July 5, 2012 | Morning Headlines.
Somali farmers call for help to improve production
04 Jul- Source: VOA- 380 words
Balad area in central Somalia is returning to normalcy after the farming town was liberated more than a week ago by African Union forces and Somali government soldiers. Now, residents in the town of Balad are ready to reclaim their livelihoods.
For nearly five years al-Qaida linked group al-Shabab controlled Balad, 30 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu.
Key Headlines
- TFG to print new currency in Sudan ahead of election date (Raxanreeb)
- Government secured Mogadishu says security minister (Radio Bar-kulan)
- Somalia grateful for Turkey’s contributions (Anadolu Agency)
- Al Shabaab abduct teenager in Jowhar town (Radio Bar-kulan)
- China Hono Group brings some equipment after a month for Egal Airport in Hargeysa Somaliland(Somalilandpress)
- Somali tribes reject al-Shabaab call for financing its war efforts (Sabahi online)
SOMALI MEDIA
Government secured Mogadishu, says security minister
04 Jul- Source: Radio Bar-kulan- 133 words
The government has successfully secured Mogadishu and all other areas the government seized from al Shabaab militant group, the Interior and Internal security minister says. The minister, Abdisamed Maalim Mohamoud said Somali forces and their allied African Union forces have dedicated their lives in order to restore law and order in the country.
TFG to print new currency in Sudan ahead of election date
04 Jul- Source: Raxanreeb- 205 words
The TFG is printing new currency in Sudan which is due to enter the country soon as the scheduled election will take place in August, sources told RBC Radio. The deal of printing new currency notes in Suda is worth more than ten million dollars contracted to Sudan firm.
The new currency will be various denominations of 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000 and has to replace the old, sources told RBC Radio.
Al Shabaab abduct teenager in Jowhar town
04 Jul- Source: Radio Bar-kulan- 105 words
Al Shabaab militants in Jowhar town last night allegedly kidnapped a young boy from a tea kiosk in the town.
Five militants armed with pistols reportedly kidnapped the boy only named as Ali Dhuh, one of the local boys in Jowhar, according to eyewitnesses accounts.
The reason behind the abduction of the young boy is unknown.
China Hono Group brings some equipment after a month for Egal Airport in Hargeysa, Somaliland
04 Jul- Source: Somalilandpress- 417 words
A Chinese-mining company awarded with a contract to upgrade Egal international airport displayed some equipment to the press on Monday in Hargeisa.
The Chinese mineral explorer, China Hono Group (CHG), signed a controversial deal worth $4,436,000 four months ago with the Somaliland Ministry of Civil Aviation & Air Transportation in Hargeisa.
The deal almost derailed efforts to rehabilitate the facility when it was learned that CHG, an unqualified firm, was selected because of political and personal connections to the top leadership in the country.
REGIONAL MEDIA
Somali tribes reject al Shabaab call for financing its war efforts
04 Jul- Source: Sabahi online- 733 words
Somali tribal leaders and officials have condemned al Shabaab’s recent calls for tribes to join the group’s war efforts and fund its terrorist activities.
“Somali tribes have suffered from al Shabaab’s cruel and criminal activities and now all tribes have become well aware that al Shabaab is their enemy and the enemy of peace, progress and prosperity,” said Mohamed Hassan Haad, leader of the Hawiye tribe, one of the largest and most widespread tribes in the central areas.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Somali farmers call for help to improve production
04 Jul- Source: VOA- 380 words
Balad area in central Somalia is returning to normalcy after the farming town was liberated more than a week ago by African Union forces and Somali government soldiers. Now, residents in the town of Balad are ready to reclaim their livelihoods.
For nearly five years al-Qaida linked group al-Shabab controlled Balad, 30 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu.
Somalia grateful for Turkey’s contributions
Jun- Source: Anadolu Agency- 04250 words
Somalian Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said that he was grateful for Turkey’s pivotal contributions to his country, and added “Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was like a miracle coming from God”.
Attending International Contacts Group on Somalia in Rome, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali had a talk with Turkish media.
Top Israeli detectives in Kenya over terrorism
04 Jul- Source: xinhua-731 words
Top detectives from Israel are in Kenya following fresh claims that Iran was planning to carry out major attacks targeting Western interests in the East African nation.
A senior Kenya’s anti-terrorism official confirmed on Wednesday that a team of 16 detectives have been in Kenya since Friday and have held security meetings with key Israeli officials in Nairobi.
SOCIAL MEDIA
CULTURE / OPINION / EDITORIAL / BLOGS/ DISCUSSION BOARDS
“As Somalia has fragmented and reached an uneasy peace my need to claim solidarity with it has decreased, visits to my hometown of Hargeisa always highlight my foreignness; I cannot bear camel’s milk, I leave gatherings to read a book, I play punk music loudly and don’t know what to do when a Sultan pays a visit but my life in England is not something I will apologize for.”
Fragments of a Nation
04 July-Source: Wardheernews-1790 Words
I set foot on British soil, or tarmac to be precise, on a frozen February day in 1986. Perched atop my sister’s hip at the top of the steps leading down from the Aeroflot plane, I took one sharp breath before a missed step left us both tumbling down to the icy surface. Bruised and offended I decided that this wasn’t the place for me. Months later, ensconced in a Victorian terrace in Tooting, my mind still perceived threats everywhere: in the creepy power lines that criss-crossed the street, in the curious gas-smell that emanated from the cold walls, but most of all in the cat that watched us interminably from the windowsill of the flat across the street.