14 Jul 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Government allocates land for drought victims in Somali capita
- President appeals for Aid as TFG says seven million Somalis face starvation
- A plane carrying Aid lands in Baidoa southwest Somalia
- Refugees a security risk
- UNICEF resumes airlifts into south-central Somalia
- Somalis in Ottawa raise funds for drought victims
SOMALI MEDIA
President appeals for Aid as TFG says seven million Somalis face starvation
13 Jul – Source: Hiiraan Online – 444 words
President Sheikh Sharif on Wednesday said the crippling drought situation in the country has affected about seven million Somalis, many whom are starving due to the acute shortage of food and water in the country’s worst-hit southern regions.
http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/
A plane carrying Aid lands in Baidoa, southwest Somalia
13 Jul – Source: Mareeg Online, Hiiraan Online – 88 words
A plane carrying humanitarian aid for those affected by the drought in southwest Somalia on Wednesday landed at an airport in Baidoa for the first time in 3 years ago, reports said.
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.
Ahlu Sunna form new administration in Dhabad, Galguduud region
14 Jul- Source: Radio Shabelle- 99 words
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a has yesterday appointed a new administration for the town of Dhabad; Galguduud region, central Somalia which they said would do a lot to address the situation in the area.
Tension high in El-Wak, Gedo Region
13 Jul- Source: Radio Bar-kulan- 181 words
A tense situation is currently reported in El-Wak district of Gedo region as internal rift emerged within the Somali government forces in the area over levy collection in the district.
Al Shabaab arrest youth in central town
13 Jul- Source: Radio Gaalkacyo- 86 words
Al Shabaab, has arrested 10 people for allegedly using drugs in Eldheer District of Galguduud Region.
Government allocates land for drought victims in Somali capital
13 Jul- Source: Allpuntland, Radio Mogadishu, Radio BBC Somali Service- 177 words
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia has resettled drought victims who have been arriving in Mogadishu in recent weeks. The government has allocated large plots in Dharkeenley District and the neighbourhood of Jasira in the outskirts of Mogadishu, a move that has been welcomed by the displaced families arriving in the capital.
REGIONAL MEDIA
Refugees a security risk
13 Jul- Source: Daily Nation- 185 words
Kenya is coming under sustained pressure to open an additional camp for refugees trooping in from lawless Somalia. With a population of 400,000, the Dabaab cluster in Garissa County is already the biggest refugee camp in the world, growing at a rate that in June reached 16,000 new arrivals for the month.
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/
Kenyan ‘held at secret CIA jail’
13 Jul – Source: Daily Nation – 463 words
A Kenyan who disappeared from Nairobi’s Eastleigh suburb two years ago is being held at a secret CIA prison in Mogadishu, claims a US magazine.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
UNICEF resumes airlifts into south-central Somalia
13 Jul – Source: VOA – 243 words
For the first time in two years, the United Nations has airlifted aid to a part of Somalia controlled by the militant group al Shabaab.
Child malnutrition in Somalia at dire levels – ICRC
13 Jul – Source: Reuters- 239 words
One in 10 children in parts of drought-hit Somalia is at risk of starving to death, twice as many as recently as March, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday. Malnutrition rates were believed to be significantly higher in other conflict-torn parts of central and southern Somalia, where few aid groups have been allowed to bring food relief.
http://af.reuters.com/article/
SOS to naval ships as pirates bother buoys
13 Jul- Source: smh- 425 words
THE CSIRO has called in the US Navy to protect its climate change research from pirates. A vast section of the Indian Ocean has become too dangerous for scientific vessels because of armed.
Somali pirates : two cases this week in Dutch court
13 Jul- Source: Radio Netherlands- 315 words
It is a coincidence: for two days in a row Somali pirates stood trial in a Dutch court in Rotterdam. In both cases, the suspects were arrested by the Dutch Navy. On April 2nd the small vessel Hr. Ms. Tromp persued nine Somali pirates on the coast of Somalia. They are suspected for seizing an Iranian ship and attempted murder on Dutch Marines.
http://www.rnw.nl/africa/
Somalis in Ottawa raise funds for drought victims
13 Jul- Source: CBC- 372 words
Ottawa’s Somali community is rallying to raise money to help those devastated by a severe drought that the UN refugee agency has called the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. But while Somali community leaders in the capital gather to plan fundraising initiatives, the challenging part may be combating negative perceptions about the strife-torn country, where a staggering 10 million people desperately need food, water and medical services.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/