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Somalia: Somali-Canadian Engagement for safety and Security
Toronto (HAN) August 13, 2014 – Safety & Security news: The purpose of the conference held in Toronto over the weekend was to educate Somali-Canadians about the new Office of Diaspora Affairs in Somalia and to mobilize the community to get involved in contributing to Somalia’s prosperous future and in the rebuilding of their homeland.…
Somalia: The next phase of military operations against Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu (HAN) August 13, 2014 – Safety & Security news: The Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud met with high level international diplomats including, the Under Secretary General of the United Nations Safety & Security, Peter Drennan, at Villa Somalia. The Somali President and the Under Secretary General discussed the various challenges facing Somalia and the…
Somalia: Turkey's Erdogan presidency will increase regional business and investment
Djibouti (HAN) August 13, 2014 – Regional defense and security news. The regional Voices from the Horn of African capitals: The Turkish election and Erdogan presidency. It’s true that Erdogan leadership has been successful on the Somali capitals peace process and Somalia diaspora hope to return Somali soil through Turkish Airlines direct flight from Europe…
Somalia: Looming Security and Strategic Concerns
Washington (HAN) August 13, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page Editorial by Judy Woodruff, PBS will take a look at the East African nation of Somalia. The country has been plagued by war, corruption, and terrorism, but its leader says he wants to change its course. In September 2012, Hassan…
Ethiopia: QE policies Devaluating Ethiopian Dollar Again
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 12, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, Opinion page sent to Geeska Afrika Online Editorial by Professor, Seid Hassan. Reducing the Ethiopian (Birr) currency’s value by 10 percent in real terms may lead to a 5 percent increase in stalled export earnings and a 2 percent increase in…
Ethiopia: Scientists at work counting volcanoes eruptions
Addis Ababa (HAN) 12 August, 2014 – Scientists and Geological news. In September 2014, the Natural Environment Research Council will launch a major five-year programme to study the volcanoes of Ethiopia’s Great Rift Valley. The project team contains core investigators from seven UK institutions and several international partners, as well as a network of local collaborators including Addis…
Somalia: American parents to prevent brainwashed their children by Al-Shabaab
Minneapolis (HAN) August 12, 2014 Community and Public diplomacy news By Mukhtar Ibrahim, MPR in Minneapolis. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged Somali-Americans gathered Saturday night at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium not to raise money for al-Shabaab, and he called on parents to prevent their children from being brainwashed by the militant group. He said…
Ethiopia: This would not be a vacation but an adventure
New York (HAN) August 10, 2014- Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page sent to Geeska Afrika Online Editorial by Erryn Barkett, A Jacqueline Suits Special to The Horn of Africa Newsline (HAN). Erryn Barkett is making plans to fly a small plane to Ethiopia in order to benefit a developing hospital.…
Somali: Rapidly rising malnutrition and food shortages
New York (HAN) August 10, 2014- Humanitarian news and famine. War-ravaged Somalia is hurtling towards a second famine in three years that could be prevented if donors increased funding, Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator for Somalia said on Sunday. Lazzarini said rapidly rising malnutrition and food shortages across the country resemble the warning signs…
Somalia: Without legal and political consensus sparks political turmoil
Washington (HAN) August 09, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page sent to Geeska Afrika Online Editorial by DR. Mohamoud Uluso. The formation of federal Member States (FMS) without legal and political consensus sparks fresh political and social turmoil in all regions of Somalia. It is unequivocally clear that the federal…
