October 1, 2014 | Morning Headlines.
AMISOM, SNA take over Raage Ceelle district of Middle Shabelle region
30 Sept- Source: Radio Mogadishu/RBC/ Jowhar Online- 146 words
The joint forces of the Somali National Army and the African Union Forces on Tuesday took over the strategic town of Raage Ceelle in the Middle Shabelle region without encountering any resistance from Al Shabab, General Mohamed Mohamud said. The joint forces successfully moved from War-Shiikh town on the Indian Ocean Coast and advanced toward Raage Ceelle, about 100km north of Mogadishu, the country;s capital. According to General Mohamud, the joint army arrested a dozen of Al Shabab suspected men and were being held at an interrogation centre. “We are planning to advance into the other districts such as Cadalle,” he added. Tuesday’s seizure of Raage Ceelle is the latest activity of the recently launched Operation Indian Ocean by the joint forces of the African Union Forces (AMISOM) and the National Army of Somalia.
Key Headlines
- AMISOM SNA take over Raage Ceelle district of Middle Shabelle region (Radio Mogadishu)
- Diarrhoea kills three children in Gedo (Radio Ergo)
- Italian Carabinieri train Somali Police Forces (Hiiraan Online)
- Puntland police arrest dozens during sweeps in Bossaso (Radio Dalsan)
- Somaliland: Arabsiyo District Police Commander gunned down (Somaliland Informer)
- Federal government denies entry to six Somali refugees deported from Norway (Radio Goobjoog)
- U.K. government eases travel restriction on tourists visiting Kenya (Coastweek/Xinhua)
- Somali Port Workers Protest Turkish Firm Take-Over of Port (VOA)
SOMALI MEDIA
AMISOM, SNA take over Raage Ceelle district of Middle Shabelle region
30 Sept- Source: Radio Mogadishu/RBC/ Jowhar Online- 146 words
The joint forces of the Somali National Army and the African Union Forces on Tuesday took over the strategic town of Raage Ceelle in the Middle Shabelle region without encountering any resistance from Al Shabab, General Mohamed Mohamud said. The joint forces successfully moved from War-Shiikh town on the Indian Ocean Coast and advanced toward Raage Ceelle, about 100km north of Mogadishu, the country;s capital. According to General Mohamud, the joint army arrested a dozen of Al Shabab suspected men and were being held at an interrogation centre. “We are planning to advance into the other districts such as Cadalle,” he added.Tuesday’s seizure of Raage Ceelle is the latest activity of the recently launched Operation Indian Ocean by the joint forces of the African Union Forces (AMISOM) and the National Army of Somalia.
Diarrhoea kills three children in Gedo
30 Sept- Source: Radio Ergo- 257 words
Three children have died from diarrhoeal diseases in Fafahdun, a remote village 84 km west of Bardhere in Gedo. The deaths of the children were reported by the area commissioner, Aden Shuqul Nunow. Several others are reported to have fallen victim to infection after drinking from a contaminated well that had dried up in the drought. Nunow told Radio Ergo the victims came from pastoralist families, who had fled from remote rural villages after they lost all their livestock to the ravaging drought in the region. He said all three children were under seven years old. He added that pastoralists in the area were forced to drink from abandoned water wells as they could not afford to buy clean water. “The impact of the drought and water shortage is very serious. It is causing people and livestock to die,” he warned. He urged both local and international aid agencies, the Somali people and the federal government to immediately respond to the looming crisis in the region by providing water, food and medicine. Siraji Ali Aden, a resident in the area, told Radio Ergo that the water shortage was their main concern. “Water scarcity is threatening the lives of people and livestock,” he stressed. He said water prices had skyrocketed to a level most of the local residents could not afford. “A barrel of water is now costing $17. Two months ago, it was selling at $2.” Water is brought to Fafahdun from areas as far as 55 km from the village.
Italian Carabinieri train Somali Police Forces
30 Sept- Source: Hiiraan Online- 214 words
Within the framework of the international effort to promote peace, security and stabilize Somalia, Italy trains the Somali Police force. 150 officers from the Somali police force are taking part to a training course organized by the Italian Carabineri in Djibouti. The course will provide a specific training in the following subjects: code of conduct and human rights, crowd and riot control, police operations in urban areas, basic life support/combat life support, VIP close protection, explosive ordnance recognition, land navigation and communication, shooting practice, patrolling and operational procedures. Its aim is to enhance the capability to train other personnel and to create, in case of need, a robust police unit operating with common police procedures. The units being trained come from different area of the country: 50 from Puntland, 100 from center-south regions such as Baidoa, Beledweyne (Hiran), Galmudug, Garbahaarrey (Gedo) and Mogadishu.
Puntland Police Arrest dozens During Sweeps in Bossaso
30 Sept- Source: Radio Dalsan- 62 words
Puntland Security Forces rounded up tens linked with Al-shabaab in some neighborhoods in the commercial town of Bossaso. The operation started on Tuesday morning. Security officials told the local media that they now have more than twenty people who were arrested during the operation under their detention and will be investigated. They added that those who are found innocent will be released.
Somaliland: Arabsiyo District Police Commander gunned down
30 Sept- Source: Somaliland Informer/Hadhwanaag News/Horn News- 141 Words
The latest news from Gebiley says that a policeman has shot Arabsiyo district police commander Mr. Abdi Osman five times on Tuesday. Mr. Abdi was gunned down outside Gebiley police station and the man is said to be Mr. Osman’s own body guard. Details over the motive of the killing is still sketchy but Mr, Abdi was taken to Hargeisa General Hospital. Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead due to gunshot wounds shortly after being admitted to the intensive care unit. Somaliland Police Commissioner Brigadier General Abdilahi Fadal Iman has confirmed the death of the district police commander. The Commissioner promised that the policeman who killed Mr. Abdi will be brought to justice. Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo took the opportunity to send sincere condolences to the family and relatives of Mr. Abdi Osman.
Federal government denies entry to six Somali refugees deported from Norway
30 Sept- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Radio Goobjoog- 136 words
A plane carrying six Somali refugees forcibly deported from Norway landed at Adan Adde international airport earlier on Tuesday. The federal government through its department of immigration and naturalization refused the refugees entry to the country. Gen. Abdullahi Gaafow, the head of immigration and naturalization ordered the plane to return the Somali refugees to Norway, adding that they will not accept people expatriated against their will. Gen. Gaafow said that the government of Norway has notified the federal government of Somalia that it’s deporting Somali refugees to Somali lest the government see it as unlawful. The reason behind the deportation of Somali refugees is not known. Earlier this year, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia deported over three hundred Somali nationals back to Somalia.
REGIONAL MEDIA
U.K. government eases travel restriction on tourists visiting Kenya
30 Sept-Source: Coastweek/Xinhua-393 words
The British government on Monday relaxed its travel advisory against Kenya in the latest move that will encourage more visitors to the east African nation. A brief statement from the British embassy in Nairobi said the government has removed its advice to its nationals travelling to low income areas in Nairobi except Eastleigh area which is inhabited by Kenyans of Somali origin and which has been a scene of grenade attacks in the past. “Britain has removed advice against all but essential travel to low income areas of Nairobi, except the Eastleigh area,” the advisory reads. Kenya’s coastal towns are the backbone of the country’s thriving tourism industry which has been hit by fear of terror attacks and the kidnapping by Somali pirates of foreigners staying at resorts near the border with Somalia.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Somali Port Workers Protest Turkish Firm Take-Over of Port
30 Sept- Source: VOA- 410 words
Turkey has been a key ally for the federal Somali government and with major financial assistance from Ankara, development in Mogadishu is taking off at a fast pace. But not all are happy with the Turkish influence in Somalia. Port workers in Mogadishu staged recent protests to keep their jobs as Turkish company takes over. But the Somali workers lack the education to operate the new technology coming in. Port workers at the Mogadishu seaport have been staging demonstrations outside parliament since the federal government handed over the port’s management to a Turkish firm. Under the new ownership, Al Bayrak Company will manage the port for the next 20 years and will give the government 55 percent of all the proceeds from the port.
SOCIAL MEDIA
CULTURE / OPINION / EDITORIAL / ANALYSIS / BLOGS/ DISCUSSION BOARDS
“We must all be vigilant and ready to spot the signs of radicalisation.”
Column: Missing Bristol teenager is a lost daughter, not a faceless Jihadi
30 Sept- Source: bristolpost- 1731 words
Yesterday evening the story broke of a young 15 year old Somali girl who was reported missing since last Wednesday and who may be on her way to Syria. As expected the mainstream media has jumped onto the radicalised, jihadist, extremist headlines, without any such solid proof being presented, other than the young girl had left for Turkey, with another 17 year girl who was from London. Assistant Chief Constable Louisa Rolfe said there were indications the girl “may have been radicalised” and that “Our priority is to find her before she crosses the border to Syria and make sure she is safe.” “We must all be vigilant and ready to spot the signs of radicalisation. “Often, young Muslims who go to Syria can be naïve and don’t recognise that they are being sucked into joining extremist groups. “This is not about criminalising these young people, it’s about preventing tragedies.”