Category: world
Somaliland: Human rights “Significant Gaps Remain”: Report 2020
MOGADISHU (HAN) September 20. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia, Isha Dyfan, assumed her functions on 1 May 2020, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council on 12 March 2020. Since May, the Independent Expert has held online meetings…
Mo Farah to focus on 10,000m at Tokyo Olympics
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has confirmed he will skip the 5,000m at the Tokyo Games next summer. Farah, 37, won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 London Olympics and Rio Games in 2016 before shifting his focus to marathons. He had confirmed he would defend his 10,000m title at the rescheduled Games. “I’m getting on…
Father of Ethiopian Football :Yidnekachew Tessema
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 11. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues.His father was the famous Ethiopian poet Tessema Eshete and his mother was Mulatwa Gebreselassie. He was intelligent, witty and fluent in four languages (Amharic, English, French and Italian). He also studied Arabic and Swahili. He was one of the founding members of the Confederation Africaine de…
Somaliland’s New Cold War Diplomacy
by Mohamed Farah Hersi. In 2020, Somaliland’s internationally and regionally isolated status has dramatically changed with the establishment of new diplomatic engagements. These new friendships have created foes and friends for the de facto nation state. For many years gone by, Somaliland had been a silent actor in regional dynamics because of its lack of international recognition and…
Somaliland: Shukri Bandare “Climate change is real”
Djibouti (HAN) December 6th, 2019. Regional security -Famine and Drought. -IGAD 2020 Regional Security Watch. In August 2019, Shukri Haji Ismail Bandare is the Minister of Environment and Rural Development in Somaliland said, “Somaliland is facing climate change now and Shukri is taking action.” Thereafter, She was nominated as a Minister for Environment and Rural Development and…
Somaliland Experiencing Climate Extremes
Hargeisa (HAN) December 6th, 2019. Regional Security and Climate Crisis. Extreme Weather Issues in the Horn of Africa. People were suffering from drought for the last 2 decades, but now with extreme flooding. Changing climate has displaced a thousands in Somaliland and Puntland regional state of Somalia. “Climate change is real. In Somaliland, it is…
Long-awaited Ethiopia v Eritrea clash delayed again
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has confirmed that it will not be sending a team to the regional Cecafa Regional Senior Challenge Cup in Uganda later this month. It means that an expected match against neighbours Eritrea will not be going ahead – the two nations had initially been drawn in the same group for…
Ethiopian Athletes win 2019 SCO Kunming International Marathon
Kunming: Ethiopian athletes swept the titles in both men’s and women’s events at the 2019 SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Kunming International Marathon in southwest China’s Yunnan province on Sunday. Dereje Debele Tulu from Ethiopia won the men’s full marathon race in 2:13:18, while his compatriot Mulu Seboka Seyfu triumphed in the women’s category in 2:32:54, both smashing the competition’s records. Ethiopian…
Somaliland: Why is the World Ignoring it?
Hargeisa (HAN): December 2nd, 2019 – Opinion By. Garrett O’Brien, Harverd Political Review – Regional IGAD Security Watch: Why is the World Ignoring Somaliland? most, a functionally independent country that lies in the northern part of modern Somalia with a separate government, education system, and even a coast guard would be something out of a fantasy novel.…
Ethiopia shock Ivory Coast as Madagascar win big
Ethiopia under the guidance of local coach Abraham Mebratu, caused an upset in 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying with a 2-1 win over visiting Ivory Coast. That loss allowed Madagascar to go to the top of Group K when they thrashed hosts Niger 6-2. Also on Tuesday in Zimbabwe won in Zambia while in…
