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  • Somalia: Al-shabaab members Fled Malaysia to set up a new base

    Somalia: Al-shabaab members Fled Malaysia to set up a new base

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 9, 2014 – According to the US National Counter Terrorism Center, Al-Shabab’s terrorist activities have mainly focused on targets within Somalia, but it has also proven an ability to carry out deadly strikes in the region, including coordinated suicide bombings and a deadly raid on a Nairobi West gate mall. Western countries and regional security partners…

  • Somali: Hersi acknowledged knowing Canadian who was Al-Shabab Member

    Somali: Hersi acknowledged knowing Canadian who was Al-Shabab Member

    Toronto (HAN) May 8, 2014.  A Somali-Canadian youth on trial in Toronto for allegedly attempting to join Al-Shabab was questioned Tuesday about his relationship with two former Somali-Canadian classmates who left for Somalia in 2009 to take up arms with the Al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia against Ethiopian forces and killed. Mohamed Hersi acknowledged knowing…

  • Ethiopia: World Bank Loans of $380 million to help 44 cities infrastructure services

    Ethiopia: World Bank Loans of $380 million to help 44 cities infrastructure services

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 8, 2014. Ethiopia has received a $380 million World Bank loan to help improve the capacity of its urban councils through expansion of infrastructure and services. The board of the Bretton Woods institution approved the loan last Friday to bankroll Ethiopia’s second Urban Development Program (ULGDP II) that will support 44…

  • Kenya: Interview with Somalia Security Expert

    Kenya: Interview with Somalia Security Expert

    Nairobi (HAN) May 8, 2014 – According KTN news Center,  Professor Anyang Nyong is telling the truth, Kenyan can never stop the fighting in Somalia, the Somali fighting is going on for the last 25 years, the fighting in Somalia is all about the CLANS, every clan want to be the Somalia president or lead…

  • Ethiopia in a Bid to Stem a Brutal Civil War in South Sudan

    Ethiopia in a Bid to Stem a Brutal Civil War in South Sudan

     Khartoum (HAN) May 9, 2014 –   South-Sudan will agree the IGAD draft Agreement, diplomatic  sources told Geeska Afrika Online.  Sout Sudan Leaders with the International Mediators and the IGAD frontline state led by the former Ethiopian Foreign Minister Sayum Mesfin said the “critical meeting will help end the violence and killings in South Sudan”, and…

  • Ethiopia: Egypt Security Forces Supported Oromo Protests in cairo

    Ethiopia: Egypt Security Forces Supported Oromo Protests in cairo

    Cairo (HAN) May 7, 2014. The Oromo diaspora community  Protesters gather in front of Arab League in CaIRO to call for international intervention in violent situation in Oromia state, Ethiopia. According to the Regional security Expert, in this case, Protest law in Egypt were not applied, but facilitated Oromo community protest in Cairo. In the…

  • Somalia: Reasons Lawmakers call Somali President to Resign

    Somalia: Reasons Lawmakers call Somali President to Resign

    Djibouti (HAN) May 7, 2014. The Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, Hon. Mohamed Osman Jawari has shown a sheer determination and courage to move the country ahead. Despite the enormous undertakings including leadership challenges and security complications. Today, More than 133 Somalia Federal lawmakers signed a political statement which called President Hassan Sheikh…

  • Somalia: The U.S. Money Remittances Improvement Act

    Somalia: The U.S. Money Remittances Improvement Act

    WASHINGTON (HAN) May 7, 2014 – The House of Representatives just passed the Money Remittances Improvement Act, which will help new Americans send money to family abroad. Remittances are a lifeline for the loved ones of many in the Somali and Among communities in Minnesota. I will work with my colleagues in the Senate to encourage…

  • Eritrea: UN Urged Immediate Release of Members the ‘G-15’

    Eritrea: UN Urged Immediate Release of Members the ‘G-15’

    Djibouti (HAN) May 7, 2014. The  Eritrea Government needs to put an immediate end to the widespread practices of arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment and persecution, says an independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to look into the situation in the country. According to a diplomatic sources in the region, in a phone call with…

  • Somalia: Kenya Not yet Meet its Objectives in Kismayo

    Somalia: Kenya Not yet Meet its Objectives in Kismayo

    Nairobi (HAN) May 6, 2014. By, Steve Mkawale, Edited by Geeska Afrika Online staff: The Kenyan Ruling party, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale says Kenyan soldiers should not be withdrawn from Somalia. Aden Duale dismissed calls for an exit plan for Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops serving under the African Union Mission in Kismayo,…

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