06 Sept 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Time to reshuffle the legislators has come says president Sharif of Somalia
- Parliament speaker calls for redoubling financial support for Somalia
- At UN-backed consultative meeting Somali regions agree to end dispute
- Somalis fear tyranny of al Shabaab as they flee drought-stricken areas
- Somali leaders meet in Mogadishu for a the second day
SOMALI MEDIA
Time to reshuffle the legislators has come, says president Sharif of Somalia
05 Sept – Source: Somaliweyn – 66 words
The president of Somalia is very optimistic that the ongoing consultative meeting in Mogadishu will be a fruitful one, and will lead to the right path of democracy for Somalia.
http://www.somaliweyn.info/
Somali leaders meet in Mogadishu for the second day
05 Sept – Source Radio Mogadishu, Bar-Kulan and Shabelle – 264 words
Somali leaders on Tuesday met in Mogadishu for the second day of a three-day national reconciliation conference in an effort to end 20 years of turmoil and set up plans for a new government. The meeting which has formally kick-started inside the Somali parliament building has been relocated to a building near the heavily fortified Adan Adde International Airport.
Parliament speaker calls for redoubling financial support for Somalia
05 Sept – Source: Radio Shabelle, Kulmiye – 102 words
The speaker of Somali parliament on Sunday called for the international community to redouble financial support to war torn horn of African nation to achieve peace and security. Addressing the consultative meeting in Mogadishu, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adam, the speaker of the parliament said the drought and famine is prevailing the country, noting more humanitarian assistance is needed at this critical time.
Famine displaced people warned to settle at broken buildings
05 Sept – Source: Shabelle – 107 words
The TFG’s Benadir regional administration on Monday warned the famine displaced Somalis not to establish makeshift settlements inside former broken buildings in Mogadishu. The deputy Mogadishu mayor for security affairs Warsame Jodah told the local media that such actions may endanger the lives of IDPs.
http://www.shabelle.net/
U.S officials to meet Muslim youth representatives in the U.S to preach democracyin their native home countries
05 Sept – Source: Radi Bar-Kulan – 163 words
The U.S foreign ministry is set to meet youth representatives from Muslim communities living in the country next Wednesday in Washington DC. The meeting will be attended by 53 Muslim youth representatives from 45 Muslim countries and is aimed at focusing on democratic changes in their native home countries. U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also expected to attend the meeting.
Puntland: ‘We stop clan wars, al Shabaab use clan card’
05 Sept – Source: Garowe Online – 458 words
The president of Somalia’s Puntland government has blamed al Shabaab for two days of fighting in Galkayo city, which claimed more than 60 lives, Garowe reports. Abdirahman Mohamed Farole addressed the media on Sunday at Garowe International Airport, moments before he flew to Mogadishu to attend the opening of the Somali National Consultative Conference.
UN calls for feeding famine hit people inside Somalia
05 Sept – Source: Radio Mogadishu, Bar-Kulan, Kulmiye, Shabelle and Risala – 131 words The UN called for drought and affected people to be fed inside Somalia to avert traveling for food and water and covering very long distances to reach neighboring countries. Mark Bowden, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia made the comments while speaking at the opening Somalia consultative conference in Mogadishu.
REGIONAL MEDIA
Famine declared in new Somalia region: UN
06 Sept – Source: AFP/ Emirates247 – 658 words
Famine spread to a sixth southern Somali region and will likely extend further in the coming four months with 750,000 people at risk of death, the United Nations said Monday.
http://www.emirates247.com/
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
At UN-backed consultative meeting, Somali regions agree to end dispute
05 Sept – Source: UN New Centre – 348 words
The leaders of two of Somalia’s semi-autonomous regions today committed to a peaceful settlement of their dispute and adopted a four-point plan to ensure that hostilities between the two territories do not recur, the United Nations political office for the country said.
Somalis fear tyranny of al Shabaab as they flee drought-stricken areas
05 Sept – Source: CNN – 553 words
A few weeks ago, Sengaba Ibrahim began her march through the arid wasteland of Somalia’s famine zones, an arduous trek not just for this 60-year-old woman, but for thousands of others who chance their lives in search of food and water in the drought-stricken region.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/
U.N. officials say famine is widening in Somalia
05 Sept – Source: New York Times – 513 words
The United Nations announced Monday that Somalia’s famine had spread to a sixth area within the country, with officials warning that 750,000 people could die in the next few months unless aid efforts were scaled up. A combination of drought, war, restrictions on aid groups and years of chaos have pushed four million Somalis — more than half the population — into “crisis,” according to the United Nations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
Charity president says aid groups are misleading the public on Somalia
03 Sept – Source: The Guardian – 804 words
The head of an international medical charity has called on aid agencies to stop presenting a misleading picture of the famine in Somalia and admit that helping the worst-affected people is almost impossible.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/