished leaders in their own spheres of governance. But I will betray my own country, Uganda ,and cheer for My Uhuru, the…
Kenya President Hold Security Dialogue with Somalia
Nairobi (HAN) June 1st, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. The Federal Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud and Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta met in Nairobi Airport, to exchange security situation in the region. They discussed the current situation of regional war against Al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia. Uhuru said: I jetted back from Tanzania after attending…
Ethiopia: Ambassador Girum will Efficiently Promote Political Dialogue
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 31, 2015 – Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Ethiopian new Ambassador Girum Abay, an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation presented his letter of credence to President Vladmir Putin. President Vladmir Putin: Ambassador Girum Abay, You are in for some serious work to develop relations between Ethiopia you represent and…
