13 Jul 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Mahiga meets with top TFG officials in Mogadish
- AU orders AMISOM to provide security to humanitarian workers
- Fighting breaks out in Dheg-tuur village central Somalia
- African Union calls for Somalia drought aid
- Visiting German chancellor Kenyan leader discuss Somalia South Sudan
- In Mogadishu: A lifeline for Somali rape victims
SOMALI MEDIA
Mahiga meets with top TFG officials in Mogadishu
12 Jul – Source: Shabelle – 143 words
A UN delegation led by the UN Special envoy for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga on Tuesday arrived in Mogadishu and met with the president, the speaker of parliament and the prime minister.
http://www.shabelle.net/
Fighting breaks out in Dheg-tuur village, central Somalia
12 Jul – Source: Mareeg Onine, Radio Bar-kulan – 109 words
Reports from Galka’o city of Mudug region say that heavy fighting between two clans has just broken out in Dheg-tur village.
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.
Kenya Police apprehend Somali traders in Mandera
12 Jul – Source: Radio Shabelle – 131 words
Kenyan police have detained 10 Somali traders after search operations in Mandera in north eastern Kenya, reports said Tuesday. During the operations, the police also seized 20 trucks and privately owned cars, reports added. The operations come days after some Somali Khat traders and their trucks had been kidnapped while they were on their way to Somalia’s Gedo region near Kenya.
TFG forces give their salaries to help displaced families
12 Jul – Source: Raxanreeb – 216 words
Somalia military forces have contributed part of their monthly salaries to assist those who have been displaced by the drought in Somalia, RBC Radio reports.
http://www.raxanreeb.com/?p=
Al Shabaab flogs four people in Afgoi
12 Jul – Source: Radio Bar-Kulan – 124 words
Al Shabaab in Afgoi district of Lower Shabele region has publicly flogged four people for allegedly committing various crimes in the district.
Fire destroys IDP camp in Garowe
12 Jul – Source: Raxanreeb – 196 words
At least 2 people and 200 make shift homes were destroyed by a fire at an IDP camp in Garowe, Puntland on Monday
http://www.raxanreeb.com/?p=
REGIONAL MEDIA
Visiting German chancellor, Kenyan leader discuss Somalia, South Sudan
12 Jul – Source: KBC – 178 words
The Federal Government of Germany has pledged 140 million Euros (Ksh. 17.5 billion) during the 2010-2013 period to fund various projects in Kenya covering key social sectors critical to the attainment of Millennium Development Goals, President Mwai Kibaki has said. On Somalia, the leaders underscored the need for the international community to support the Kampala Accord and strengthen the capacity of the Transitional Federal Government and AMISOM forces to stabilize Somalia.
http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?
AU orders AMISOM to provide security to humanitarian workers
12 Jul – Source: the Africa Report – 436 words
The African Union has ordered its peacekeepers to provide security to humanitarian workers due to the deteriorating security situation in the war torn country. “The chairperson of the commission (Jean Ping) has directed the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to continue doing everything in its powers to provide security for humanitarian personnel in Mogadishu, in order to facilitate access to those in need of food and other relief items,” the AU Commission said on Tuesday.
UAE is asked to ease Somalia crisis
13 Jul- Source: the National- 590 words
The United Nations will appeal to the UAE government today to help millions of people in the Horn of Africa facing starvation during the worst drought in six decades. The UN refugee agency will formally ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contribute to its global appeal for just over Dh500 million, launched last Friday to provide assistance to Somalis who are fleeing to neighbouring countries.
http://www.thenational.ae/
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
African Union calls for Somalia drought aid
12 Jul – Source: AFP – 275 words
The African Union called Tuesday on the international community to come to the aid of Somalia, where one in three people are suffering from the combined effect of unrest and drought. “Close to three million people, that is one in three Somalis, are in need of humanitarian assistance,” said the AU in a statement.
Somalis on trial in Dutch court for piracy
12 Jul – Source: Reuters – 307 words
Five suspected Somali pirates went on trial in a Dutch court on Tuesday for seizing a South African yacht and face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty. The yacht Choizil was taken off the coast of Tanzania on November 7.
http://af.reuters.com/article/
U.N. says struggling with growing Somali exodus
12 Jul – Source: Reuters – 142 words
The United Nations said on Tuesday it was struggling to keep up with an exodus of hungry Somali refugees and many emaciated children were dying of malnutrition along the way or after arriving in neighbouring countries. More than 11 million people in the Horn of Africa now need assistance to survive the crisis sparked by the worst drought in decades, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
http://af.reuters.com/article/
BLOGS/CULTURE/EDITORIAL
In Mogadishu: A lifeline for Somali rape victims
12 Jul – New York Times – 970 words
“Why did you come here when no one else does?” The African Union communications director asked us over dinner at its compound in Mogadishu. Good question. We were warned against it, especially by war-zone regulars. (…) So, why go? I gave the short answer, “We’re supporting a local social entrepreneur in launching a sexual violence hotline.” But the real answer was more complicated. Somalia bothers me. The 1993 Black Hawk Down incident was tragic not only for the loss of United States servicemen, but because many experts credit this loss with a shift in American public sentiment and policy toward mass atrocity in Africa. In effect, we collectively flipped off our empathy switch, approaching African crises like Rwanda, Congo and Darfur as “Operation Not Worth It.” But no country has been more written off than Somalia. And in Somalia, no group has been more written off than women.
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.