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Somalia: Militants kill 14 in Car Bomb Attack on Restaurant
Mogadishu (HAN) April 21, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime Security News. A suicide bomber from the Somali militant group al Shabaab on Tuesday rammed a car laden with explosives into a busy restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than a dozen others. The lunch-hour explosion…
UN mourns four staff killed in Somalia bomb attack
Mogadishu (HAN) April 21, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Security News. The UN children’s agency mourned Tuesday four staff members killed in what UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemned as a “barbaric attack” in Somalia. Two of those killed in Monday’s bombing in the northeastern town of Garowe came from Kenya, the other two from…
Security Council Strongly Condemned The Heinous & Cowardly Crime.
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 21, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime Security News. Security Council Press Statement on murder of over 30 Ethiopian Christians 20 April 2015, New York The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the heinous and cowardly apparent murder in Libya of over 30 Ethiopian Christians by an affiliate of the…
The danger posed to Kenya by the continued instability in Somalia
Nairobi (HAN) April 21, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. The Kenyan President attended the Horn of Africa Coordination Meeting hosted by Jordan and whose focus is how to fight terrorism and radicalization. The President jetted in from Jordan where I joined other regional leaders for a meeting with King Abdulla II.…
Somalia: Bomb Attack Claimed By Al-Shabab Responsibility
Bossaso (HAN) April 20, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. according to AP, A bomb explosion on a bus carrying U.N. employees in northern Somalia killed at least six people and wounded many others Monday, police and U.N. officials said. The Puntland regional state police officer Col. Ali Salad, said by…
Kenya: The Horn of African Closed Door Security Talks in Jordan
AQABA (HAN) Apr 19, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional News. President Uhuru Kenyatta, President Hassan Sheikh of Somalia and other regional leaders held lengthy consultations with King Abdulla II of Jordan on terrorism challenges facing the Horn of Africa. Other regional leaders who attended the closed door talks were Presidents Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, who…
Ethiopia: Pan Africansm to create Security to challenge current leadership
Adis Ababa (HAN) April,19.2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Events News. Ali Mufurkuri, in his presentation “Reflections on Late President Nkrumah’s Pan – Africanism Legacy ” put the pioneer Africanist political life into a critical scrutiny. He challenged the view that Nkrumah is an unchallenged and seamless champion of Pan Africanism. He said his rule in…
Ethiopia: President Obasanjo's address on peace and security of Africa
Addis Ababa (HAN) April,19.2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Events News. In Former President Obasanjo’s address on peace and security of Africa , the viewpoint that Africa is progressing despite the setbacks including organised violence, violent extremism and , corruption ,illicit financial flows was highlighted.In relation to secularism, he said “Secularism might just be mere wishful…
Ethiopia: Tana High-Level Forum On Security in Africa
Addis Ababa (HAN) April,19.2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Events News. President Paul Kagame : As extremism has the element of domination, imposing one’s view on others, encouraging dialogue, protecting law and order and serving people of all faith equally helps in confronting it. President Museveni :Managing diversity in all its forms and in the best…
Ethiopia Fires Coach Mariano Barreto After Disappointing Africa Cup of Nations
Addis Ababa April,18.2015 Geeska Sports: The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) says it is terminating the contract of head coach Mariano Barreto. The Portuguese, a former Ghana coach, took charge of the Walia Antelopes last year, signing a two year contract. But a disappointing reign saw Ethiopia finish bottom of their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying…
