Category: USAFRICOM
Sudan : Obama said "Al-shabaab Militants offer Death and Destruction”
Khartoum (HAN) July 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday praised recent advances by Somali and African Union troops against al-Shabab militants, but said it was important to keep up the pressure. U.S President Barak Obama and Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Dessalegn held a Joint…
Djibouti: President Obama’s focus on Al-Shabaab, without Somali President
Djibouti (HAN) July 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a multilateral summit on the South Sudan peace process and regional counterterrorism measures. This summit is a consultation on how to make progress in the vexing subject. President Obama’s focus on Al-Shabaab threats in nairobi and Addis…
Ethiopia: U.S. Diplomacy and Security Towards Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) July 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – President Obama – we don’t need to send our Marines to Somalia, AMISOM and the Ethiopians are ‘tough fighters’. Watch: In Press conference with Ethiopian prime minster in Addis Ababa. President Barack Obama: “we don’t need to send our Marines…
Uganda: An offering to Obama "attempting to deflect attention"
Kampala (HAN) July 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – Kenya remind us that Somalia still faces enormous challenge. Kenya and Ethiopia want to present the US President with a victory against the Islamists in Somalia as AMISOM’s funding is threatened, both Uganda Troops and Kenyan forces in Kismayo. The next…
Ethiopia: leading the offensive “Operation Jubba Corridor”
Addis Ababa (HAN) July 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – President Obama inspecting guard of honor at National Palace in Addis Ababa, while African Union troops led by Ethiopian forces said they had launched a new offensive against Al-Shabaab militants in Southern Somalia -southern Somalia, vowing to flush the insurgents…
Kenya: Obama Will Help Kenya Fight Against Al-Shabaab in Lamo
Nairobi (HAN) July 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – A key Western ally in the battle against the spread of militant Islam out of Somalia, Kenya’s security agencies receive training and equipment from the US, Britain and Israel. Yet over the past two years the country has suffered a series of…
Somaliland: UK Minister Reaffirms relationship during visit to Somalia and Somaliland
Hargeisa (HAN) July 25, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – UK Government Minister Grant Shapps has pledged the UK’s ongoing support to the Somali people during his first visit to Mogadishu and Hargeisa. Minister of State for International Development and Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, The Rt Hon Grant…
Kenya: Military Jets Flying down with "Huge Explosions in Somalia"
Nairobi (HAN) July 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – The military offensive against Al-Shabaab is taking place in the Bay and Gedo regions of Somalia, to remove Al-Shabaab elements in southern neighboring regions of Kenya. “If Uganda and Kenya pulled out of Somalia, we will have not only failed the…
Djibouti: Refresh Your Perspective On Somali Stabilization Initiatives
Djibouti (HAN) July 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News. Findings from a survey conducted by Research firm Ipsos were released yesterday in Mogadishu, Somalia, indicating perceptions of the citizens’ on peace and stabilization initiatives in Somalia. The findings show that three-quarters of Somalis are optimistic about the country’s future and 72-percent…
Somalia: UNSC and British Govern Endorsed Iran, Somalia is Next
Djibouti (HAN) July 21, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News – The British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia Ms Harriet Mathews OBE, presented her credentials to the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Following the Somalia presidential palace ceremony, Ms Mathews said…
