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  • Somalia: Al-shabaab seized unmanned US Aircraft or Surveillance Drones

    Somalia: Al-shabaab seized unmanned US Aircraft or Surveillance Drones

    Kismayo (HAN) May 19, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Fighters seized a suspected US drone which has crashed in a militant threat zone in southern Somalia on Sunday. Al-Shabaab officials told the media that the unmanned aircraft crashed in a village near the mountainous Buurhakaba town which is under the control of…

  • Somali: Saudi Style Face Veil Banned For Security Reason In Somalia

    Somali: Saudi Style Face Veil Banned For Security Reason In Somalia

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. According to Geeska Afrika online reporter, it is illegal to wear a face-covering veil in Southern Somali town of Dhuusamareeb. The town of Dhusamareb have banned women from wearing face-covering veil in public places for security reasons. The militia forces of Ahlu-Sunna Wal-Jamea…

  • Senait Failed to get the Golden Ticket to Canada "She didn't make it."

    Senait Failed to get the Golden Ticket to Canada "She didn't make it."

    Djibouti (HAN) May 18,2015 Public Diplomacy Regional Humanitarian, Security News.  The Eritrean refugee promised his cousin he would apply to sponsor her as soon as he got settled in Winnipeg in 2012. He didn’t know the Canadian government was about to slam the door shut on any new refugee applications. Neither did she. Senait Gabir,…

  • African Union commitment work with IGAD leadership

    African Union commitment work with IGAD leadership

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 18,2015. Public Diplomacy Regional Humanitarian, Security News. The African Union said it renews its commitment to continue to work with IGAD leadership with a view to finding a peaceful and lasting way out of the present conflict in South Sudan; and intends to expedite the operationalization of the ad hoc Committee…

  • Al Shabaab deny Burundian president's claim

    Al Shabaab deny Burundian president's claim

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 18,2015. Public Diplomacy Regional Humanitarian Security News. The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab denied a claim by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday that they were plotting an attack against the country, calling the beleaguered president’s claims a distraction from a political crisis in his country. Nkurunziza, who has faced weeks of…

  • Ethiopia: Membership Seat Sold for 1.6m Br. 5x the Original Price

    Ethiopia: Membership Seat Sold for 1.6m Br. 5x the Original Price

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 18,2015 Public Diplomacy Regional Investment and Market News. By Brook Abdu. The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) transferred the 17th membership seat for 1.6 million Br on an auction held on May 7, 2015. The bid that was held in the presence of the bidders and legal representatives in the premises of…

  • How Israel have failed Ethiopian community

    How Israel have failed Ethiopian community

    Tel Aviv (HAN) May 18,2015. Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian, Security News. Israel did not do enough for Ethiopians making their way to Israel, President Reuven Rivlin said Sunday, admitting years of failings as the Ethiopian-Israeli community held a memorial for those who died while trying to reach the Jewish state. The official memorial ceremony, also…

  • Ethiopia: Geremew and Daska victorious

    Ethiopia: Geremew and Daska victorious

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 18,2015. Geeska Sports. Kenya’s stranglehold over the TCS World 10K was broken in absorbing fashion here on Sunday as Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Mamitu Daska emerged victorious. The previous five men’s and three women’s winners had all come from Kenya but there was to be no encore. Geremew finished in a…

  • Ethiopia Signed a Grant Agreement of €1.1 million

    Ethiopia Signed a Grant Agreement of €1.1 million

    Adis Ababa (HAN) May 14,2015. Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian, Security News. Ethiopia signed a grant agreement of €1.1 million with COMESA to finance its regional integration programmes. The funds were secured through a contribution agreement between the European Union and COMESA and disbursed under the Regional Integration Support Mechanism (RISM) COMESA Adjustment Facility (CAF) The…

  • Ethiopian Launches Non-stop Flights from Addis to ‪‎SaoPaulo‬

    Ethiopian Launches Non-stop Flights from Addis to ‪‎SaoPaulo‬

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 14,2015 Regional Investment News. Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has started serving Sao Paulo, a city in the fifth continent in its route network, with a non-stop flight from Addis Ababa since April 25, 2015. Ethiopian tri-weekly flights to Brazil are operated using…

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