30 Jun 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Somali president in Malabo to attend AU summit
- Nearly one in three Somali children malnourished: UN
- TGF troops paid as new prime minister is approved by Somali parliament
- U.S. drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda
- Al Shabaab screens public cinemas in middle shabelle
- Somali Islamists reportedly leave for Yemen to join fighting
- Somali refugees return from Yemen following anti government demos
Titres Principaux:
- We apologise that the French translation of the headlines is not available until further notice
SOMALI MEDIA
TGF troops paid as new prime minister is approved by Somali parliament
29 Jun – Source: Radio Mogadishu, Bar-Kulan – 135 words
Under the supervision of the AMISOM Coordinating Mechanism, Administrators from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have been this week been paying TFG soldiers $200 each at a pay parade in Mogadishu.
Somali Islamists reportedly leave for Yemen to join fighting
29 Jun- Source: Radio Gaalkacyo- 113 words
Members of the Somali militant group, Al-Shabaab, as well as foreign combatants have reportedly “departed to Yemen” from the southern Somali port town of Kismaayo, to join the anti-government fighting there.
Al Shabaab screens public cinemas in middle shabelle
29 Jun – Source: Hiiraan Online- 283 words
Somalia’s Islamist Al Shabaab on Wednesday night screened a public cinema at the headquarters of the country’s southern region of middle Shabelle as part of its propaganda campaign to win the hearts and minds of ordinary Somalis. The public viewing function at the regional headquarters in Jowhar town attracted a cross section of local villagers as top officials of the insurgency group graced the occasion.
http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2011/Jun/al_shabaab_conducts_public_cinemas_in_middle_shabe lle.aspx
Somali refugees return from Yemen following anti government demos
29 Jun- Source: Radio Shabelle- 100 words
Somali youth returning from Yemen have arrived back in Mogadishu and urged other young people in the country not to go to Yemen.
Somali president in Malabo to attend AU summit
29 Jun- Source: Radio Shabelle- 125 words
Somali president, Sheikh Sheriff Sheikh Ahmed, leading a distinguished delegation, is to attend the African Union summit which opened yesterday in Malabo. Leaders from more than 50 African nations will attend the summit to shed a light on the problems the continent is facing.
http://shabelle.net/article.php?id=8153
REGIONAL MEDIA
800 Somali kids arrive in Kenyan camps daily; SOS
29 Jun- Source: AP/ al shahid- 129 words
An international aid group says over 800 Somali children arrive at Kenyan refugee camps each day to escape their country’s devastating drought. Save the Children says that the children are part of the nearly 1,300 people who come each day to the overcrowded Dadaab refugee camps in northeastern Kenya.
http://english.alshahid.net/archives/21481
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Nearly one in three Somali children malnourished: UN
30 Jun – Source: AP – 250 words
A drought and high food prices have brought increased malnutrition to Somalia, where the situation is “rapidly deteriorating,” a high-ranking United Nations official said Wednesday. “We have currently the highest rate of malnutrition in the whole of Africa, more than 30 percent of the children are suffering from global acute malnutrition,” said Mark Bowden, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia.
U.S. drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda, official says
30 Jun – Source: The Washington DC – 509 words
A U.S. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a militant Somali organization tied to al-Qaeda, apparently wounding them, a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operation said Wednesday.
UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Somalia
30 Jun – Source: Press TV / AP – 200 words
Mark Bowden — the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia — warned reporters on Wednesday of a dire and deepening humanitarian situation there.