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Ethiopia: This day in history
Nairobi (HAN) September 12, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security. Today is Saturday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2015. There are 110 days left in the year. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Linda Gray is 75. Singer Maria Muldaur is 73. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is 59. Actress Rachel Ward is 58. Former senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts…
IGAD: Ministers Plead for the Positive Effects of Remittance
Addis Ababa (HAN) July 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) of Ethiopia, with support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), this morning held a ministerial round table meeting on “Remittances as a Tool for Financing Development and…
Djibouti: Jordan King Met presidents of Djibouti, Tanzania, Somalia and Kenya
Djibouti (HAN) May 01, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News.The King of Jordan His Majesty King Abdullah II will hold a private meeting in Aqaba, with presidents of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, and Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, along with a number of other international security officials. The…
John Kerry's message to the Somali people
Mogadishu (HAN) May 5,2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Somalia on Tuesday — the first U.S. secretary of state ever to travel to the country riven by decades of war and grappling with an Islamist insurgency. Kerry was greeted upon arrival in Mogadishu by Somalia’s President,…
This Week In Pictures 20-25 April 2015
Africa (HAN) April 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional News. Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world this week. 20-25 April 2015 HAN & Geeska Afrika Online (1985-2015), the oldest free independent Free Press in the region, brings together top journalists from across the Horn of Africa. Including…
Djibouti: The Houthis Doctrine Must Be Stopped
Djibouti (HAN) April 14, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional defense and Maritime security News. A Djibouti Diplomat told Geeska Afrika Online that, the Hezbollah style sister in Yemen, “Houthis” has already created a complete system of Shia’a in the region and assaulting the stability of the Horn of Africa and must be stop in all…
Uganda: Life in Kampala
Kampala (HAN) December 30, 2014 Public diplomacy and Regional news A city built on seven hills, Kampala, the capital of Uganda offers an exciting cultural experience for many foreign visitors. Rated by the UN as a country with the happiest people in East Africa, many foreigners find it easy to stay and live comfortably within the city.…
Ethiopia: Should East Africa Worry About the Oil Crisis?
Nairobi (HAN) November 30, 2014. Public diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure investment news. Recent oil and gas finds across the East Africa region has positioned it as a lucrative investment destination in Africa. Research has shown that discoveries in the last few years are more than that of any other region in the world, and the…
Kenya: New security system worth $165.2 million.
Nairobi November 25.2014 Public diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure investment news. Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile phone firm on Tuesday said it had signed a deal with the government to construct a security system worth $165.2 million. The project was given the go-ahead by a parliamentary committee on administration and national security in July, which cited last September’s…
Somali Prime Minister: My cabinet will not be intimidated
Mogadishu (HAN) November 25, 2014. Public diplomacy and Regional parliamentary crisis news. The prime minister of Somalia, Abdiwali Sheikh, vowed a tough and uncompromising response; my cabinet will not be intimidated by elements controled by Haasan Sheikh or shooting. A third new session of the Somali parliament ended abruptly on Monday following the distribution of…
