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  • Somalia: U.S. missiles are triggering power struggle

    Somalia: U.S. missiles are triggering power struggle

    Nairobi (HAN) September 4, 2014. Defense and Security note  selected by Geeska Afrika Regional Security Editor.  Written by. BY EDMUND BLAIR AND DRAZEN JORGIC -Reuters. A hail of U.S. missiles aimed at the leader of Somalia’s al Shabaab militants may have left a gaping hole in the group’s leadership, potentially the biggest challenge to its unity…

  • Eritrea: Youth action campaign approach for international humanitarian law

    Eritrea: Youth action campaign approach for international humanitarian law

    Asmara (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Community and Youth program news. The Sawa Festival is celebrated biannually at the Sawa Vocational Training Centre, together with the military graduation ceremony of new trainees. The 6th National Sawa Festival, on 17–20 July 2014, brought together some 30,000 people from home and abroad. On the occasion of the 6th National…

  • Somalia: Turkish Assessing Jubbaland rebuilding efforts in Kismayo

    Somalia: Turkish Assessing Jubbaland rebuilding efforts in Kismayo

    Kismayo (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Regional reconstruction and development news. Turkish delegation led by the VP of Jubbaland State of Somalia Abdulkadir Lugadheere are Assessing Kismayo’s seaport planning & inland infrastructure to satisfy the needs of shipping services and free zone requirements as well, with TIKA & Kizilay’s Coordinators & Jubbaland State Authorities. According…

  • Eritrea: Strategic efforts to control damages to forestry and wildlife

    Eritrea: Strategic efforts to control damages to forestry and wildlife

    Asmara (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Environmental and Humanitarian news. To protect Eritrea’s wildlife disappeared animals, a workshop was conducted in Tessenei town as regards preservation of forestry and wildlife, as well as to put into practice the proclamations declared to this end. Speaking at the workshop, Fisehaye Haile, Administrator of Gash-Barka region, underlined the…

  • Ethiopia: U.S. Senatorial Delegation meets Prime Minister Hailemariam

    Ethiopia: U.S. Senatorial Delegation meets Prime Minister Hailemariam

    Addis Ababa  (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Regional defense and security news.A US delegation headed by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Chair, Senate Agriculture Committee, met with Prime Minister Hailemariam. The discussion covered Ethiopia’s agricultural development and its successes in food security and in developing resilience on climate change as well as the upcoming Global Alliance for…

  • Kenya: African Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism ended

    Kenya: African Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism ended

    Nairobi (HAN) September 2, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. The 455th Meeting of the Africa Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) is holding a Summit on Terrorism in Nairobi, Kenya. The aim of the meeting is to agree on “practical steps to enhance the implementation of the AU counter-terrorism framework at national, regional…

  • Ethiopia: Families asking Canada to push for release from prison

    Ethiopia: Families asking Canada to push for release from prison

    Cape Breton (HAN) September 2, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Said Maktal. Somali_Canadian Bashir Makhtal has been in prison in Addis Ababa since 2007. Said Maktal moved to Sydney this summer to attend Cape Breton University, bringing with him years of documentation and a determination to see…

  • Kenya: The role of African leaders against terrorism and risks posed to the region

    Kenya: The role of African leaders against terrorism and risks posed to the region

    Kenya (HAN) September 2, 2014 – Regional threat level and National security news. Africa Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) summit slated for Nairobi to discuss the latest security threats in the continent. The African security meeting is expected to agree on practical steps to enhance the implementation of the AU counter-terrorism framework at national,…

  • Ethiopian contrasting educational fortunes and Nigeria

    Ethiopian contrasting educational fortunes and Nigeria

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 2, 2014 – Teaching and Learning news. The education experience of the 2000s for the two most populous countries of sub-Saharan Africa could not have been more different. It was a lost decade for Nigeria in terms of educational development. Despite the optimism generated by the restoration of democracy in 1999…

  • Djibouti: U.S. Marine helicopter crashed again

    Djibouti: U.S. Marine helicopter crashed again

    Djibouti (HAN) September 2nd, 2014 – Regional Defense and security news. The U.S. Marine helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea Monday following training exercises in Djibouti, the U.S. Navy said. The UN navy helicopter were carrying 25 military members, 17 marines and eight sailors, aboard the Super Stallion chopper were safely recovered from the Gulf of…

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