June 9, 2016 | Morning Headlines
We Are Ready For Dadaab Refugees, Somalia President Mohamud Says
08 June – Source: Daily Nation – 105 Words
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says his country is ready to receive refugees from the Dadaab camp so they can participate in nation building.Speaking at a joint press conference with President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House in Nairobi, the Somalia leader said the repatriation would be orderly.
President Mohamoud said refugees had already picked the places where they want to be resettled, adding that his government has put in place infrastructure to accommodate them.He thanked Kenya for hosting Somali refugees for 25 years. He said refugees would play a critical role in the rebuilding of Somalia, having received a good education in Kenya.
Key Headlines
- We Are Ready For Dadaab Refugees Somalia President Mohamud Says (Daily Nation)
- Lower Shabelle Administration Probes Into Root Cause Of Recurrent Clan Clashes (Shabelle News)
- Galkaayo Local Authority Opens New Animal Market (Gooboog News)
- Woman Peace Activist Shot Dead In Galkaayo (Garowe Online)
- US Confirms 2 Al -Shabaab Leaders Killed In Somalia Operations (Associated Press)
- UNESCO Chief Denounces Killing Of Journalists In Somalia And Afghanistan (UN News Centre)
- Poverty Porn: Why Female Genital Mutilation Should Not Be Shown On TV( Newsweek)
NATIONAL MEDIA
Lower Shabelle Administration Probes Into Root Cause Of Recurrent Clan Clashes
08 June – Source: Shabelle News – 136 Words
Authorities in Somalia say they are investigating the root-cause of the intermittent clan clashes in the southern region of Lower Shabelle after early peace deals have failed to come into force.Speaking to Radio Shabelle, Lower Shabelle region official, Ibrahim Aden Ali (Najah) has accused third hand in the clan conflict , saying they are making a probe into the actors who are fueling the tensions.“In terms of reconciliation, there are some people who don’t want to reach a lasting peace and solution for the conflict, so we are working on to seize and prosecute the peace spoilers,” said Najah. Clan fighting and Al shabaab attacks on Govt security forces and AMISOM bases have ravaged the Somalia’s Lower Shabelle for the past four years. Several efforts to end the conflict have failed to produce a solution.
Galkaayo Local Authority Opens New Animal Market
08 June – Source: Goobjoog News – 116 Words
Local government officials and livestock traders have inaugurated a new animal market in Galkaayo town of mudug region, central somalia.The new market is meant for the selling goats and sheep for local consumption.Galkaayo Mayor, Hirsi Yusuf Barri who officially opened the market has called local traders and butchers to make use of the market.“We can no longer tolerate those people who sell animal in the public places like in the streets, now as you can see this market serves all of your purposes. Please do not try to sell animal in the public” said Mayor Hirsi YusufLocal animal traders on their side praised Galkaayo local government and the mayor for building the market.
Woman Peace Activist Shot Dead In Galkaayo
08 June – Source:Garowe Online – 136 Words
Unidentified assailants have shot and killed a regional peace activist and the head of Mudug Women Association, Dhudi Yusuf Adan in central Galkaayo town on Wednesday afternoon, Garowe Online reports.Adan was gunned down at her home before dusk prayers in Galkaayo’s Garsoor neighborhood, witnesses and police have confirmed.The attackers armed with pistols fled right away after the targeted assassination.Puntland security forces afterwards arrived on the scene, conducting a search operation nearby in pursuit of killers.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the murder, though Al-Shabaab is known for such assassinations.Deputy Mudug Governor Ahmed Musse Nura Yare told the media that late Dhudi will forever be remembered for her role in campaigning against Al-Shabaab terrorism. The murdered Somali woman peace activist was an active member with committees on Mudug Development Fund, and army welfare.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
US Confirms 2 Al -Shabaab Leaders Killed In Somalia Operations
08 June – Source: Associated Press – 133 Words
The U.S. Africa Command is confirming the deaths of two senior commanders of the al-Shabab extremist group in recent military operations in Somalia.
A statement Wednesday says senior Al-Shabaab military commander Abdullahi Haji Da’ud was killed in a U.S. airstrike on May 27. The Pentagon last week announced that a U.S. drone strike had targeted him, but U.S. officials at the time said they couldn’t confirm if he was killed.The new statement also says a Somalia army unit ground operation on May 31 killed Mohamed Dulyadayn. He is believed to be the mastermind of the Garissa University attack in Kenya in April 2015 that killed 148 people.U.S. officials had said American forces provided some support to that operation.The Al-Shabaab extremist rebels are linked to al-Qaida.
UNESCO Chief Denounces Killing Of Journalists In Somalia And Afghanistan
08 June – Source: UN News Centre- 235 Words
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the killings of a broadcast journalist in Somalia and a photojournalist and his interpreter in Afghanistan, who all lost their lives last Sunday.“I condemn the murder of Sagal Salad Osman,” Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, said in a press release.
Sagal Osman, a broadcaster for state-run Somali National Television and Radio Mogadishu, was shot in the west of the Somali capital.“Violence is never acceptable. It is particularly tragic when used to silence a young woman blazing a trail for all others by exercising an essential profession in a difficult environment,” Ms. Bokova lamented.
The Director-General also denounced an attack in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of photojournalist David Gilkey and his interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna.“The right of media workers to exercise their professional duties in safe conditions must be recognized in the interest of society as a whole,” she stressed in a separate press release.
Award-winning photojournalist David Gilkey and interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna were killed near the town of Marjah in southwestern Afghanistan. Both were on assignment for National Public Radio (NPR), the United States’ public broadcasting network.The Director-General of UNESCO issues statements on the killing of media workers in line with Resolution 29 adopted by UNESCO Member States at the Organization’s General Conference of 1997, entitled “Condemnation of Violence against Journalists.”
OPINION, ANALYSIS, AND CULTURE
“FGM causes a range of grave health consequences from bleeding, to recurrent infections, obstetric problems, infertility, and even death. Even though a girl can recover from the physical effects, the psychosexual effects can last a lifetime. For the past 14 years, my work as a psychotherapist and campaigner for women affected by FGM and other forms of violence has exposed me to women of all ages, from a wide demographic,”
Poverty Porn: Why Female Genital Mutilation Should Not Be Shown On TV
08 June – Source: Newsweek- 720 Words
Last week, I got an email from Sky News asking me to comment on their new film on female genital mutilation (FGM) shot in Somalia. As a vocal anti-FGM campaigner, this is not the first time I’ve received such a request. I’ve trusted the channel before, they’ve done a good job of covering the issue, so I was happy to help. I was not prepared for what was coming.
The film depicted a little girl, maybe six or seven, being held down and cut. It showed the girl’s face as she was being mutilated. People around her were watching and no one intervened. The film crew stood and filmed as if they weren’t witnessing a little girl being abused in front of them.Less than three decades ago, that girl was me. What I remember most from that day is that no one intervened. I cannot explain how it is possible for someone to witness such a scene without trying to stop what’s happening. I can’t even explain how the producers could think it was appropriate to share this footage with me, a person who has undergone exactly this trauma, without even warning me of what I was being exposed to.
I stopped watching and called the producers. I declined their invite to speak during the broadcast. “Would you show footage of a girl being raped?” I asked. I received no response. I continued making my point: “I understand the need to depict the nature of the crime, but why not use actors? You would use actors to depict any other crime.” Still no response. The difference is that it’s happening to little black children in some poor African country. It’s poverty porn.