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Ethiopia pledges not to harm Egyptian shares of Nile water
Khartoum (HAN) September 1st, 2014 – Diplomacy and regional water Security. Ethiopian pledges not to harm Egypt’s share of Nile water. Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam al-Moghazi downplayed Friday the negative effects on Egypt’s water supply of the ongoing construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, saying the first phase of construction would not cause any tangible harm…
Somalia filed maritime legal proceedings against the Republic of Kenya
Mogadishu (HAN) August 31, 2014 – Diplomacy and Maritime Security. Presidential Palace – Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Investment Promotion. Kenya played a pivotal role in the negotiations leading to the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”) in 1982. Both counties are contracting parties of UNCLOS, which prescribes…
Somalia: AMISOM and SNA special forces are advancing to Barawe
Mogadishu (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. Somali and African Union (AMISOM) forces have re-taken the southwestern town of Bulomarer and several neighboring villages as part of an offensive against al-Shabab in the country’s Lower Shabelle region. Abdiqadir Mohamed Nor, the governor of Lower Shabelle region, where the offensive began, said…
Somali: British radical Khadijah wanted to carry out a copycat killing
London (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional safety and security news. Militants from Islamic State (Isis) claimed to have killed an American journalist long held captive in Syria in retaliation for ongoing US air strikes against its forces in Iraq. Somali clerics, Sheikh Nur Barud, say they are wworriedabout Somali youth who are leaving their…
Somaliland: Diplomatic and Security offensive to Stop "Khatumo State"
Hargeisa (HAN) August 30, 2014 – Regional safety and security news. Presidential Palace, press statement sent to Geeska Afrika Online. The regional tensions that arose in Eastern Somaliland in June, the same actors have sought to undermine the stability and territorial integrity of Somaliland by continuing to provoke local conflict and engage in terrorist activities. Ali…
Eritrea: To prevent being held in an Israeli detention centers
Geneva (HAN) August 29, 2014, Eritrea Humanitarian and regional security concerns. By, Ilan Lior, Haarets. A Swiss court recently permitted an Eritrean asylum seeker to enter Switzerland, in an effort to prevent the man from being held in an Israeli detention center. Judge says petitioner ‘in genuine danger of being imprisoned or held indefinitely in…
Ethiopia will host 2017 African Cup, because of Libya security concerns
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 29, 2014, Africa sports and regional security concerns. Ethiopia will host the 2017 African Cup because of Libya pulled out citing security concerns, the president of the national football federation said, a tough task for a country with only basic sports infrastructure. Because of establishing strong international partnerships for counter-terrorism and…
Somaliland: The fragility security in the Horn of Africa
Hargeisa (HAN) August 29, 2014, Regional defense and security news. The Somali Federal government sent to Khatumo presidential inauguration ceremony, three planes carrying delegation from Mogadishu and Nairobi landed at airstrip in Buhotle. In attendance at the inauguration of Galaydh were Mogadishu clan elders, politicians and Federal Somalia Parlimenterians. The fighting broke out in Saah-dheer where…
Somaliland: Attacks against Khatumo interrupted Inauguration Ceremony
Hargeisa (HAN) August 29, 2014. Public safety and regional security news. The region was watching the political drama unfolding at Saahdheer of Khatumo State of Somalia as thousands of Khatumites and distinguished delegates comprising of traditional leaders, politicians and intellectuals from various parts of Somalia gather to bear witness to the historic inauguration of Professor…
Kenya: Interpol warn of security threats by Al-Shabaab gangs in East Africa
Mombasa (HAN) August 28, 2014 – Regional Threat and risk alerts news. The International police organization (Interpol) on Monday (August 25) warned of new security threats by organized criminal gangs including terrorist militants which have caused instability in the Eastern Africa Region. The Head of Interpol regional Bureau for Eastern Africa, Rwego Francis, said the…
