18 Nov 2011 – Morning headlines
Key Headlines:
- Somali president arrives in Sudan for consultations with Al-Bashir ( Source: Sudan Radio)
- African Union considers sending Ethiopian troops to Somalia (Source: New York Tmes)
- Concern grows in U.K. U.S. over Somali-based militants (Source: Reuters)
- ‘Warplanes’ spotted over Mogadishu (Radio Kulmiye)
- Pirates join clan clashes in Puntland ( Source: Somalia Report)
- Himin and Heb deny foreign hostages held in the region (Source: Shabelle)
- Kenya arrests an Indian with fake Somali documents TFG official say (Source: Radio Bar-kulan)
- Troops in Somalia want to see families every six months(Source: New Vision)
SOMALI MEDIA
‘Warplanes’ spotted over Mogadishu
17 Nov- Source: Somalia Report, Radio Kulmiye- 31 words
Several suspected ‘warplanes’ were spotted flying over areas controlled by al Shabaab, a few kilometers south of Mogadishu, residents and witnesses told Somalia Report on Wednesday night.
Pirates join clan clashes in Puntland
17 Nov- Source: Somalia Report- 42 words
Nearly 20 people were killed and more then 25 others injured during ethnic fighting between two Majeerteen sub-clans – Ali Saleban and Ugas Saleban – in Rako-Raho, a remote area in Karkaar region in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland, according to witnesses.
Several killed as allied forces clash with rebel fighters in Lower Juba region
17 Nov – Source: Radio Bar-kulna, Shabelle, Kulmiye – 131 words
At least four people were killed and several others injured after fierce fighting erupted between allied forces of Ras Kamboni, Kenyan and TFG on one side and al Shabaab rebel fighters at Kulbiyow, Lower Juba.
Himin and Heb deny foreign hostages held in the region
17 Nov – Source: Shabelle – 165 words
The regional administration of Himin and Heb in central Somalia has once again denied that foreign hostages kidnapped last month from Galka’yo town are being held in the region on Thursday.
http://www.shabelle.net/
Kenya arrests an Indian with fake Somali documents, TFG official say
17 Nov – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 194 words
Somalia’s immigration department on Thursday revealed that Kenyan police have arrested an Indian and seized fake Somali passports and identification cards. Head of immigration Abdullahi Gafow Mohamud said an Indian only named as Sanjeet was arrested after Kenya Revenue Authority officials unearthed the fake documents shipped from United Arab Emirates.
REGIONAL MEDIA
Somali president arrives in Sudan for consultations with Al-Bashir
17 Nov- Source: Sudan Radio – 132 words
The president of the republic Sudan, Umar al-Bashir, this afternoon at the Khartoum International Airport received the President Shaykh Sharif, who arrived in the country for a two-day official visit.
Troops in Somalia want to see families every six months
17 Nov- Source: New Vision- 320 words
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) peace keepers in Somalia have appealed to government for a special arrangement where they are allowed to return home and enjoy conjugal rights with their spouses.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/
Shabaab ‘hothead’ abducted woman
17 nov – Source: Daily Nation – 342 words
The leader of a gang that abducted French woman Marie Dedieu is a well-known firebrand member of the al Shabaab. Ras Kamboni villagers identified him as Deere (pronounced Diiri), a local Bajuni who was a petty criminal before “reforming” and joining al Shabaab.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/
Kenya’s war on al Shabaab dealing blow to illegal trade
17 Nov- Source: Business Daily Africa- 446 words
Kenya’s military campaign against Somalia’s al Shabaab has turned out to be a bold operation aimed at combating illegal trade that has weighed down on the country’s economy. The operation, motivated by insecurity posed by the insurgents, is expected to deter illegal fishing, smuggling and piracy which have robbed Kenyan manufactured goods of their competitive edge in the local and regional market.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Looters sabotage aid efforts in Mogadishu
17 Nov – Source: IRNIN News – 778 words
The frequent looting of relief aid at distribution centres in Mogadishu by local or state security agents seriously undermines efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom have fled areas of Somalia in a state of famine, according to officials and aid workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/
African Union considers sending Ethiopian troops to Somalia
17 Nov – Source: New York tTmes – 774 words
The African Union is considering an ambitious plan to stabilize Somalia that could involve using thousands of Ethiopian troops to open a new front against the Shabaab militant group, officials of the union said Thursday.
Concern grows in U.K., U.S. over Somali-based militants
16 Nov – Source: Reuters – 1,351 words
In late October, two 18-year-old men from the Welsh city of Cardiff were arrested on Kenya’s border with war-torn Somalia. The father of one of them told the BBC he believed his son had been “brainwashed” and was on his way to join an Islamic holy war. Kenyan authorities quickly sent the two Britons — one of Somali ancestry, one of south Asian descent — back to Britain.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/
Somali police kill 1 at food aid distribution
17 Nov – Source: AP – 124 words
Eyewitnesses say Somali police shot one person dead and wounded two at a distribution of food aid in the capital. Witness Abdulkhadir Abdi says police fired to control unruly crowds at a camp for displaced families in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district.