July 12, 2012 | Morning Headlines.
Allied forces make advancements in southern Somalia
11 Jul – Source: Garowe Online/Raxanreeb/Jowhar Online/Hiiraan Online/Somaliweyn – 102 words
Somali and African Union soldiers captured a district that was used by al Shabaab as a training camp by al Shabaab in southern Somalia. TFG soldiers and AMISOM troops captured the town of Lanta-Buuro located 40 km west of Mogadishu.
Key Headlines
- Security operations to continue in Mogadishu (Bar-Kulan)
- Former police officers recalled as new recruits in central Somalia (Radio Mogadishu)
- DC: Somali soldiers Hiiraan region not paid for months (Shabelle)
- Somali elders on peace mission in Galgadud (Bar-Kulan)
- Somali soldier released on bond (Star)
- Former Somali militants recall cruelty death (AP)
- Charcoal ban in Somalia impacts struggling local economies (VOA)
SOMALI MEDIA
Allied forces make advancements in southern Somalia
11 Jul – Source: Garowe Online/Raxanreeb/Jowhar Online/Hiiraan Online/Somaliweyn – 102 words
Somali and African Union soldiers captured a district that was used by al Shabaab as a training camp in southern Somalia. TFG soldiers and AMISOM troops captured the town of Lanta-Buuro located 40 kms west of Mogadishu and which was used as a training base for al Shabaab agents.
Security operations to continue in Mogadishu
11 Jun – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 105 words
Security operations aimed at strengthening the security situation in the capital will continue until Mogadishu will be free from crimes, according to Interior and Internal Security ministry. Cabinet minister Abdisamed Mo’alim Mohamoud whose National Security falls under his docket said the operations by the Somali and the African Union forces in Mogadishu will continue until they attain a reliable security situation in the capital.
Former police officers recalled as new recruits in central Somalia
11 Jul- Source: Radio Mogadishu/ Somalia Report- 76 words
Somali government police officials have started to recall former Somali police officers and recruit them as new police force in central regions of Somalia. The chief of Somali police of central regions Colonel Mohamed Jim’ale Osoble told Radio Mogadishu that they will be re-training the former police officers as new recruits to participate in the security operations of the country.
DC: Somali soldiers Hiiraan region not paid for months
11 Jul – Source: Shabelle – 103 words
According to Sh Osman Barre, district commissioner, Somali soldiers in Hiiran region have not been paid for months by the TFG. The soldiers operating in Hiiran region have not revived their monthly salaries for many months since the start of this year. The troops have achieved to do more over the insecurity in the town,” Mr. Barre said.
Somali elders on peace mission in Galgadud
11 Jul – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 174 words
A group of Somali elders from Mogadishu yesterday arrived in parts of Galgadud region in efforts to quell escalating tribal affiliated clashes between two rival clans in central Somalia regions.
Ahmed Diriye Ali, a prominent Somali elder who is leading the group said that they travelled to the region to push for immediate cessation of the prevailing hostilities. Ali said the elders are on a peace mission and pitched had pitched tents in Adodo district which is part of the areas affected by the flare-up.
REGIONAL MEDIA
Terror threat still high, more vigilance needed – Ugandan Police
11 Jul – Source: New Vision – 224 words
Two years after the bomb attacks that claimed over 80 people in Kampala on July 11 2010, Police has warned that the terrorism threat is still a major security concern in Uganda. Police spokesman Assuman Mugenyi on Tuesday issued a statement urging the public to be alert and look out for suspected terrorists.
Somali soldier released on bond
11 Jul- Source: Star (Kenya) – 135 words
A soldier working for the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia yesterday denied being in the country illegally. Ahmed Adan Abdi whom Mwingi police have confirmed is a soldier with Somali National Army denied the offence before Mwingi magistrate Hezron Nyaberi. He is charged with illegal entry in the country and failing to report his entry to the commissioner for refugees.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Former Somali militants recall cruelty, death
11 Jul- Source: AP- 724 words
Defections from al-Qaida-linked militant group al Shabab are accelerating as Somali and African Union troops take new territory around the capital Mogadishu, according to officials in Somalia.
Militants who abandon al Shabaab risk retaliatory assassinations from fighters still loyal to the militia, but a government-run program in Mogadishu houses several hundred former fighters, many of them teenagers.
Somali al Shabaab training base Lanta-Buro ‘captured’
11 Jul – Source: BBC – 102 words
Somali government soldiers and African Union troops have seized a major Islamist militant training base, a Somali army commander has told the BBC. Abdikarin Yusuf, Deputy Army of the Somali military, said al-Shabab fighters withdrew without a fight. Observers say the capture of Lanta-Buro, 40km (25 miles) west of the capital Mogadishu, is a major setback for the al-Qaeda group.
Charcoal ban in Somalia impacts struggling local economies
11 Jul – Source: VOA News – 352 words
Bur-gabo, Somalia – A February United Nations resolution banned charcoal exports from Somalia, claiming the trade provides revenue to the al-Qaida-linked-al-Shabab militants and contributes to deforestation. However in parts of the lower Juba region now under the control of the Kenyan military and Ras Kamboni militia, the embargo has depressed local economies and no alternative livelihoods have emerged.
SOCIAL MEDIA
CULTURE / OPINION / EDITORIAL / BLOGS/ DISCUSSION BOARDS
“People remarked on the shiny new roofs on the buildings. From a height, Mogadishu looked little different from many other African cities, low-rise buildings spread out from each other, separated by vegetation. Near the beach, however, were what looked like car parks full of military vehicles and row upon row of white tents. The plane glided down along the seashore. It must be one of the most beautiful landings on earth; the sparkling turquoise waves crash onto the sand a few metres away from the window. I felt I could reach out and touch the sea.”
The flight to Mogadishu
11 July- Source: Mary Harper Blog-609 Words
“The flight to Mogadishu is full. You will have to catch the next one, which leaves at nine o’clock.” “Not possible,” I told the man at the check in desk at the airport in Nairobi. “I have a ticket for this flight and I have arrived in plenty of time.” It was shortly after five in the morning, and the plane was due to leave at seven. I eventually managed to convince the man to squeeze me on. My friend who also had a ticket and had arrived before me was not so lucky.