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Somalia: Kenyan Troops Abandon Somali Camp to al Shabaab Militants
MOGADISHU (HAN) January 26, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Kenyan soldiers have abandoned a camp in the southern Somali town of El Adde following an attack by al Shabaab, a military spokesman said, and the islamist militants said they had taken full control of the base on Tuesday. The Kenyan troops, part of…
Somalia: Intelligence Agency Detains Journalist for Weeks
MOGADISHU (HAN) January 7, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Somali authorities should immediately release journalist Abdirisak Omar Ahmed or disclose any charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency arrested Abdirisak, a freelancer who wrote for the privately owned, Somali-language, news website Xogmaal,…
Somalia: Housing Boom as Mogadishu Emerges from Ashes of War
MOGADISHU (HAN) January 3, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. But now new housing estates are being built amid an economic boom as Diaspora Somalis return and newly wealthy businessmen capitalise on the relative peace in the city. Some seven kilometres outside Mogadishu in a formerly largely rural area, new homes are springing up,…
Uganda: UK Comes to the Aid the Refugees That Continue to Stream in
KAMPALA (HAN) December 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The United Kingdom has urged Uganda to get the warring parties in Burundi, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the negotiating table to stop continuous displacement of their nationals. Currently, Uganda is hosting more than half a million refugees from Kenya,…
Djibouti: Turkish First Mideast Military Base in Qatar, Djibouti and Somalia Soon
DJIBOUTI (HAN) December 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The regional statecraft Institute of SIRAD reviews research that has provided insights about the impact of Turkish military involvement in the region. Turkey diversifies allies with first Mideast military base in Qatar; is it possible also in Djibouti and in Mogadishu, Somalia,…
Egypt: Muslims Join in the Festive Cheer of Christmas
CAIRO (HAN) December 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. For a few Muslims, celebrating Christmas is a cherished annual event that they say does not interfere with their religion. In Cairo, several Muslim families prepared to mark the Christian holiday in the traditional ways – with Christmas trees, decorations and, of course,…
Somalia: Interview with Nicholas Kay in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (HAN) December 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The UN Envoy, Nicholas Kay gave interview to SNTV and said Somalia made huge progress during the last 2 and half years in terms of security, federalism, public finance management and many more. You can watch the interview here.
Somalia: Islamists Publicly Execute Two Officials
Mogadishu (HAN) December 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Islamist militant group al Shabaab publicly executed a Somali military officer and the leader of a small town in the southern Somali region of Lower Shabelle, a spokesman for the group and local residents said on Thursday. The group, which seeks to overthrow the…
Ethiopia: The Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) December 23, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. A senior government official said that Ethiopia will become the Chairperson of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) June 2016- December 2017. Briefing journalists on the outcome of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) and the Paris Agreement on Reduction of…
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