June 5, 2012 | Morning Headlines.

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Luxury dining on Somali beach as market matures

04 Jun – Source: AP / Washington Post – 196 words

Beachfront dining, fresh lobster, and a European clientele: Somalia’s restaurant scene is quickly changing for the better. Somali businessman Ahmed Jama recently returned to Somalia from London to open two Western-style restaurants in two hotels he owns, one on the beachfront and the other downtown Mogadishu. His beachfront property boasts stylish beach beds and flat-screen TVs. It has quickly become Mogadishu’s version of South Beach or the French Riviera.

Key Headlines

Somalia’s two principals return to Mogadishu (Bar-Kulan)
Military tribunal warns Somali forces of harming people (Shabelle)
Al Shabaab accused of child conscription in Galgadud (Bar-Kulan)
Museveni cautions against political mistakes in Somalia (New Vision)

SOMALI MEDIA

Somalia’s two principals return to Mogadishu

04 Jun – Source: Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu – 86 words

President Sharif Ahmed, PM Abdiweli Mohamed and members of the cabinet yesterday returned to the country after a five-day trip to Turkey and Tanzania. The president and his delegation were warmly received at the airport by the Finance Minister, who is also Somalia’s Deputy Prime minister, Abdiwahab Ugas Hussein and other TFG officials.

Military tribunal warns Somali forces of harming people

04 Jun – Source: Shabelle – 110 words

The Chief of the TFG military court, General Hassan Mohamed Husein better known as (Mungaab), has warned Somali government troops of harming the people who live in Afgoye corridor. While speaking to reporters on Sunday in Elasha-Biyaha area, Mr Hussein said any soldier seen committing robbery acts against civilians will be brought into justice.

Al Shabaab accused of child conscription in Galgadud

04 Jun – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 199 words

Ahlu Sunna administration in Galgadud region has accused al Shabaab militants of forcefully recruiting children into its militant activities.

ASWJ’s Elbur security boss Abdi Hassan Mohamed said the militant group has ordered local Quran teachers in El-garas, El-qohle and El-lahelay and Elbur district to bring over a hundred students in efforts to counter the allied forces battling it in the region.

REGIONAL MEDIA

Museveni cautions against political mistakes in Somalia

04 Jun – Source: New Vision – 197 words

President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda’s involvement in Somalia is to show solidarity with the people of Somalia and to support the process to ensure that they regain their sovereign rights, adding that it is through elections that leaders will know what their people want. Museveni was meeting the President of Somalia Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and the Prime Minister Abdiweli Muhammed Ali at his resident at the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.

Uganda nabs top terror suspect

04 Jun – Source: New Vision – 196 words

One of the terror suspects wanted by the police has been arrested. By Press time Sunday details were still scanty. Deputy police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba last evening confirmed the development and only identified the suspect as Hussein. “He has only been identified as Hussein,” she said.

It is not clear where and when he was arrested from or where he could be held. The arrest came as police circulated photographs of two international terrorists believed to have sneaked in the country as part of a heightened hunt for the suspects.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

Luxury dining on Somali beach as market matures

04 Jun – Source: AP / Washington Post – 196 words

SOCIAL MEDIA

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“Hammami said that other mujahideen leaders had “plausible motives” for the killing, pointing out that Abu Talha was considering starting a splinter group that would be loyal to Hasan Turky, a leader in the Islamic Courts Union whom Hammami believed was tied to al-Qaida. (The autobiography mentions several al-Qaida operatives who were active within the Islamic Courts Union.)”

VIEWPOINTS: An Alabama Jihadist in Somalia is under fire

03 Jun – Source: al blog – 1174 Words
Three months ago, Alabama native Omar Hammami’s major claim to fame was his notoriety as the “jihadist rapper,” laying down dope (or just dopey) beats in propaganda videos supporting al Shabaab’s jihadist insurgency in Somalia.
But on March 14, Hammami appeared in a video with no musical accompaniment and none of his trademark corny humor. “To whomever it may reach from the Muslims … I record this message today because I fear my life may be endangered by al Shabaab because of some differences that occurred regarding matters of the sharia and of strategy,” a visibly shaken Hammami said in an unprecedented breach of jihadist omerta.