04 Jul 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Prime Minster visits frontlines in Mogadishu
- Puntland leader demands key ministerial posts in Somali cabinet
- Prime Minster Ali promises to name an efficient right-sized cabinet
- Puntland sentences a journalist to imprisonment
- Al Shabaab order young people in southern Somalia to join “holy war”
- Reform or forget funding EU warns Somalia government
- NGO warns of disaster in Somalia
- Al Shabaab a spent force says Somalia’s Deputy PM
- US took bodies of militants after strike
Titres Principaux:
- We apologise that the French translation of the headlines is not available until further notice
PRESS STATEMENT
AMISOM to hold roundtable on enhancing respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) in the implementation of its mandate
1 Jul – Source: AMISOM- 193 words
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will hold a roundtable on the theme “Enhancing Respect of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in the Implementation of AMISOM Mandate” from 6th-8th July 2011 in Kigali, Rwanda. (…) The three day meeting, which is being hosted by the Government of Rwanda, will pool participants from AMISOM troop contributing countries, the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG), Somalia civil society, human rights organizations, academia, peace-keeping training institutions, research and policy advocacy organizations and the media among others.
SOMALI MEDIA
Prime Minster visits frontlines in Mogadishu
03 Jul – Source: Radio Mogadishu, Shabelle, Kulmiye, Bar-Kulan and Risala – 215 words
The Prime Minister, Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gas has visited the frontlines of the battle zones in Mogadishu and met with Burundian troops at the former ministry of defence for Somalia.
Somali president: Buccaneers have created so many problems for Somalis
02 Jul – Source: Radio Mogadishu, Shabelle – 132 words
The president, Sheikh Sharif on Friday remarked that pirates, al Shabaab and al Qaeda are a nuisance and have created countless problems for Somalis.
Puntland leader demands key ministerial posts in Somali cabinet
02 Jul – Source: Radio Shabelle – 177 words
The president of the Puntland regional administration, Abdirahman Muhammad Farole has said that his administration will not accept the new cabinet to be named by Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Gas if Puntland is not consulted on it’s slot in the planned cabinet.
Low-level flying aircrafts hover over southern Somali town
02 Jul – Source: Radio Shabelle, Kulmiye and Risala – 160 words
Low-level flying aircrafts have been seen hovering over parts of Kismayo, an al Shabaab stronghold, which is about 500 kilometers south of Mogadishu.
Prime Minster Ali promises to name an efficient right-sized cabinet
02 Jul – Source: Hiiraan Online – 415 words
The new Somali Prime Minister, Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali is pledging to set up a small and qualified cabinet. Speaking to the BBC Somali service on Saturday, the prime minister said the new cabinet will focus on changing the way the TFG will engage with its ordinary citizens.
http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2011/July/prime_minster_ali_promises_to_name_an_efficient_rig ht_sized_cabinet.aspx
AMISOM receives military support from the US
02 Jul – Source: Radio Shabelle – 134 words
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Friday proclaimed it had received military support from the US.
Uganda deploys more troops into Mogadishu
02 Jul- Source: Raxanreeb- 133 words
Authorities of the African Union mission in Somalia [AMISOM] have confirmed the deployment of nearly 3,000 troops of UPDF into Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia on Friday.
http://www.raxanreeb.com/?p=101880
Puntland sentences a journalist to imprisonment
02 Jul – Source: Radio Bar-Kulan, Shabelle, and Kulmiye – 103 words
A court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland has sentenced a journalist to a one-year prison term for publishing an anti-Puntland report on an online website.
Kenyan police arrest 40 Somalis at Dhagahley refugee camp
03 Jul – Source: Shabelle – 151 words
The Kenyan police have arrested at least 40 Somalis at Dhagahley refugee camp in northeastern Kenya, reports said Sunday. The move against Somali refugees by Kenyan police comes days after deadly clash between the police and Somalis left two people dead.
http://www.shabelle.net/article.php?id=8255
Al Shabaab take control of radio station, change name to Al-Andalus
02 Jul – Source: Radio Banadir – 88 words
Al Shabaab, has taken control of Radio Jowhar, an FM station based in Jowhar town, southern Somalia and renamed it to radio “Al-Andalus”.
Ahlu Sunna vows to fight newly formed Azania State
03 Jul – Source: Radio Shabelle – 188 words
Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a (ASWJ) has vowed it will fight against the newly formed Azania state in southern Somalia and have banned any officials from Azania who claim responsibility of controlling Gedo and Jubba from the region.
Refugees trek to Kenya, Ethiopia as weather conditions worsen
02 Jul – Source: Hiiraan Online – 592 words
Hundreds of drought-hit herders are fleeing their homes in the southern Somalia to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia due to the severe shortage of pasture and water in parts of the region.
http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2011/July/somalia_s_drought_refugees_trek_to_kenya_ethiopia_a s_weather_conditions_exacerbate.aspx
Al Shabaab order young people in southern Somalia to join “holy war”
02 Jul – Source: Radio Galkayo – 156 words
Al Shabaab has ordered young people in the port town of Kismayo, southern Somalia, to join what they termed as the holy war against the TFG and AMISOM.
Al Shabaab warns religious group (Tabliiq)
03 Jul – Source; Radio Furqan – 179 words
Al Shabaab has warned religious groups (Tabliiq and Salaful Jadid), who are known for preaching Islam to leave Somalia adding that if they defy the order they will face the consequences.
Fresh fighting breaks out in Mudug region
03 Jul – Source: Mareeg Online 132 words
Fresh fighting between neighbouring clan militia has been reported in Dhagahtur village in Mudug region in northern Somalia on Sunday over the use of a water in the area.
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=20246&tirsan=3
REGIONAL MEDIA
EA countries get more US aid for fighting al Shabaab
03 Jul- Source: the East Africa – 495 words
The US is escalating its military involvement in Somalia with a recent drone strike against al Shabaab and the provision of nearly $50 million in new military aid to Uganda and Burundi, the countries that make up the African Union fighting force inside Somalia.
Reform or forget funding, EU warns Somalia government
03 Jul- Source: the East Africa -340 words
The European Union has given Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) a 12-month ultimatum to embark on necessary reforms or risk losing financial support.
African Union: Beyond passive peacekeeping?
03 Jul – Source: Al Jazeera – 24 min
In an interview with Stip Hansen, Shiulie Gosh, discusses the role expanded role of AMISOM in Somalia and asks what this means for the Somalia.
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2011/07/201173113526511344.html
UPDF in Somalia complain over pay cuts
O3 Jul – Source: Daily Monitor – 740 words
The successful UPDF operations in Somalia could be undermined by issues of remuneration as soldiers are complaining of delayed payment and unclear deductions from their allowances.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1175674/-/c0usl8z/-/index.html
NGO warns of disaster in Somalia
03 Jul- Source: Daily Monitor- 273 words
Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s largest humanitarian agency, has warned that the current drought in the Horn of Africa, which is already affecting 10 million people, and has been described as the worst food crisis facing the world right now, is reaching a tipping point.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1193020/-/byo9a8z/-/
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Al Shabaab a spent force, says Somalia’s Deputy PM
02 Jul- Source: RFI -802 words
Somalia’s Shabaab rebels are “a spent force”, Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Omaar has told RFI in an interview at the 17th African Union (AU) summit in Malabo. Omaar promises a new president will be elected next year and insists that government forces will win territorial control.
http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20110701-al-shabaab-has-nothing-more-offer-says-somalideputy- pm
Victims of anarchy: Somalia’s refugees in Africa
02 Jul- Source: International Bussines Times – 443 words
A riot in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya resulted in the death of two people Thursday, revealing a growing issue that undermines the safety and effectiveness of such compounds. The Dadaab complex, which is run by the United Nations, is massively over-populated. The camp was designed to hold 90,000 people, but is currently home to some 370,000, a large majority of them Somalis fleeing from their neighboring homeland.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/173282/20110702/kenya-somalia-refugee-ethiopia-africa-warfamine. htm
US took bodies of militants after strike
01 Jul- Source: AP- 341 words
U.S. military forces landed in Somalia to retrieve the bodies of dead or wounded militants after a U.S. drone strike targeted a group of insurgents, Somalia’s defense minister told The Associated Press on Friday.