Category: Opinion
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: 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.…
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…
Ethiopia: Improvement should allay its critics
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 6, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page sent to Geeska Afrika Online Editorial by Tiborn Nagy, a former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia, lives in Lubbock. Nation’s economic growth has brought social progress. Regarding the Houston Chronicle editorial about Ethiopia, “Do Better” (Page B7, July 29), while…
Sudan: The new scramble for Africa
Khartoum (HAN) August 4, 2014 – Africa’s Infrastructure and Manning Strategic news. China’s rapidly growing presence in Africa has increasingly become a topic for debate in the international media and among economists and policy analysts. While China’s unique economic approach to Africa meets the African countries’ need for funding and infrastructure projects, the model has been widely…
Eritrea: The only country able to withstand aggressive US adventurism
Asmara (HAN) August 3, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Amanuel Biedemariam. President Baraka Hussein Obama extended an invitation to all African leaders except Eritrea which are not in good standing with the United States. Why Eritrea? In Washington, the White House announced that the First American Black leader will…
Djibouti: AFRICOM trained Gaashaan become a symbol Somalia's fledgling State
Djibouti (HAN) August 2nd, 2014. Regional defense and security. African Union troops and Somali National army (SNA) retook Southern Somali towns from the militant group Al-Shabaab. The capture of towns came relatively easy through Somali army tactics. When the Somali national army and AMISOM troops approached, Al-Shabab just retreated into the hinterland. But many Al-Shabaab…
Kenya: ICC pressure on Uhuru records not Israel's military actions in Gaza
Nairobi (HAN) July 31, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion Facebook page by Fathi Mohamed, former director at MERCY-USA. Kenya’s president and his deputy are facing war crime charges at the Hague when 1200 people died as a result of tribal clashes in late 2007 early 2008. Today the number of…
Kenya: Bad news this week for Kenya’s tourism industry
Nairobi (HAN) July 30, 2014 – Tourism and Investment news. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Simon Allison. Kenyan government is to be believed, tourist arrivals are down a little bit on last year. Hotel operators tell a different story, speaking of a crisis rather than a decline. It’s a…
