Category: Uganda
Somalia: long term U.S. State Department's Dual Track Approach
Mogadishu (HAN) July 19, 2014. Front line Diplomacy. According to the Ambassador David Shinn, “There may be some confusion over the US so-called “dual track” policy in Somalia. It was first enunciated in 2010 as a policy for supporting the central government in Mogadishu in addition to Somaliland, Puntland, and other emerging entities in Somalia.…
Somalia: AMISOM Safety and Security Compliance Audit conducted In Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) July 13, 2014: African Union Security news update. The AMISOM Safety and Security Unit conducted a Private Company Security Compliance Audit as part of its mission implementation planned activity for the year 2014. This Amisom safety and Security exercise, which is a continuous process, is to ensure the safety of personnel and equipment…
Uganda on high alert over Al-Shabaab terror threat
Kampala (HAN) July 6, 2014 – AMISOM Security Update. The Uganda security forces are patroling streets in Kampala with a tactical operation vehicle after the US embassy in Uganda warned of a “specific threat” by an unknown group to attack Entebbe international airport, which serves the capital Kampala. The alert came as travellers flying to…
Somalia: Terror incident “validates“ to promote a stable and secure Africa
London (HAN) July 6, 2014. Part 2 – Energy and security research news edited by Dr.Abdulahi Mohamed: In a new article by David Andrew Weinberg is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote: While the world panics over the conquests of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Saudi Arabia,…
Somalia: whether AMISOM Approach will Permanently Dismember Somalia
Mogadishu (HAN) July 1, 2014. Geeska Afrika Onlines looks at the tactics and the Idea behind Al-Shabaab and AMISOM’s Strategical differences; while, Puntland’s Vice president accuses Somaliland of being behind the recent events in Southern Somalia and Puntland, alleging “foreign meddling.” Let us read what Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar wrote about the current Issues: Two…
Somalia: The 23rd AU Summit Support to peace and Security efforts in Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) June 27, 2014 – The Horn of Africa Newsline (HAN) Correspondent, Jamal Sheikh Abiib reports that the 23rd Ordinary Summit of the AU opened in Malabo With a Call to Remain Resolute in Pushing the African Agenda for peace, security and Continental stability. The Special guest to the 23rd AU Summit, President…
Ethiopia: Energy Becomes a catalyst for Regional Integration
Adis Ababa (HAN) June 7, 2014 – The new strategy Assessing Regional Integration in the Horn of Africa, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn opened the US-Africa Energy Ministerial in Addis Ababa. Under the theme of “Catalyzing Sustainable Energy Growth in Africa, the Ministerial is focused on issues connected with the identification of strategies, technologies and practices…
Ethiopia: New Roads in Africa is to improve export of Natural Resources to China
Addis Ababa (HAN) May 22, 2041. This opinion paper By By Frank Ching. Africa’s natural resources can be more easily exported to China if infrastructure is modernized. But, in the long term, Africa itself is likely to be the biggest beneficiary of such modernization; according to Prime Minister of Ethiopia. According to the Geeska Afrika…
Ethiopia: The 7th AUPC and EU Annual Joint Peace and Security Meeting in Brussels
Addis baba (HAN) May 17, 2014. IGAD2020 Regional Security Watch – Press Release – By. Biruk FELEKE, EU Delegation to the African Union, Press & Information Officer. The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) and the European Union Political and Security Committee (EU PSC) held their 7th Annual Joint Consultative Meeting in Brussels,…
Uganda: Investors buying a stake in Rwanda’s renaissance
Kampala (HAN) April 30, 2014 . IGAD2020 Weekly Regional economic update. When mass murder and destruction broke out in Rwanda two decades ago, 12-year-old Ashish Thakkar and his family were among millions of refugees who had to run for their lives. Thakkar and his family took cover at a hotel in Kigali, which was famously portrayed…
