Category: Opinion
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…
Ethiopia: Roots of the conflict, Addis Ababa's Master Plan
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 2, 2014. Geeska Afrika Online Editor’s Note: In a statement, by the Ethiopian Authority said eight people had died during violent protests led by “anti-peace forces” in the towns of Ambo and Tokeekutayu, as well as Meda Welabu University, also in Oromia state. BBC Ethiopia analyst Hewete Haileselassie says some Oromos feel…
Somalia: Twitter of Terror strategy For Al-Shabaab Media
Mogadishu (HAN) May 2, 2014 – Updated Opinion. The Somali militant Al-Shabaab group best known for stoning teenage girls, blowing up soccer fans, and blocking food aid to their starving countrymen, is now on Twitter. You can talk to them if you like, according to their Twitter account, contacted by Will Oremus Slate Staff Writer. LATEST NEWS…
Eritrea: Canadian Matthew McClearn Attacks Eritrea Whitewashes Slavery
Djibouti (HAN) April 30, 2014 – Story Opinion by Sophia Tesfamariam. This is an expanded version of the story that appeared in the issue of Canadian Business magazine. When an acquaintance at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry sent me an advance copy of the article, “The Slaves of Eritrea”, written by Matthew McClearn for the Canadian…
Africa: Story Reflects Somali’s Family Disintegration
Nairobi (HAN) April 29, 2014. The Opinion of Power & Influence page of Geeska Afrika Online by Mohamed Olad Hassan. The story of a Somali-American teen stowaway who survived a freezing 5 1/2-hour flight from California to Hawaii while hidden in the wheel well of a jetliner has made news since shortly after his discovery April 20,…
From Libya to Lampedusa: Life in Italy for Somali and Eritrean Refugees
Nairobi (HAN) April 28, 2014 – Editorial Note from the Editor of Geeska Afrika Online. In LAMPEDUSA, Eritrean refugee man who was rescued on Friday said there were over 480 or 500 people at sea, making noises for rescue. “Please go help them,” said the Eritrean, after he was pulled out of the sea by the…
Kenya: How can you win a war on terror when yours is terrorism?
Nairobi (HAN) April 28, 2014 – Editorial Note from the Editor of Geeska Afrika Online. What we choose to emphasize in this complex region of IGAD will determine future generations impact of regional security partnership, safety and security. Where Horn of Africa regime leaders has behaved magnificently, this gives elements of peace the energy to…
Kenya: Somali kenyans Available for Genocidal Imaginations
Nairobi (HAN) April 25, 2014, Story Opinion Contributed by Patrick Gathara – Speaking last week during the commemoration of two decades since the genocide in his country, Rwandan strongman, Paul Kagame, argued that the catastrophe had been decades in the making. “The most devastating legacy of European control of Rwanda was the transformation of social…
Eritrea: Hostage crisis Terrorized Eritrean Immigrants
Khartoum (HAN) April 25, 2014 – Story Opinion by Ben Gittleson . Eritreans across the globe whose life has been touched by torture and extortion reached out to family and friends in England, Ethiopia, Italy, USA, Canada and Israel. Haben, Gebrekidan’s nephew, had fled Eritrea, fearing harsh imprisonment for skipping out on mandatory military service, and…
Ethiopia thwarts Egypt but takes risks of restricting economic growth
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 24, 2014 – Opinion of Power & Influence Geeska Afrika Online. by Aaron Maasho in Addis Ababa, Aaron Maasho reports on politics and economics from Ethiopia as well as covering the African Union. The Ethiopian decision to fund the huge Dam project itself also carries the risk of stifling private sector investment…
