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Ethiopia: American Strategic Office to Follow Business Affairs in Africa
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 28, 2014 – Geeska Afrika Online Trade and Investment News. According to the International Energy Agency, sub-Saharan Africa needs more than $300 billion in investments to achieve universal electricity access by 2030 – far beyond the capacity of any traditional development program. Africa is home to seven of the ten fastest…
Djibouti: Horn of Africa weekly security update briefing 114
Djibouti (HAN) May 28, 2014. Geeska Afrika Online Security Briefing Contents: Comprehensive security awareness program for government, NGO, UN Agencies, Piracy, NATO , defense and security isues. This briefing will update the current security issues of: Mogadishu: At least two dozen civilians died and scores wounded after government forces and Al-shabab clashed in Garas zone 25…
Somaliland: Political tension to end the current political impasse
Djibouti (HAN) May 28, 2014. Somali political party crisis update. Prominent tribal and political leaders within Somaliland Ruling Party are at the loggerheads as President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo is seeking re-election by 2015 The tension of the political dispute emerged after Silanyo sacked unexpectedly Commerce Minister Mohamed Abdulahi Omar by presidential decree-a move related to…
Somalia: The U.S. Army’s Delta New Secretive Special Forces
Mogadishu: (HAN) May 27, 2014. By: Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter. For the first time, members of Danab and the CIA-trained Somali intelligence unit known as “Alpha Group,” who agreed to be interviewed on the condition they were not identified, gave detailed accounts of the extent to which the Americans are now involved in training forces in…
Eritrea: Afewerki Berhane won the men's elite race
Denver: (HAN) May 27, 2014- BY: Geeska Afrika Online, Daniel Petty. Ethiopia’s Mamitu Daska, Eritrea’s Afewerki Berhane win Bolder Boulder 2014 elite races . Racing at altitude tends to punish a runner’s lungs more than his or her legs — which is exactly what Crouch found. Afewerki Berhane did his best to remove any drama…
Somalia: Amisom mandate failed to protect Critical Institutions
Mogadishu: (HAN) May 27, 2014 – A member of federal parliament of Somalia stated that AMISOM forces failed to fulfill their obligations to safeguard the security of the government institutions including the federal parliament in Mogadishu. AMISOM forces were not providing any specific guard at the federal parliament building during the attack claiming that most of…
Djibouti: Suicide bombers are Man and a veiled Woman of Somali origin
Mogadsihu (HAN) May 26, 2014 . Despite Amisom forces in Somalia, Regional security forces and the Somali government’s insistence that it has improved Southern Somalia security, the Al-Shabaab continue to carry out bombings — including targeting the seat of Somali parliament, aid workers, journalist and international diplomats, in their militant strategy to overthrow Somalia’s internationally…
Somalia: National Security Minister Abdul Karim Guled resigns
Mogadishu (HAN) May 25, 2014. In Mogadishu terror attacks, Frightened Somali members of parliament blamed the national security agents for failing to prevent the attack, but other politicians praised the army for limiting the attack’s damages. (Source AP photo) The U.N. representative to Somalia, Nicholas Kay, said the parliament represents the people of Somalia and…
Real Madrid claimed their tenth title at Lisbon
Lisbon (HAN) May 24, 2014. HAN Sports Already the most successful club in European Cup history, Real Madrid CF have claimed their tenth title following their victory over Club Atlético de Madrid at Lisbon’s Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The Spanish team lifted the trophy for the first time since 2002 by beating their…
Eritrea: The Homeless Eritreans in the streets of Yemen
Djibouti (HAN) May 24, 2014 – According to the Eritrean Refugee voice: Geeska Afrika Online received this note with pictures from Eritrean refugees living in the streets of Sana’a, Yemen; with English error, we decided to publish online, exactly the way we received their letter. Idris Lahda said, ‘to deliver a message to the international community, to show the suffering…
