August 15, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report
ISWA President Faces New Wave Of Opposition, Urged To Step Down
15 August – Source: Jowhar.com – 237 Words
A section of Federal parliamentarians who hail from Southwest regional state called for the resignation of the region’s president, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden. Speaking at a press conference in Mogadishu, the MPs accused President Sharif Hassan of focusing on his personal interest over the region’s, and achieving little during his three years in office. MP Abdifatah Gesey dismissed recent agreements the president entered with foreign private companies as illegal as the president didn’t consult with the area MPs and other stakeholders. They also accused him of failing to appoint a vice president to speed up the administration’s service delivery to the public, asking why he was not willing to appoint one since other regional administrations have such posts.
Another MP, Idiris Abdi Dhaqtar shared similar sentiments and criticized the president for poor performance, saying his administration failed to address important issues facing the region. “His failed to stop the renewed conflict in Lower Shabelle. Sharif failed to deal with the shortage of food and hunger created by the recent drought in the country despite necessary support received from the central government,” he noted.
He further noted that there was rising insecurity attributed to the lack of strategy by President Sharif government as far as rebuilding and training of the regional state forces are concerned. The call for resignation comes just hours after HirShabelle President Ali Abdullahi Osoble was ousted by the regional assembly following a no-confidence vote.
Key Headlines
- ISWA President Faces New Wave Of Opposition Urged To Step Down (Jowhar.com)
- Drive-by Shooting In Mogadishu Kills 3 Wounds 4 (Hiiraan Online)
- Ousted HirShabelle President Arrives In Jowhar Today (Jowhar.com)
- Thousands Dead In Somali Disease Outbreaks (CAJ Africa)
- The Complicated Reality Behind The Story Of The Somali Community’s Success In Minnesota (Minpost)
NATIONAL MEDIA
Drive-by Shooting In Mogadishu Kills 3, Wounds 4
15 August- Source: Hiiraan Online – 125 Words
Security forces in Mogadishu are looking for a white Toyota Spacia after three people were killed and four others wounded in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday. Witnesses say that the gunmen in a white minIvan opened fire on another vehicle after blocking its path. The attack happened close to the Digfer intersection in the city’s Hodan district.
The gunmen managed to escape after the attack. Authorities arrived on the scene shortly after and have begun searching for the suspects. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. The victims were rushed to hospital where they are currently undergoing medical treatment. Authorities say that a vehicle matching the same description was suspected of being behind another shooting last week that targeted government soldiers.
Ousted HirShabelle President Arrives In Jowhar Today
15 August – Source: Jowhar.com – 177 Words
The embattled President of HirShabelle regional state, Ali Abdullahi Osoble has arrived in Jowhar a day after he has been voted out by the regional assembly. HirShabelle regional assembly speaker Sheikh Osman Barre Mohamed has also returned to Jowhar today from Mogadishu in a separate flight. Osoble has been in the capital Mogadishu in the past few days as political tension mounted back home. Osoble immediately started meeting with politicians and is expected to speak to the media about yesterday’s regional assembly decision to relieve him from power.
The speaker of the state’s parliament Sheikh Barre has headed to the residence of Hirshabelle vice president Ali Gudlawe Hussein where they are currently holed up in a meeting. Despite most of the state’s MPs voted against the president, there are some parliamentarians who have vehemently opposed the sacking of the president terming it unprocedural. Osoble was elected as HirShabelle’s first president on October 2016 by regional MPs in Jowhar. The Deputy President, Ali Abdullahi Hussein is now the acting President in accordance with the state constitution.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Thousands Dead In Somali Disease Outbreaks
15 August- Source: CAJ Africa- 191 Words
More than 200 people have died after raging outbreaks of cholera and measles in drought-stricken Somalia.At least 1 155 deaths from cholera have been recorded from 75 930 outbreaks since the beginning of the year.Some 14 379 suspected measles cases have also been reported including 101 associated deaths during the period. In a country with a population of 14 million, an estimated 4,5 million people remain in urgent need of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance.The humanitarian situation in the East African country continues to deteriorate due to the drought crisis.According to the most recent forecasts, an estimated 2,5 to 3 million people will remain in need of humanitarian assistance between now and December.
The drought is also uprooting people, with 766 000 people displaced since November 2016. The projected number of children who are, or will be, acutely malnourished has increased by 50 per cent since the beginning of the year to 1.4 million, including over 275 000 who have or will suffer life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in 2017. Somalia is also under siege from the Al-Shabaab terror group and decades-long civil war.
OPINION, ANALYSIS AND CULTURE
“When the first waves of Somalis arrived in Minnesota, in the early 1990s, many entered the workforce via unskilled jobs at meatpacking plants, where the work didn’t require prior work experience, advanced degrees or fluency in English,”
The Complicated Reality Behind The Story Of The Somali Community’s Success In Minnesota
15 August- Source:Minn Post – 1345 Words
When Abdirahman Kahin came to the U.S. two decades ago, one of the first things he noticed about Minnesotans was their love for restaurants, especially those offering ethnic cuisine. He also noticed that though there were a lot of ethnic eateries in the Twin Cities, many tended to fall into one of several groups: Italian, Thai, Indian, Mexican or Middle Eastern. There were few, if any, places to get decent Somali food.
So Kahin decided to try his luck in the restaurant business, and in 2010, he opened Afro Deli and Catering, serving East African and American themed dishes out of a location in Minneapolis. With a few years, Kahin made Afro Deli into one of the most successful immigrant-owned businesses in the state. Today, it features two Twin Cities locations (a third is planned) and a thriving catering business that counts the likes of General Mills and Target among its corporate clients.
Kahin’s is a classic American success story, of course. But he also personifies what’s become a conspicuous data point in an increasingly common narrative about Minnesota’s Somali community. Over the last several years, researchers and government officials from Europe and different parts of the U.S. have regularly visited the Twin Cities to learn about the East African Muslim community’s political and economic success. “Minneapolis is viewed around the world, particularly in Scandinavian countries where the Somali diaspora is growing, as a model for Somali integration,” writes Stefanie Chambers, a political science professor at Trinity College, in her recently published book comparing the Somali-American communities in Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio. “Other American mayors, such as the mayor of Portland, Oregon, have visited Minneapolis to learn about policies that can help their cities better address the needs of Somali immigrants.”
For all the talk of success and integration, however, the more common reality for Somali-Americans in Minnesota is more complicated, if less comforting. “From outside, the community seems to be doing really great,” said Ahmed Yusuf, a Minneapolis Public Schools teacher who’s written about Somalis in Minnesota. “But when you look deep down, we’re struggling big time, except for a few individuals who have risen above as the cream of the crop.”
TOP TWEETS
@AbdulBillowAli: Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur officially announces that he’s no longer with Al-Shabaab. But that was well known to z public since 2014. #Somalia.
@horseed: UAE hosts a special capacity building programme for Somalia and Yemen on banking and…https://horseedmedia.net/2017/
@HarunMaruf: BREAKING: Former Al-Shabab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow to face media, renounce violence in#Mogadishu today: sources
@HarunMaruf: BREAKING: Mukhtar Robow arrives at Royal Palace Hotel, stage is set, no black banners, just the Somali flag.
@Somaliupdate: Clan pressure grows as Prez Farmajo yet to sign execution order of killer of late Minister Abbas #Somaliahttp://somaliupdate.com/
@HarunMaruf: Letter by Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament to the UN Envoy re (lack of) women participation in the Constitutional Review Committee
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@HarunMaruf: Three people are dead, four injured after gunmen opened fire on a vehicle near ex-Digfer area, Mogadishu: reports
IMAGE OF THE DAY
Somali Ministry constitutional affairs conduct a consultative meeting on the ongoing constitutional review process with Benadir regional administration in Mogadishu
Photo: Radio Muqdisho