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Somalia Did not Operate As An Equal Partner of IGAD
Mogadishu (HAN) January 17, 2015- Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page – Public diplomacy and national security issues by Mohamud Uluso. Somalia did not operate as full member and equal partner of IGAD: No one should be fooled by the holding of the 53rd Extraordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Authority on…
Somalia: Sharmarke ousts New Cabinet in Wake of mass protests
Mogadishu (HAN) January 17, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The Somali Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke dismissed his new cabinet after widespread protests by crowds of people inspired by demonstrations in Mogadishu, Bossaso and elsewhere. According to Geeska Afrika Online source, the Somali House Speaker, Jawari asked Omar Abdirashid…
Ethiopia: The British Speaker bid to secure the release of Andargachew
London (HAN) January 17, 2015 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa Intelligence analyst files. The British Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, is leading a cross party group of MPs on a working visit to Ethiopia next month. The visit, which includes a meeting with Andargachew “Andy” Tsege and…
Somalia: The surrender of New Senior Al-Shabaab figure
Mogadishu (HAN) January 16, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. National Security Alert (Video). A senior figure of Somali militant group Al-Shabaab has surrendered to the Somali government, local security official confirmed to the media today. Bishar Adan Abdihakim, acting district commissioner of Luq city near the Somalia-Ethiopia border, told media the…
Djibouti: Turkish's first 2015 Presidential official visit to the Horn of Africa
Djibouti (HAN) January 16, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to pay new year’s first visits to Ethiopia, Djibouti and Mogadishu, Somalia. Turkish President Erdoğan will pay consecutive official visits to Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia later this month, January 2015, marking his first official visits this…
Ethiopia: British-Somaliland Citizens Attack Investigation in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (HAN) January 16, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Breaking News – Training and conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in Addis Ababa is thwarted. Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the country is protected at all times from attacks by the Somali militant group al-Shabab but is…
Somali: Vickers spoke with Nuruddin Farah on how he keeps Somalia alive
Khartoum (HAN) January 15, 2015 – Public diplomacy and African writers news. Nuruddin Farah is a prominent Somali and African writer. Nuruddin is the author of over 10 books. Today still, Nuruddin Farah is considered one of the most important writers in Africa According to Geeska Afrika Online Editor, Nuruddin Farah is often cited by other…
Somaliland Opposition Rejects Turkish Mediation offer
Hargeisa (HAN) January 15, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and President of Somaliland Ahmed Mahmoud Silanyo met last year with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who oversaw the penning of an “Ankara declaration” and pledged determination to continue peaceful dialogue to overcome their brotherly…
Somaliland: Professor Ahmed Samatar and the rise of ISIS
Hargeisa (HAN) January 15, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Reported by Geeska Afrika Online security reporter, the Hourlong TV program takes the story of this ISIS brutal, ever-growing militant group back to the forces behind the final departure of American troops from Iraq in 2011. From Arab Spring Spring to…
Kenya: Al-Shabaab Attacked AMISOM Military truck in Lamu
Nairobi (HAN) January 15, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Tourism Security and safety news. Security has been stepped up in Lamu County in Kenya. Lamu County was once a popular tourist destination of for Europeans. Lamu Local Kenyan businesses say a dusk to dawn curfew has further hurt their struggling Tourism trade. Again, the…
