17 Nov 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- President Sharif meet Kibaki and Museveni in Nairobi (Source: Radio Bar-kulan Radio Mogadishu)
- UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Bowden arrives in Mogadishu (Source: Radio Mogadishu Mareeg Online and Hiiraan Online)
- Al Shabaab withdraws from camps (Source: Somalia Report)
- States urge unity to defeat al Shabaab (Source: Daily Nation)
- Somalia Uganda to bolster Kenya’s Shabaab offensive (Source: Capital FM)
- Kenya and Amisom to join forces in al Shabaab fight (Source: Africa Review)
SOMALI MEDIA
President Sharif meet Kibaki and Museveni in Nairobi
16 Nov- Source: Radio Bar-kulan, Radio Mogadishu- 199 words
Somalia’s president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is meeting his Kenyan and Ugandan counterparts in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. President Sharif and his entourage arrived in Nairobi early on Wednesday for a two day visit to attend a meeting between the three East African leaders in Nairobi.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Mark Bowden arrives in Mogadishu
16 Nov – Source: Radio Mogadishu, Mareeg Online and Hiiraan Online – 56 words
The UN Humanitarian coordinator for Somalia and officials from the United Nations Political office for Somalia have arrived in Mogadishu and held talks with the Prime Minister, Dr. Abdiweli Gaasi.
27 killed in clashes between TFG troops and al Shabaab in Gedo region
16 Nov – Source: Radio Bar-Kulan – 150 words At least 27 people, mainly combatants, were killed and several others wounded following fierce fighting between TFG and al Shabaab in Busar village, 40 km from El-wak town in Gedo region.
Al Shabaab withdraws from camps
16 Nov- Source: Somalia Report- 53 words
Reports from Banadir, Middle Shabelle and Lower Shabelle regions in southern Somalia indicate that al Shabaab have withdrawn their troops, military vehicles and equipment from camps in the region fearing more air strikes from Kenyan forces and western countries.
Somali rebels vow to defeat Kenya as attacks rock Mogadishu
16 Nov – Source: Maarkacadeey – 220 words
A wave of grenade attacks killed a child and wounded nine other people in the Somali capital, as Islamists rebels Wednesday warned Kenyan forces of “hellfire” if they did not pull out of the country. The warning, from Sheikh Ali Mohammed Rage, spokesperson for al Shabaab rebels, came a month after Kenyan troops crossed into southern Somalia.
http://www.markacadeey.com/
Al Shabaab arrests two in Beledweyne for alleged espionage
16 Nov – Source: Radio Bar-Kulan – 138 words
Al Shabaab militias in Beledweyne town have arrested two suspects for allegedly of spying on their military activities in the area. Rebel fighters combed parts of the town rounded up the suspect whom they accused of spying for Ethiopian government.
Al Shabaab launches Kismayo crackdown
16 Nov- Source: Somalia Report- 31 words
Al Shabaab militants have arrested 25 young men in Kismayo over the last few days, saying they have collected intelligence pointing to widespread spying for the TFG and its allies, including Kenya.
REGIONAL MEDIA
States urge unity to defeat al Shabaab
16 Nov- Source: Daily Nation- 496 words
Kenya, Uganda and Somalia have urged regional solidarity to bring to an end the state of lawlessness that has prevailed in Somalia over the last two decades
Somalia, Uganda to bolster Kenya’s Shabaab offensive
16 Nov- Source: Capital FM- 544 words
Somalia and Uganda have agreed on a co-ordinated approach with Kenya in fighting the al Shabaab militia to maintain peace in the region. The pact was reached at a meeting held between President Mwai Kibaki, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed at State House, Nairobi on Wednesday afternoon.
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/
Kenya and Amisom to join forces in al Shabaab fight
16 Nov- Source: Africa Review 267 words
A combined AU-Kenya Defence Forces assault against Somalia’s al Shabaab militants was announced in Nairobi Wednesday. It will bring together the African Union forces operating around Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and those of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in the fight against the militant group throughout Somalia.
Somali farmers fear returning home
16 Nov- Source: Al jazeera- 2:24 words
It is now raining in parts of Somalia for the first time in years, a time when crucial crops should be planted. But farmers are among the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Mogadishu, the capital. Many fear going back because of a lack of money and security, with the armed group al Shabab now controlling many of the areas from where they had fled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Kuwait grants financial aid for Somalia
16 Nov- Source: Kuwait News Agency- 140 words
Kuwait has donated USD 250,000 to the International Federation of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for aiding the federation humanitarian projects in Somalia and its relief agencies, said Kuwait’s Permanent Delegate at the UN in Geneva Ambassador Dharar Abdul-Razzak Razzooqi on Wednesday.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Who’s bombing Somalia? French, US trade blame
16 Nov- Source: AP- 661 words
When thundering explosions rattled a small Somali town during a meeting of Islamist insurgent leaders, it sent them scurrying for safety. An international military appears to have launched the powerful, well-timed attack, but no one will admit it.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/