01 Jul 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Mandate of AU troops in Somalia changed to enforcement of peace
- Ministers meet in Mogadishu discuss drought affecting people
- Somali forces seize al Shabaab linked individuals
- Dadaab complex sees 20000 Somali refugees arriving in just two weeks
- Somalia appeals for international assistance as drought worsens
Titres Principaux:
- We apologise that the French translation of the headlines is not available until further notice
SOMALI MEDIA
Mandate of AU troops in Somalia changed to enforcement of peace
30 Jun- Source: Radio Shabelle- 164 words
A senior commander of AMISOM troops in Mogadishu Colonel Patrick Lucge has said their mandate in the country has been changed from that of peacekeeping to enforcement of peace. The commander said in order for peace to be kept, it has to be first attained.
Ministers meet in Mogadishu, discuss drought affecting people
30 Jun- Source: Msreeg- 178 words
The cabinet ministries of the transitional government of Somalia have held meeting in theSomalia capital Mogadishu and discussed more on how they would help the people displaced by the drought afflicting the country.
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=20218&tirsan=3
Somali forces seize al Shabaab linked individuals
30 Jun- Source: Shabelle- 95 words
Forces loyal to Somali interim federal government on Thursday said they seized a number of individuals who are suspected to have ties to the al Shabaab movement.
http://shabelle.net/article.php?id=8188
Police, Somali refugees clash in Kenya
30 Jun- Source: Mareeg- 147 words
Kenyan police and Somali refugees in Dhagahley camp have clashed on Thursday after the police destroyed business buildings, mosques and other places for the Somalis there in northeastern Kenya, eyewitnesses said on Thursday.
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=20219&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=bbf6faf28bf7eeb0d2623 d5aa91fee7c
REGIONAL MEDIA
US ‘extends drone strikes to Somalia’
30 Jun – Source: AlJazeera News – 180 words
A US drone aircraft is reported to have fired upon two senior members of al-Shabab, the Islamist anti-government armed group, in Somalia last week, marking the first time a US unmanned plane has been used for such an attack inside the country.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/06/201163018229379353.html
Dadaab complex sees 20,000 Somali refugees arriving in just two weeks
30 Jun- Source: Coastweek- 38 words
The UN refugee agency UNHCR said Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya has received more than 20, 000 Somali refugees over the past two weeks, mostly farmers and animal herders from Lower Juba and the city of Dhobley.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Somalia appeals for international assistance as drought worsens
30 Jun – Source: VOA – 201 words
Somalia’s Council of Ministers issued a statement Thursday calling for dramatic intervention on the part of the United Nations and the international community to prevent the country’s current drought from becoming a major catastrophe. Somali government spokesperson Abdirahman Omar Osman spoke with VOA just before the appeal was issued.
Somalia’s prime minister’s unenviable role
30 Jun – Source: The Star news (Toronto) – 220 words
No one envies the politician who has to fill the void when his predecessor’s departure sparked riots. But no one envies any Somali leader much anyway when it seems political infighting has hampered the country’s prospects of peace almost as much as the war with al Shabaab, the Shabaab group fighting in the name of al Qaeda.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1017896–somalia-s-prime-minister-s-unenviable-role