Category: Opinion
Egypt challenges Ethiopia’s 'logic' the dam is 'Sovereign Affair'
Djibouti (HAN) April 21, 2014 – Editorial Note from the Editor of Geeska Afrika Online – Interim President Adly Mansour said that the security of the Middle East and North Africa zone are one of Egypt’s national security priorities, and that Egypt was fighting the war on terror on behalf of the Middle East regions interests.…
Kenyan Somali’s are not second-class citizens: Ministry of Interior
Nairobi (HAN) April 18, 2014 – In this section of Opinion By MWENDA NJOKA – Security agencies in IGAD countries are on alert for possible terror attacks from Somali Militats Al-Shabaab who have vowed to avenge the presence of African Union troops in Somalia. Kenyan Security has been increased following that alert, said Kenya’s Internal Security…
Ethiopia: Piracy is not just limited to Eritrean music
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 18, 2014 – In this section Music Opinion By, Madote Admin (Eritrean Music) – Gossaye Kellemu, alias Jacky Gosee, is one of vocalists from the younger generation rising to Ethiopian stardom, along with guys like Temesgen Gebregziabher and Ziggy Zaga. Gosee lives in Amsterdam, and brings something of a modern, urban image…
Ethiopia: Winning Boston Marathon is a Lifetime Achievement
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 18, 2014 – In this section Sports Opinion By, John Powers (bostonglobe) – In the beginning there was Abebe Bikila, the imperial guard who ran barefoot atop Roman cobblestones by torchlight in 1960 and became the first black African to win the Olympic marathon. The Ethiopians owned the distance then, winning…
Kenya: Somalia Will Rise with Tears of Defiance, Resilience and Courage
Nairobi (HAN) April 18, 2014 – Opinion By, Hibaaq Osman, Founder Karama. – Last week, I could only watch on television news as soldiers herded scores of my countrymen on to trucks like livestock, to be driven to detention centers. Women carrying babies struggled to climb onto the cumbersome vehicles, built not for carrying humans…
Somaliland: United States supporting secessionist movements
Djibouti (HAN) April 17, 2014 – Opinion by Michael Shank – The recent history of the United States and other governments supporting secessionist movements has further confused the international precedent in the case of Ukraine. Examples include the U.S. support for Somaliland and Puntland in Somalia and efforts to undermine sovereign Somalia and their government in…
Somalia: Wide Gulf between Ambassador Nicolas Kay and President Hassan
Djibouti (HAN) April 16, 2014 – Updated Version of Opinion Dr. Mohamud M. Uluso is a senior Somali political analyst. He was a former minister and governor of the Central Bank of Somalia. HAN & Geeska Afrika Online (1985 -2014) political Contributor. Ambassador Nicholas Kay Briefing to the Security Council on Somalia last month said, “The…
Somalia: The attack on Villa Somalia a wake-up call for new security strategy
Nairobi (HAN) April 16, 2014 – Opinion BY DRAZEN JORGIC . The new security strategy for Mogadishu, drawn up just days after the Villa Somalia raid, hinges on obtaining more ground-level intelligence from Mogadishu’s rubble-strewn streets. “The attack on Villa Somalia was a wake-up call,” said one Western diplomat. “The president is now taking an active approach…
Ethiopian hostile Siege and Diplomacy tactics to Protect Dam
Khartoum (HAN) April 16, 2014 – The whole diplomatic battle regarding the quest for the Nile River in general and the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam in particular between Ethiopia and Egypt has just begun with full swing. Because of the Dam crisis, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to form a joint force along the borders…
Kenya: Somali Kenyans are treated like second-class citizens
Nairobi (HAN) April 13, 2014 – The same question remains unresolved despite the collective national pretense that all Kenyans are equal, writes Ahmednasir Abdullahi. There is a great urgency for President Uhuru Kenyatta to call for a national convention to determine once and for all the fate of Kenyan Somalis in Kenya. Are Kenyan Somalis Shiftas…
