December 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines
20 People Killed In Clan Fighting In Northern Somalia
20 December – Source: Mareeg Media – 124 Words
Twenty people died in a fierce clan militia clashes in rural villages near Buhodle town, the provincial capital of Ayn. Speaking in an interview with the media, Buhodle District Commissioner Mohamed Hassan said the local clan elders are trying to mediate between the warring sides, to stop the bloodshed.The ownership of water holes and farming lands located in the rural areas near Buhodle town are the main reasons of the Inter-clan fighting, according to the district commissioner.The clans in Somalia frequently clash over control of power and land resources which leads a long lasting rivalry. Last week more 40 people were killed in tribal feud in western Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiiraan..
Key Headlines
- 20 People Killed In Clan Fighting In Northern Somalia (Mareeg Media)
- Somali Intelligence Chief Accuses Diaspora Youth For Carrying Out Majority Of Suicide Attacks In Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
- President Says Somali Police Force Is A Symbol of Somalia’s Recovery (Radio Muqdisho)
- SK Chief’s Daughter Heads Home After Piracy Mission In Somalia (Korea Terms)
- Let Us Not Forget Garissa University (The Star)
- That Was Nigeria That Was (Wardheer News)
NATIONAL MEDIA
Somali Intelligence Chief Accuses Diaspora Youth For Carrying Out Majority Of Suicide Attacks In Somalia
20 December – Source: Radio Dalsan – 269 Words
General Adurahman Mohamed Tuur Yare, the commander of the Somali Intelligence Agency has on Fridayconfessed that the majority of the explosions and suicide attacks in Somalia are carried out by Somalis who are from the Diaspora, during an address at the Somali National Youth Conference held in Mogadishu.
Likewise the general has urged the youths who are sending money to Al-Shabaab and those who are luring youths to join Al-Shabaab should stop. “The Somali youths from the Diaspora are the ones who carry out suicide and other related attacks in the country, we are urging the youth not to be deceived by evils and to reject the evil acts” said General Tuur Yare.
He has also added that mostly the youths are tricked to join the terror groups in the social media and asked them to be very conscious during the time they are on the social media. “Al-Shabaab is no longer strong, they are weak, and all they do these days are carrying out suicide attacks, and the question which needs to be understood is that for how long can they be doing these attacks forever or not?” added Tuur Yare.
The comments of the General comes amid some of the local youth who feel to have been marginalized and overpowered by the diaspora youth have taken to the social media to express their views about the National Youth conference. Its believed that the comments from General Tuuryare who himself is from the local youth, could trigger new divisions within the Somali youth.
President Says Somali Police Force Is A Symbol of Somalia’s Recovery
20 December – Source: Radio Muqdisho – 128 Words
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia , Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has sent a congratulatory message to the members of the Somali Police Force on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary since the formation of the Somali Police Force. “The Somali Police Force is the mother of all the various forces of Somalia. The force is a symbol of Somalia’s recovery as we know the force has been able to protect the archives of the Somali police force,” The president said. He added that the Somali Police Force is a central pillar in the maintenance of law and order and asked the public to know that the law is the key to justice and peace. The president also welcomed efforts to educate the members of the police force.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
SK Chief’s Daughter Heads Home After Piracy Mission In Somalia
20 December – Source: Korea Times – 148 Words
The second daughter of SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won will return to Korea this week after six months in Somalia fighting pirates, Yonhap reported Sunday.Chey Min-jung will return on Wednesday.She was part of the Korean Navy’s 19th batch of troops sent to Somalia aboard the KDX-II destroyer Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin in June.
She was promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant on Dec. 1.Chey, who became a commissioned officer in November last year, stands out among Korea’s chaebol, or conglomerate, families where second and third generations follow in the footsteps of their parents. She is the first woman from the family to enlist in the military. Her grandfather is former President Roh Tae-woo (1988-1993).Her father, who heads the nation’s third largest conglomerate, is back on the job after serving part of a four-year prison term for embezzling 46.5 billion won ($39.3 million).
Let Us Not Forget Garissa University
20 December – Source: The Star – 339 Words
As we head into the holiday season, reports issued by security agencies indicate that we should be extra vigilant, as there is a possibility of terrorist attacks being launched over the next few weeks. Specifically there has been a warning that 11 terrorists, “armed and dangerous”, have entered the country from across the Somali border, intent on causing mayhem. And of course we still have theoccasional attack on the KDF troops in the Boni Forest region, where it is alleged that Al-Shabaab militiamen are still hiding.
This caution should serve to remind us that this was a year which held deep tragedy for the nation. This was the year when terrorists invaded the campus of the Garissa University College, and killed 148 students and staff in a day-long massacre, which once again revealed just how unprepared Kenya’s security forces were to meet this kind of attack.Those are 148 Kenyans who will not be celebrating Christmas with their loved ones. 148 lives cut tragically short by this act of senseless violence that left the whole world stunned. And which turned out to be but one of the first of a series of suicide attacks all over the world, by terrorists supposedly motivated by religious extremism.
OPINION, ANALYSIS, AND CULTURE
“The DRUM was performed by the remaining Somali artists and was thoroughly enjoyed by the people of JOS and others who flocked from the neighbouring States like ZARIA and KADUNA and we spent some of the most pleasurable times in that State.”
That Was Nigeria That Was
17 December – Source: Wardheer News – 679 Words
I was there. I was, to my great delight, one of 17,000 men and women, invited from the four corners of the world to attend the first largest artistic and cultural event ever to be held in the African continent. The Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, known as FESTAC -77 was held in Lagos, then capital of Nigeria, between 15 January and 12 February 1977, under the patronage of President Olusagon Obasanjo.
The festival featured poetry, sculpture, paintings, music, fashion, architecture, design and dance from artists and performers from 50 countries in Africa and the rest of the surrounding world. Somalia was represented by over 160, the biggest number ever sent abroad comprising of artists, writers, intellectuals and administrators.
Perplexed by which country’s pavilion to visit, which programme to watch, I was indeed lost in this myriad of fantastic displays including the attractive glamour of the host country itself. Wishing all, one, surely, misses all. I, therefore, contended myself to only meeting very few, among them Mariam Makeba the famous singer and social activist of South Africa, the Nigerian musical legend FELA and his wizard band, the highly acclaimed dance troupe from Trinidad and Tobago with their mesmerizing indigenous musical instruments carved from drums only, besides prominent personalities like Oliver Tambo the ANC Leader of South Africa and the world renowned Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka to mention but few.