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Somalia: The Strategic Challenge of Al-Shabaab's Dimensions of Jihad
Nairobi (HAN) May 5, 2014 – Academic Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine: Academic Paper by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Middle East Quarterly. Since emerging from an era of colonialism under Italy and Britain, Somalia has passed through military dictatorship, famine, and civil war to regional fragmentation. In the modern period, Americans best remember the loss…
Somalia: The Current State of Power and Influence of Al-Shabaab
Djibouti (HAN) May 4, 2014 – Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine: Geeska Afrika Online . Interview series conduct by John Amble, which will feature experts in their field answering questions on a topic of current relevance to the Horn of Africa’s Regional Security Updates, stability, defense, diplomacy, and foreign policy. We received numerous responses…
Ethiopia: Foreign Ministers of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda met Secretary of State
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 3, 2014 – According to HAN & Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Addis Ababa reported that, The Foreign Ministers of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda met with Secretary of State John Kerry. Dr.Tedros Adhanom and Foreign Ministers of Kenya and Uganda, Ambassador Amina Mohamed and Sam Kutesa met with US Secretary of…
Finland: Ethiopia is playing a crucial role on Regional Security issues
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 3, 2014 – According to HAN & Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Dr.Tedros Adhanom held discussions with the Minister of International Development of Finland, Pekka Haavisto on Friday. The discussions covered regional matters, emphasizing on the current situation in South Sudan. Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros briefed…
Somalia: Lack of rains putting Lives of thousands of farmers at risk
Mogadishu (HAN) May 2, 2014 – Somalia was the hardest hit by extreme drought in 2011 that affected over 13 million people across the Horn of Africa, with famine zones declared in large parts of the war-ravaged south. War and delayed rains in Somalia are putting thousands of lives at risk, especially in areas where…
Somalia: New Amisom tactics Pursues Elusive Enemy in Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 2, 2014. Updated diplomatic and Security tactics in the region. African Union forces have wrested control of territory from Al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia. But as VOA’s Gabe Joselow reports from the frontlines, with ever-changing tactics, the terrorist group has proven to be hard to finish off. The United States Secretary…
Ethiopia: Spokesman said "anti-peace forces" are trying to destroy ethnic harmony
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 2, 2014. The Oromo demonstrations (OPDO & elemnts of OLF) erupted in Addis Ababa against plans by the Ethiopian government to incorporate part of Oromia into the capital. Oromia is Ethiopia’s largest region and Oromos are the country’s largest ethnic group, willing to win the next election. Oromos say the government…
Ethiopia: Bloggers Arrest, EPRDF’s Strong Signal to U.S. Secretary of State
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 2, 2014 – American Diplomat in Nairobi Kenya told Geeska Afrika Online that the arrests of Bloggers and Journalists again signals that anyone who criticizes the Ethiopian government in Ethiopia will be silenced. Photo reception with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (R) meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry at…
Somalia: Why the Kenyan Government Should Apologise for its Neighbour Somalia
Djibouti (HAN) May 1st, 2014. Interview conducted by Abdi Moalim in Mogadishu. Somalia’s Ambassador to Kenya Mohamed Ali Nur says he is “very upset” at how Kenyan police treated a Somali diplomat recently arrested in Nairobi and demands the Kenyan government apologize for the incident. Ambassador Nur’s temporary return to Somalia elicited much speculation and news…
Ethiopia: Foreign Minister said Ethiopia repeatedly gone above “the call of duty”
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 1, 2014. Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Dr.Tedros Adhanom said Ethiopia has repeatedly gone above and beyond “the call of duty” in trying to assuage Egyptian concerns and to reach over a more equitable allocation of the use of the Nile waters. “We are fully aware that cooperation and collaboration over the valuable…
