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A government spokesman says there is no Ethiopian military presence in
Somalia. : Djibouti
(HAN)
September 2nd, 2010- Somalia's
Transitional Federal Government is denying reports that Ethiopian troops
have taken the town of Beled weyn from al-Shabab militants in the
central Hiiran region.Listen
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 Ethiopia
Bans Distance Education, Cracks Down on Private Universities Nairobi
(HAN)
September 2nd, 2010 - Ethiopia has banned
off-campus education, and ordered private universities to close degree
programs in law and education. A directive issued by Ethiopia's
Education Ministry describes distance learning at off-campus sites as
"unnecessary at this stage" and orders all such operations to stop
enrolling new students immediately. The proclamation also prohibits
private universities from accepting new applicants in teaching or law
degree programs. The ruling will affect 64 private institutions.
September 2nd, 2010-
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Hot
Issue The
leader of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has called on Ugandans to
resist what he said is President Yoweri Museveni’s plan to rig next
year’s election, a day after he withdrew from an opposition coalition.
Ambassador Olara Otunnu, who was also a former U.N. Under-Secretary
General for Children’s Affairs, said he will continue to demand an
overhaul of the electoral commission to ensure the vote scheduled for
February is free and fair. . September
2nd, 2010
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Somalia:
Peacekeepers killed by mortar shell in Somalia: Djibouti
(HAN)
August
31st, 2010- The Barigye Ba-Hoku,
spokesman of the African Union mission in Somalia. "Mogadishu is a city
of skirmishes, so coincidently and unfortunately today, a mortar attack
on the presidential palace in the Somali capital has killed at least
four African Union peacekeepers and critically wounded nine others.Read
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Najma
Ahmed and Barack Obama Somalia
Djibouti
(HAN)
August
31st, 2010- This is a momentous week for
President Obama and his foreign policy. On Aug. 31, his televised
address to the nation marks the official end of the US combat mission in
Iraq.
The “long war” on terrorism is living up to its label, nine years after
the 9/11 attacks. As the US and its allies apply pressure in Afghanistan
and Pakistan, Al Qaeda-linked terrorist operations are springing up
elsewhere – in Yemen, at the tip of the Saudi Peninsula, and across the
Gulf of Aden in Somalia, on the edge of the Horn of Africa. Somalia’s
jihadist Al Shabab group has launched a final push to topple that
country’s weak, UN-backed government, and is coming perilously close to
succeeding.Read
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Hot
Issue
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a rebel
group who had been fighting for the independence of Western Somali
region (ethiopia) confirmed that it will sign final peace agreement with Ethiopia -
despite a rebuff by a splinted official in Doha. Foreign Bureau of the
ONLF rebel group,
in a statement sent to HAN GEESKA Afrika ONLINE said that “the Somali people in the
Somali zone region suffered a huge amount of political unrest that caused
bloodshed and now is the time for a political solution”.
Hot
Issue Abdi
Omar: Chairman, Kenya Somali Community of North America confirmed,
the fight to end the endemic social, political and economic issues
afflicting Kenyan society since independence . August
29th, 2010
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Uganda's
President Yoweri Museveni has said he will crush Somalia's al-Shabab : Djibouti
(HAN)
August
10th, 2010- The
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said he will crush Somalia's al-Shabab.
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Somalia:
The first Global Liaising commissioner for peace and security : Djibouti
(HAN)
August
10th, 2010- The
regional units of the AU forces are training the personnel, some of whom
will be ready for deployment in September for Somalia and Southern Sudan
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Djibouti
Sentences Prominent Businessman to 15 Years : Djibouti
(HAN)
August 10th, 2010- A
criminal court in Djibouti sentenced Abdourahiman Boreh, the self exiled
but richest businessman from Djibouti, to a 15-year prison term and a
fine of 56,000 dollars.
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Ethiopia
Plans Power Exports to Sudan After Rains Boost Dams : Djibouti
(HAN)
July 16th, 2010- The
Supplies to Sudan will total about 200 megawatts, while 150 megawatts
may also be sold to Djibouti should there be sufficient supplies, said
Mekuria Lemma, head of strategic management and programming at the
state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power Corp.
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The
NEW President of Somali Kilil of Ethiopia, Abdi Mahamoud Omar: Djibouti
(HAN)
July 15th, 2010- The
Ethiopia's Somali Region is undergoing a gradual but important
transition......
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Ethiopia
will meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving the poverty rate by
2015 : Djibouti
(HAN)
July 15th, 2010- The
percentage of the population living on less than 1,075 birr (79 U.S.
cents) a day fell to about 32.7 percent in 2008/09 from 48 percent in
1990 after economic growth averaged 8 percent over the past decade, said
the report, e-mailed to Bloomberg News by a government official who
asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to release the
document. To contact the reporter on this story: William Davison in
Addis Ababa via Johannesburg at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net.
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Somalia:
The Somalia Government is able to perform better on the streets of
Mogadishu : Djibouti
(HAN)
July 14th, 2010- The
Somali Islamist clerics are also with the Government and are spreading
their own call in Somalia and to the Somali communities in Kenya,
Ethiopia and the the globe. The Somali clerics are using similar tactics
the same text the Al-Shabab militants cite to back up their un-religious
arguments, which is against the Quran.
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ideas in our stories. Constructive debate - even pointed disagreement -
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remove from the comments publication. IGAD. July
10th, 2010
The Challenge Ahead
History
& the current regional
Issue Medhane
Tadesse. Islamic Fundamentalism in Somalia: its Nature and Implications:
According to the Islah by-law, every five years the organization has to
elect its Consultative (Shura) Council which elects the Chairman and the
two Vice-chairman. During the last 30 years, four chairmen were elected.
These are Sheikh Mohamed Geryare (1978-1990), Dr. Mohamed Ali Ibrahim
(1990-1999), Dr. Ali Sheikh Ahmed (1999-2008) and Dr. Ali Bashi Omar
Roraye (2008- 2013). Each chairman can be elected for only two terms of
five years. The membership of Dr. Mohamed Ali Ibrahim was revoked after
he joined the Islamic Court Union in 2006 in defiance of the
organization’s laws and policies. July
10th, 2010
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Djibouti (HAN) September 2nd, 2010::The
members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the
attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu on 30 August, which
resulted in the death of four African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
peacekeepers.
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces soldiers carry a coffin at Entebbe
airport,Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, of one the four soldiers that were
killed in a mortar shell at the presidential palace in Somalia on
Monday. Uganda said Wednesday it is ready to send 10,000 more troops to
Somalia if the U.S. provides the funding, a move that would see the
African Union force in Mogadishu more than double in size...<Listen>....
Djibouti (HAN)September 2nd, 2010::ICRC
spokeswoman, Nicole Englebrecht says the situation for the displaced is
becoming more critical. She says people are still fleeing fighting in
Mogadishu and this is swelling the ranks of the displaced and their
needs.. ..<Listen>....
Djibouti (HAN) September 2nd, 2010::The false
rumor that President Barack Obama is Muslim has been getting a lot of
attention recently, fueled in part by a new poll suggesting a growing
number of Americans believe it to be true. The rumor itself isn't new -
it's been around since before Mr. Obama began his run for the
Presidency. But it has been spreading rapidly lately - due in large
measure to the Internet.....<Listen>....
Djibouti (HAN) August 30th, 2010: A controversial
Somali-Canadian painter, cartoonist and activist has unveiled his first Canadian
exhibition in Edmonton.....<Listen>
Djibouti (HAN) August 29th, 2010:: ETHIOPIA's
UWSLF Sh.Ibraahim Maxamed Xuseen...The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF),
a rebel group who had been fighting for the independence of Western Somali
region (ethiopia) confirmed that it will sign final peace agreement with
Ethiopia - despite a rebuff by a splinted official in Doha. Foreign Bureau of
the ONLF rebel group, in a statement sent to HAN GEESKA Afrika ONLINE said that
“the Somali people in the Somali zone region suffered a huge amount of political
unrest that caused bloodshed and now is the time for a political solution”....<Listen>....
 Djibouti (HAN)
August 29th, 2010::
Somali Minister of Information Abdurahman Omar
Osman speaks on his mobile phone in front of the Muna Hotel following an
armed attack in Mogadishu
Djibouti (HAN) August 20th, 2010:: Tirunesh
Dibaba Kenene of Ethiopia after winning the women's finals of the 10,000
metres at the 17th CAA Senior African Athletics Championship meeting at
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi...<Listen>....
Djibouti (HAN) August 20th, 2010::Somali
It marked one of the first times a US counterterrorism official was
warned that Islamic extremists in Somalia could pose a threat to the US
homeland. The northeastern tip of Somalia has been a peaceful haven in
an often violent nation, but a powerful warlord and a series of recent
clashes are threatening to open a new zone of lawlessness. ..<Listen>....
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