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  • DEVELOPING STORY: Dozens dead in new Mediterranean migrant tragedy

    DEVELOPING STORY: Dozens dead in new Mediterranean migrant tragedy

    Rome (HAN) May 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.   The Save the Children aid group reported another Mediterranean migrant tragedy Tuesday, with survivors saying “dozens” of their fellow passengers fell out of their rubber boat and likely drowned as a rescue vessel neared. Save the Children’s Giovanna di Benedetto said from…

  • Ethiopia: Concrete Demand at Record Levels, Exponential growth

    Ethiopia: Concrete Demand at Record Levels, Exponential growth

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional Investment News.  BY LUCY KASSA The stock of the cement traders at Megenagna was almost non-existent up Fortune stepped over to the place to investigate the cement paradox. Exclusive and limited cement brands have dominated the market and some brands that are normally less popular are now rising in…

  • Ethiopia: Government to Resume Teff Exports

    Ethiopia: Government to Resume Teff Exports

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional Investment News.  Ethiopia is to begin the export of around 180,000ql of teff flour, one of the country’s major food staples by the next fiscal year, following the embargo set by the government on the export of teff in 2006. Teff, produced by 48 commercial farms throughout…

  • UNDP’s Human Development Report Deems Ethiopia’s Growth Non-Inclusive

    UNDP’s Human Development Report Deems Ethiopia’s Growth Non-Inclusive

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.  BY BROOK ABDU Government and UNDP did not see eye-to-eye on the conclusions of the 2014 National Human Development Report, particularly with regard to inclusivity in development The National Human Development Report (NHDR) was launched on Wednesday, April 29, 2014, at the…

  • Kenya Pushes For Close Of Word's Largest Refugee Camp

    Kenya Pushes For Close Of Word's Largest Refugee Camp

    Nairobi (HAN) May 5,2015. Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. Kenya wants to shut down a sprawling Somali refugee camp it views as a vector for Islamist extremists. Refugee officials say shutting down the camp would violate international law. HAN & Geeska Afrika Online (1985-2015), the oldest free independent Free Press in the region, brings together…

  • Ethiopia: Preparations well underway for the Third Finance for Development Conference

    Ethiopia: Preparations well underway for the Third Finance for Development Conference

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 4,2015 Foreign Affairs News. Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Wu Hongbo at his offices today. The two side’s discussion focused on the progress of preparations for the upcoming the Third Finance for Development Conference which will be held from July 13-16,…

  • Kerry in Kenya Calls for Comprehensive Strategy to Defeat Terrorism (VIDEO)

    Kerry in Kenya Calls for Comprehensive Strategy to Defeat Terrorism (VIDEO)

     Nairobi (HAN) May 4,2015. Geeska Video. Speaking in Nairobi, Kenya, John Kerry calls for a comprehensive strategy plan to defeat terror groups. NBC

  • Ethiopia: Soaring Demand For Condos and Hotel Rooms

    Ethiopia: Soaring Demand For Condos and Hotel Rooms

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 4,2015.Public Diplomacy, Regional Investment News. Anyone who has visited Addis Ababa recently will have noticed the city is like a big construction site. Ethiopia’s capital is undergoing a major construction boom with halfway-done high-rise buildings on every corner. A newly constructed metro line cuts through the city, and is one of…

  • FIFA instructors in Somalia to train local referees

    FIFA instructors in Somalia to train local referees

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 4,2015. Geeska Sports. For the second time football governing body FIFA has sent football instructors to Somalia. This time, the special instructors are training local referees. Somali football has developed over the last two years, and officials say the FIFA Members Association courses would be an annual fixture CCTV.

  • Djibouti accuses Eritrea-hired ‘mercenaries’ of crimes

    Djibouti accuses Eritrea-hired ‘mercenaries’ of crimes

    Djibouti (HAN) May 4, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. Djibouti on Sunday accused neighboring Eritrea of using mercenaries to destabilizing the situation in the country. “Armed mercenaries serving the Eritrean government are terrorizing civilians in northern Djibouti on the border with Eritrea,” Interior Minister Hassan Omar Mohamed said in a statement. He accused these…

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