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Ethiopia: IGAD Leaders demanded cooperation of Monitoring and Verification Teams
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 26, 2014 – Regional safety and security monitoring news. IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held its 27th Extraordinary Session in Addis Ababa on Monday August 25, 2014. The meeting was called to consider the challenges to the IGAD-led peace process and to chart the way forward for lasting…
Ethiopia: The East Africa Standby Force pledging conference held in Kigali
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 26, 2014 – Regional safety and security monitoring news. A five day pledging conference for the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) in Kigali ended on Friday August 22, 2014. The conference attended by Defense Chiefs of Staff and security exports from the eleven countries involved including Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya,…
Somalia: Collecting illegal taxes from the main markets to fund Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu (HAN) August 26, 2014 – Regional safety and security illegal monetary funding news. Somali government vowed that it will take legal step against illegal taxes collectors in Bakara Market a day after the business owners in the market closed the country’s biggest marketplace in protest of armed people pretending to be government tax collectors (Al-Shabaab Supporters…
Djibouti: Launched Offensive to remove Al-Shabaab out of Southern Somalia
Djibouti (HAN) August 26, 2014 – Regional safety and security monitoring news. The central command of AMISOM has said, it will resume this week an offensive against Al Shabaab militant group to remove a remaining villeges in Southern Somalia. The African union forces spokesman of Djibouti Col. Ali Hamud has said the final offensive which will…
Somaliland: opposition leaders launched public diplomacy in Sweden
Vasters (HAN) August 26, 2014 – Regional safety and security news. The Somaliland opposition party known as Justice and Welfare party sent delegation to meet the Mayor of Vasters, Sweden. A delegation of Justice & Welfare Party UCID who is on working visit to Sweden has met with the mayor of Vasteras Mr. Andres Teljeback.…
Somalia: Ethiopian Special forces liberated Strategic town in Bakool region
Bakool (HAN) August 26, 2014 – Regional safety and security news. Somali National army (SNA) with the support of AMISOM troops in Bakool region liberate from Al-Shabaab militants close to Ethiopia border with Somalia. Somalia forces supported by African Union peacekeepers have liberated the strategic town of Tiyeeglow in Bakool region from Al-Shabaab terrorists in…
Eritrea: Jemmie is the fourth homicide victim in Ottawa, Canada this year
Ottawa (HAN) August 25, 2014 – Public safety and security news. BY DANIELLE BELL, OTTAWA SUN. Howls of anguish broke out as the body of 21-year-old homicide victim Jabeir Jemmie was carried out of the Ottawa Mosque on Sunday. As the hunt for his killer continues, dozens of people, including his high school friends and others…
Kenya seeks cash for Somali plights in the Horn of Africa
Mogadishu (HAN) August 25, 2014. Safety and Security issues. Kenyan government is seeking $100 million from the international community for the repatriation of more than half a million Somali refugees. In a regional meeting to be held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Kenya will also seek international political goodwill for the resettlement of refugees in their home country. The…
Ethiopia: Exploring New Oromo Political Alternatives
London (HAN) August 25, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Siegfried Pausewang. Geeska Afrika Online editorial re-published the report, The Oromo of Ethiopia aims to stimulate a thorough debate in a particular political issues in Ethiopia. The academic paper today states that the Oromo people are in a crucial and…
Kenya: Al-Shabaab hitman who assassinated journalists in Somalia is in custody
Nairobi (HAN) August 23, 2014 – Security and public diplomacy news. The Somali national security agent (NSS) arrested 19 individuals at the network’s offices in the capital Mogadishu on August 15, 2014. Today Hassan Hanafi, who is wanted in Somalia for the killing of journalists is in custody today in Nairobi, Kenya, according to Kenyan…
