12 Jul 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Somali children die en route to refugee camp
- IDPs in Mogadishu receive relief aid
- Somalis in Britain help nation through drought
- Parliament unanimously approves Kampala accord
- Fresh row erupts between al Shabaab’s Godane and Abu Mansur
- Four killed as government troops clash with al Shabaab in Gedo region
- Experience teaches AMISOM as life returns to Mogadishu
- Uganda’s Museveni calls for air support in Somalia
SOMALI MEDIA
Parliament unanimously approves Kampala accord
11 Jul – Source: Radio Mogadishu, Shabelle, Kulmiye – 273 words
The Transitional federal parliament on Monday overwhelmingly approved the Kampala Accord that extended the current government’s term for an additional 12 months.
IDPs in Mogadishu receive relief aid
11 Jul – Source: Radio Bar-Kulan – 135 words
An international aid agency, Muslim Aid, has provided food rations to over a thousand droughtdisplaced families in five IDP cams in Hamar-Weyne district of Mogadishu. Muslim Aid official, Ali Elmi, told Bar-kulan that his organization has distributed food aid comprising of cooking oil and rice to IDPs in five different camps in Hamar-Weyne.
Fresh row erupts between al Shabaab’s Godane and Abu Mansur
11 Jul – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 146 words
A fresh row has reportedly erupted between al Shabaab’s Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur and Ahmed Godane, forcing Robow’s allied militia to move to a section of Baidoa town, in what seems to a show of military mighty. Reliable sources in Baidoa say, Godane allied al Shabaab militia withdrew from Robow’s strong hold town of Baidoa and fled to some parts of Lower Shabelle.
Four killed as government troops clash with al Shabaab in Gedo region
11 Jul – Source: Radio Galkayo – 108 words
Four people have been killed and four others injured following heavy fighting involving exchange mortars between government forces and al Shabaab in Garbaharey district in Gedo region, southwestern Somalia.
Somali political actors asked to respect humanitarian laws
11 Jul – Source: Hiiraan Online – 522 words
Human right protectors are seeking political and social commitment from parties engaged in the long running Somali conflict to enhance and respect international humanitarian law in Somalia.
http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2011/July/somali_political_actors_asked_to_respect_humanitaria n_laws.aspx
Delegation from Italy meets with TFG officials in Mogadishu
11 Jul – Source: Mareeg Online – 54 words
A delegation from Italy yesterday held talks with government officials at Villa Somalia in Mogadishu.
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=20362&tirsan=3
Somali govt welcomes Shabelle’s campaign aid those affected by the drought
12 Jul – Source: Radio Shabelle – 133 words
The Director of the ministry of labor, sports, and social affairs, Sheikh Aweys Sheikh Hadad warmly welcomed the campaign by Shabelle radio to help those who have been displaced by the drought in Somalia.
REGIONAL MEDIA
Kenya told to open up new refugee
12 Jul – Source: Daily Nation – 190 words
A United Nations agency wants Kenya to open up a new settlement to accommodate refugees who have flocked the Daadab camp. The head of the UN refugee agency Antonio Guterres was taken aback by the pathetic state of affairs at the camp, one of the word’s largest, when he visited at the weekend.
Experience teaches AMISOM as life returns to Mogadishu
11 Jul – Source: Daily Monitor – 1296 words
When al Shabaab terrorists hit Kampala last year, they pointed to Uganda’s presence in Somalia as one of the causes. Our reporter Risdel Kasasira went to Mogadishu and he assesses the impact Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers have had on the war-torn city.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/-/688342/1198674/-/uvsrob/-/
Ethiopian premier, French foreign minister discuss Somalia, Libya
11 Jul – Source: Ethiopian Radio – 89 words
The French foreign minister has said Ethiopia was playing a great role for peace and stability in the region. According to the report, the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Foreign Minister Juppe also discussed bilateral economic and development cooperation and the situations in Somalia and Libya
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Uganda’s Museveni calls for air support in Somalia
11 Jul – Source: Reuters – 149 words
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday called for foreign air support to help root out Islamist militants in Somalia, one year after suicide bombings killed 79 people in his country’s capital city.
http://af.reuters.com/article/somaliaNews/idAFLDE76A0Z120110711
Rising death toll feared as drought spreads
11 Jul – Source: Irin News – 712 words
Civil society groups are rallying together to help the vulnerable as the drought ravaging Somalia spreads to hitherto unaffected areas, amid concerns that hunger-related deaths are dramatically increasing.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93197
East Africa drought: DEC appeal raises £9m
11 Jul – Source: BBC – 641 words
The UK charity appeal to help people affected by severe drought in the Horn of Africa has so far raised £9m. A group of UK aid agencies launched the fund-raising appeal with a series of TV and radio broadcasts on Friday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14106859
Death toll of malnourished children increases in Somalia’s capital
11 Jul – Source: Allheadlines – 388 words
At least eight severely malnourished children have died in Mogadishu after 24 hours of rain, making the situations of drought-displaced Somalis much worse, witnesses said Sunday. Living unsheltered on open ground after their arrival at the nations’s capital, the most vulnerable members of the internally displaced people (IDPs) are facing appalling conditions because of the rains, as humanitarian aid is largely absent, according to Nur Maday, one of the internal refugees.
Somali children die en route to refugee camp
11 Jul – Source: AP – 713 words
Faduma Sakow Abdullahi and her five children tried to escape starvation in Somalia by journeying to a Kenyan refugee camp. Only one day before they reached their destination, her 4- year-old daughter and 5-year-old son died of exhaustion and hunger. At first the 29-year-old widow thought the two were merely sleeping when they wouldn’t get up after a brief rest. She had to leave their bodies under a tree, unburied, so she could push on with her baby, 2-year-old and 3- year-old.
Somalis in Britain help nation through drought
11 Jul – Source: VOA – 533 words
Somalia is suffering the “worst humanitarian crisis” in the world, according to the head of the U.N. refugee agency, and aid groups are working hard to make sure millions of people hit by drought have access to food, clean water and medical care. But aid is only one way to help people through crisis. Our reporter in London talks to the Somali diaspora in Britain about how cash transfers can help family and friends in Somalia survive the crisis.
BLOGS/CULTURE/EDITORIAL
Somalia’s child refugees bare the burden
11 Jul – Source: Foreign Policy Association – 287 words The plight of Somali children, whose families are fleeing the country’s ongoing 20 year conflict and continuing drought, attempting to reach refugee camps in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, is ringing alarm bells at the United Nations. Somali children are dying in great numbers- aid workers have begun to discover that many are unable to survive the treacherous journey to the overrun border camps. Those children who are lucky enough to survive the trek are all too often frail and hungry.
http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2011/07/11/somalias-child-refug/