July 6, 2012 | Morning Headlines.
Benadir regional administration rehabilitates roads in Mogadishu
05 Jul- Source: Radio Bar-kulan- 141 words
Benadir regional administration and the African Union Mission in Somalia on Thursday embarked on an ambitious exercise to rehabilitate and clean roads in parts of Mogadishu.
Construction of devastated parts of the road between Adan Adde International Airport and KM4 junction has already started, with construction workers also removing piles of garbage lying on the road.
Key Headlines
- Thousands arrested in one-day operation in Mogadishu (Raxanreeb)
- Somaliland house of elders to discuss local elections-related rules (Hadhwanaag Times)
- President Farole returns to Puntland (Puntland Online)
- Somali president concludes three-day visit to Sudan (Republic of Sudan Radio)
- Somali President visits Rwanda (New Times)
- Mwingi police arrest ‘TFG soldier’ heading to Nairobi (The Star)
- US hits Shabaab network with new sanctions (AFP)
SOMALI MEDIA
Thousands arrested in one-day operation in Mogadishu
05 Jul- Source: Raxanreeb- 226 words
The largest mass arrest operation ever in Mogadishu was launched yesterday by the national security agency and the police forces of the TFG searching for al Shabaab members.
The operation which started early on Thursday morning continued until the afternoon as more than 3,000 people were arrested, the National Security Agency NSA confirmed.
Benadir regional administration rehabilitates roads in Mogadishu
05 Jul- Source: Radio Bar-kulan- 141 words
Benadir regional administration and the African Union Mission in Somalia on Thursday embarked on n ambitious exercise to rehabilitate and clean roads in parts of Mogadishu.
Construction of devastated parts of the road between Adan Adde International Airport and KM4 junction has already started, with construction workers also removing piles of garbage lying on the road.
Somaliland house of elders to discuss local elections-related rules
05 Jul- Source: Hadhwanaag Times- 87 words
The House Of Elders of the Somaliland republic was given letters about the rules of the municipality elections.The rules were already discussed and amended by the House of Representatives after the president requested them. Sheikh Ahmed Nor Sheikh Furre, the deputy speaker, has presided over today’s session as the discussion was made in good manner.
President Farole returns to Puntland
05 Jul- Source: Puntland Online- 103 words
Puntland president Abdirahman Mohamed Farole returned to the capital , Garowe on Thursday from Djibouti where he took several days trip, Puntland learns.
He was met at the Garowe Airport by Vice President Abdisamad Ali Shire and other Government officials.
REGIONAL MEDIA
Somalia faces fresh humanitarian crisis
05 Jul – Source: Middle East Online – 500 words
War-torn Somalia faces a fresh humanitarian crisis due to conflict, poor rains and a likely late harvest, aid group Save the Children warned Thursday, nearly a year on since famine was declared.
Tens of thousands of people are believed to have died last year after extreme drought and war pushed several areas of southern Somalia into famine last July.
We will hunt you down, Kibaki tells al Shabaab
05 Jul- Source: Capital News- 384 words
President Mwai Kibaki vowed on Thursday that the government would hunt down all its enemies and stop at nothing to ensure the country’s security is safeguarded.
The Head of State said his government has mobilised all the necessary resources and manpower to hunt down terrorist groups and criminal gangs destabilising the country.
President Mwai Kibaki announced that his government will stop at nothing to ensure the country’s security is safeguarded and vowed the war on Al Shabaab militants in Somalia will continue.
Somali president concludes three-day visit to Sudan
05 Jul- Source: Republic of Sudan Radio- 148 words
Somali President Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmad has today concluded his three-day visit to the country. During the visit President Sharif briefed his Sudanese counterpart Field Marshal Umar al-Bashir on the developments in Somalia and the efforts being exerted to achieve peace.
Somali President visits Rwanda
05 Jul- Source: New Times -119 words
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed arrived in the Rwandan capital of Kigali today afternoon for an official visit during which he is expected to hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Paul Kagame.
At Kigali International Airport, Ahmed was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Louise Mushikiwabo.
Mwingi police arrest ‘TFG soldier’ heading to Nairobi
05 Jul- Source: Star- 228 words
Police in Mwingi yesterday arrested a man and his father who claimed to be a Transitional Federal Government soldier in Somalia and his father on their way to Nairobi. The man, identified as Ahmed Adan and his father Abdi Mohamed, were flushed out of a Nairobi-bound bus that was travelling from Garissa.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
US hits Shabaab network with new sanctions
05 Jul- Source: AFP- 386 words
The United States placed sanctions Thursday on six alleged backers of Al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels in Somalia, naming them as two Eritrean government officials, a Sudanese national and three Kenyans.
The US Treasury said the sanctions, freezing any US-located assets of the six and forbidding any US business or individual from having dealings with them, were aimed at helping halt the conflict in Somalia and efforts to dismantle al Shabaab.
Satellites monitor Kenyan-Somali border
05 Jul- Source: UPI- 148 words
Kenya’s military is using satellites to patrol the country’s borders.
The satellite surveillance systems are monitoring both Kiiwayu Island and the Kenyan-Somali border to detect any suspected al Shabaab insurgents attempting to cross into Kenya.
The surveillance systems were established following reports that some suspected al Shabaab militias fled into the area and were allegedly being harbored by locals, The Star newspaper reported Wednesday.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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“Relative stability in Somaliland and Puntland have also been listed as major entry areas in the exploitation of Somalia’s tourism business. By virtue of offering similar tourist attractions, the report recommends a unified approach to Eastern Africa’s tourism development under the umbrella of a regional integration.”
Somalia: An Emerging Tourism Market
05 July- Source: Awesome Africa Blog-437 Words
SOMALIA could give its Eastern Africa neighbours a run for their money in tourism business if its internal conflict and piracy problems are contained, a UN report on regional sustainable tourism shows. The report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa titled a study on the challenges and opportunities for tourism development says the country has the largest coastal belt in Africa, architectural heritage and beautiful pristine beaches that are great for tourism.