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  • Somalia: UN envoy calls Somaliland to reconsider election delay

    Somalia: UN envoy calls Somaliland to reconsider election delay

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 14,2015 Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian, Security News. UN special envoy to Somalia Nicolas Kay has called separatist Somaliland administration to reconsider its decision of postponing the election. Nicolas Key could not hide his displeasure saying his deeply disappointed by the decision to postpone the election which was scheduled to be held in July.…

  • Eritrean diplomat seeks asylum in Ethiopia "rights abuses"

    Eritrean diplomat seeks asylum in Ethiopia "rights abuses"

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 14,2015 Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian, Security News. An Eritrean diplomat from the Red Sea state’s mission to the African Union is seeking asylum in Ethiopia, state-run media said, citing rights abuses at home. Mohammed Idris, a member of the ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), had served with Eritrea’s…

  • Somalia: Abdikarim Guled Endorsed by 9 to 1 in Poll on his Leadership

    Somalia: Abdikarim Guled Endorsed by 9 to 1 in Poll on his Leadership

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 11, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and Data Analysis News. The former Interior minister and security, Abdikarim Hussein Guleed has declared presidential candidate for central regions of Federal Somalia after a well organized ceremony has been held in  central Somali region of Galgadud. Opinion Poll Survey Conducted by Data Grid Somalia endorsed…

  • Somalia: Abdikarim Hussein Declared Official Presidental Candidate for Central Regions

    Somalia: Abdikarim Hussein Declared Official Presidental Candidate for Central Regions

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 7, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The former Interior minister and security, Abdikarim Hussein Guleed has declared presidentail candidate for central regions of Federal Somalia after a well organized ceremony has been held in Adado town of central Somalia’s Galgadud region. “The key to power, then, is…

  • Somalia: Abdikarim Guuled  “Central Region Residents on Governance, Security”

    Somalia: Abdikarim Guuled “Central Region Residents on Governance, Security”

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 5, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Residents of the Central Regions Province have been urged to be security conscious and embrace good governance practices. The former Minister of interior Abdikarim Hussein Guleed made the call while on a three-day tour of the province to mobilise area residents and…

  • China declines to confirm or deny Djibouti base plan

    China declines to confirm or deny Djibouti base plan

    BEIJING (HAN) May 11,2015. Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. China declined to confirm or deny a report that it was in talks for a military base in Horn of Africa country Djibouti, saying only that it wanted to make a greater contribution to regional peace and stability. Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh told Agence France-Presse…

  • Somalia: European Union Delegation office to open, commitment to rebuild Somalia

    Somalia: European Union Delegation office to open, commitment to rebuild Somalia

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 11,2015. Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. The European Union (EU) has announced the opening of an EU Delegation office to Somalia. The announcement was made on Sunday in Mogadishu during celebrations to mark Europe Day and follows the signing of an Establishment Agreement between the President of Somalia H.E Hassan Sheikh…

  • Ethiopia: Haile Gebrselassie retires

    Ethiopia: Haile Gebrselassie retires

    London (HAN) May 10, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Sports News.  Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of athletics’ greatest distance runners, said on Sunday he was retiring from competitive running but the Ethiopian’s long-time manager said it was not the end of Gebrselassie’s career. “No, he’s not retiring; he will be in Glasgow in October,”…

  • Somalia:Farming Against Fighting

    Somalia:Farming Against Fighting

    Mogadishu (HAN) MAY 10,2015 Regional Investment and security News. Farak Doudi, 56, swings a rifle and cleans a water canal that washes into his banana fruit plantation. He marvels at the yellow banana trunks that sag over the waterway. At the same time he is jittery – sneaky bandits might raid his crop and ruin…

  • Eritrea Blossoming Beautifully at 24

    Eritrea Blossoming Beautifully at 24

    Asmara (HAN) May 10,2015 Regional Investment and Security News. By Yemane Abselom has had a long history of mining industry starting with colonization period when Italy had established mining industry at Karora, Debarewa, and Augaro. After independence, the government of Eritrea passed a mining law that fosters a favorable environment for foreign investment in the sector…

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