22 Jun 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Mogadishu roadside bomb blast kills four injures seven
- Anger in Somalia after prime minister resigns
- Relentless drought bites in middle Juba families face hunger and starvation
- Somali leader parliament speaker meet in Mogadishu
- Somalia again is at top of failed states list
- Mosque attack in northern Somalia leaves 4 worshippers dead
- Somali diplomat calls for Kenya to protect Somali refugees
- Uganda hosting over 1.5 million refugees
Titres Principaux:
- Une bombe artisanale sur la route tue quatre personnes et en blesse sept La fureur en Somalie suite à la démission du premier ministre
- Le président Somalien et le porte-parole du parlement se rencontrent à Mogadiscio
- La sécheresse frappe encore au milieu de Juba alors que des familles font face à la faim et la soif
- La Somalie une nouvelle fois à la tête de la liste des pays en faillite
- Une attaque dans une mosquée du Nord de la Somalie fait quatre morts parmi les fidèles
- Un diplomate Kenyan appelle le Kenya à protéger les réfugiés Somaliens
- L’Ouganda accueille environ 1.5 millions de réfugiés
SOMALI MEDIA
Somali leader, parliament speaker meet in Mogadishu
21 Jun – Source: Shabelle – 162 words
In an attempt to name a new prime minister after Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo’s resignation, Somali president, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh and parliament speaker, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adam on Tuesday met in Mogadishu. The two leaders discussed about who is to be named to be the next PM.
http://www.shabelle.net/article.php?id=7861
Powerful explosion claims four in Mogadishu
21 Jun – Source: Radio Shabelle – 86 words
Four people have been killed and 10 others wounded following a powerful explosion in Mogadishu. Eyewitnesses said the bomb was targeted at a convoy of AU peacekeepers and Somali government forces near the busy Ex-control Afgoi Junction.
Mosque attack in northern Somalia leaves 4 worshippers dead
21 Jun – Source: Shabelle, AHN – 231 words
Armed clan militiamen sprayed worshippers with bullets in a mosque in Puntland, killing at least four and wounding two others, witnesses said early Tuesday morning. An eyewitness said that the incident was caused by grudges between two fraternal clans in the Ufhayn district in the Bari region of northern Somalia.
http://www.shabelle.net/article.php?id=7853
Relentless drought bites in middle Juba, families face hunger and starvation
21 Jun – Source: Hiiraan online – 321 words
Hundreds of pastoralists’ families in Somalia’s Middle Juba province face hunger and starvation as several seasons of failed rains culminate into a catastrophic livelihood crisis in many parts of the country. At least 250 families in the drought-hit remote hamlet of Saakow are reportedly in need of urgent aid.
http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2011/Jun/relentless_drought_bites_in_middle_juba_families_face _hunger_and_starvation.aspx
Al Shabaab militants arrest teenagers in Elasha Biyaha
21 Jun – Source: Diirad Online – 133 words
Reports from Elasha Biyaha, Mogadishu’s western suburb, where many displaced people live, confirmed that al Shabaab militants seized several villagers last night. The detained people, mainly teenagers, are accused of being supporters of the TFG. The teenagers’ families have rejected the accusations.
Somali diplomat calls for Kenya to protect Somali refugees
21 Jun – Source: Shabelle – 422 words
A Somali diplomat on Tuesday called for the Kenyan government to protect Somali refugees who escaped from the ongoing violence in Somalia. Mohamed Ali Nur, the Somali ambassador to Kenya, told reporters that Kenya and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are needed to play a key role in assuring the security of Somalis in refugee camps, which he asked to be enlarged.
http://www.shabelle.net/article.php?id=7855
REGIONAL MEDIA
AU force wins hearts and minds in the battle of Mogadishu
21 June – Source: Daily Nation – 900 words
Standing on the roof of what used to be the Defence Ministry of Somalia’s government but is now used as a base by the Burundi contingent of the Amisom peacekeeping force, the horizon looks very nice. The area is dotted with satellite dishes and a massive communication tower of a mobile telephone firm known as Hormuud.
Uganda hosting over 1.5 million refugees
21 Jun – Source: New Vision – 210 words
Uganda is currently hosting over one and half million refugees, disaster preparedness state minister Musa Ecweru has said. Ecweru made the remarks during a function to mark the World Refugee Day at Old Kampala Secondary School yesterday, adding that the majority of refugees had fled violence and persecution in their home countries.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/758151
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Anger in Somalia after prime minister resigns
21 Jun – Source: AFP – 699 words
Angry Somali citizens and agitated members of parliament said Tuesday they fear the recent forced resignation of the country’s Somali-American prime minister will allow government corruption to rise again, bringing back a time when soldiers went unpaid for months.
Mogadishu roadside bomb blast kills four, injures seven
22 Jun – Source:Xinhua – 264 words
At least four people were killed and seven others were wounded after a roadside bomb aimed at African Union (AU) peacekeepers’vehicle hit a passenger minibus in a street in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses and medical source said.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/7416936.html
Somalia again is at top of failed states list
21 Jun – Source: CNN News – 284 words
For the fourth year in a row, Somalia, plagued by widespread lawlessness, piracy and an ineffective central government, tops an index of failed states. It was followed by three other African nations — Chad, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo — in the rankings of 177 nations compiled by the Fund for Peace.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/06/21/failed.states/
Top UN legal official outlines judicial options to fight piracy off Somalia
21 Jun – Source: UN News Centre – 460 words
Helping the courts in Somalia attain international standards to handle trials of suspects arrested for engaging in maritime piracy off the East African coast can be an important step in combating the scourge in the Indian Ocean, the top United Nations legal affairs official told the Security Council today.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38787&Cr=somali&Cr1=