June 13, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report
Al-Shabaab Fighters Surrender Themselves To Hiran Administration
13 June – Source : Goobjoog News – 129 Words
Two Al-Shabaab fighters surrendered themselves today to the local administration of Jalalqsi location in Hiran region.The surrendered fighters are said to be youths who initiated communication with the local administration and the security officials according to the Commissioner of Jalalqsi location, Mohamed Abdulle Fidow
On the other hand the commissioner described in length mortar shells that was thrown to his location by Al-Shabaab in the afternoon from the outskirts of the location though they caused no casualties after falling on empty field.The local security officers went to the site where the shells were shot from but Al-Shabaab fighters deserted the area before the arrival of the troops.It was early this month when a top commander of Al-Shabaab known as Abshir Mumin, defected to the same administration.
Key Headlines
- Al-Shabaab Fighters Surrender Themselves To Hiran Administration (Goobjoog News )
- Mogadishu City Beats Mombasa Sharks 83-62 In Its First Africa City Challenge Game (Radio Dalsan)
- Puntland Galmudug Minister Meet In Galkayo (Dhacdo.com)
- Halt The Fight Pleads New Commissioner Of Hiran (Goobjoog News )
- After India Somalia Sign Treaty ‘Pirates’ Can Hope To Go Home (The Indian Express)
- Malnutrition Disease And Food Insecurity – A Perfect Recipe For Disaster For Somalia’s Children (Daily Maverick)
NATIONAL MEDIA
Mogadishu City Beats Mombasa Sharks 83-62 In Its First Africa City Challenge Game
13 June – Source : Radio Dalsan – 127 Words
Mogadishu Beats Mombasa Sharks In Its Debut Africa City Challenge Basketball Game.Mogadishu City on Monday beat Mombasa Sharks 83-62 in a hotly contested game at the Nyayo Stadium Nairobi. Mogadishu players most having experience playing in North America turned to be too good for their rivals Mombasa in the Kwese Africa City Challenge a tourney bringing together basketball teams from the regions main cities.
Mogadishu will be facing its second challenge in a game with Juba South Sudan.Somalis living in Nairobi packed the Nyayo stadium to offer support to their home city“Congrats to Mogadishu city basketball team on winning the match against Mombasa today” Mogadishu Mayor Thabit Mohamed tweeted upon receiving the news.“Mogadishu is rooting for you for the coming games” Thabit added.
Puntland, Galmudug Ministers Meet In Galkayo
13 June – Source: Dhacdo.com – 142 Words
Ministers from Puntland and Galmudug are meeting in Galkayo to discuss the consolidation of peace and stability in the Mudug region. Puntland Minister of Environment, Ali Abdullahi Warsame said the main agendas of the meeting include the strengthening of security in the city of Galkayo. Galmudug Minister of interior, Mohamed Hayir Nuur, described the discussions as important, with both sides agreeing to work in the improvement of peace and peaceful co-existence. “We talked about reconciliation and restoration of confidence between the two state administrations and their people,’ Nuur said.
The meeting is a follow-up for the recent Adaado agreement between President Abdiweli Gaas of Puntland and President Ahmed Haaf of Galmudug. During his election, President Haaf promised to work in the restoration of peace and stability in Galkayo and find solution for the dispute between the two administrations and build lasting peace.
Halt The Fight Pleads New Commissioner Of Hiran
13 June – Source : Goobjoog News – 117 Words
The new Commissioner of Hiran region, Omar Adan Ibrahim has appealed to the clans in Hiran region to stop the fight and choose peace as he travelled today to Beledweyne town. Commissioner Ibrahim said it is painful to see local clashes and pointed out that people should take “the pen”, exercise peace and order.“I appeal to the clans fighting in Banyaley to stop the battle and contention s to be smoothed on the negotiating table. I want confrontation to be over in this region and peace to be our ultimate goal” said the new commissioner.This appeal comes amid a tragic confrontation of clans is ongoing in Hiran region where death and injuries have been reported.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
After India, Somalia Sign Treaty, ‘Pirates’ Can Hope To Go Home
13 June – Source : The Indian Express – 250 Words
The Centre’s June 7 decision to sign a bilateral prisoner transfer agreement with the Republic of Somalia has paved the way for the return of 118 Somali undertrials, lodged in Taloja jail since 2011, once their trial concludes. Special public prosecutor Ranjeet Sangle said that the 118 alleged pirates will be sent back to Somalia under the Transfer of Prisoners Act, 2003, and will undergo the rest of their sentences in their country if they are convicted. The agreement can be signed with any sovereign nation for mutual transfer of prisoners among signatory nations.
An official from the Somalia embassy said that two countries would soon sign the agreement. Sangle said the treaty would cover existing cases and future ones of prisoners belonging to either country held in the other. “It is a practical and beneficial decision in as much as Indian tax -payers’ money is saved and security concerns are taken care of.
On a humanitarian note, the pirates get to serve their sentences in their home country, where their families can at least see them,” Sangle said. The Mumbai district city civil and sessions court is at the stage of hearing final arguments against the 118 Somali nationals arrested on charges including those under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.The men were arrested in four separate operations by the Indian Navy along with the Coast Guard between January and March 2011. Last year, they filed an application before the court seeking to plead guilty, and asked for leniency.
OPINION, ANALYSIS AND CULTURE
“Under its emergency response, Unicef, together with partners, has treated 85,000 children for severe malnutrition and 42,000 for acute watery diarrhoea/cholera. Emergency vaccination campaigns in measles hotspots have reached nearly 530,000 children,”
Malnutrition, Disease And Food Insecurity – A Perfect Recipe For Disaster For Somalia’s Children
12 June – Source : Daily Maverick – 679 Words
Since the beginning of the year, outbreaks of cholera and later measles have been spreading across Somalia. The severe and prolonged drought has also caused high malnutrition among children. Unicef estimates that 1.4-million children will suffer from acute malnutrition this year, including 277,000 severe cases. With just a roof, this open barn was once used as livestock market for Dolow town.
Now enclosed by orange tarpaulin, it has been turned into a makeshift hospital for patients stricken by the latest cholera outbreak.Inside the quiet, stifling wards, two-year-old Rahma lies on a stretcher. No one has noticed – not even her father sitting right next to her – that she is fighting for her life. Quiet and motionless, she appears to be just taking a nap.John Ntambi, Unicef Nutrition Specialist, happens to walk in during a planned visit to monitor Unicef’s support to the hospital. A doctor by training, he takes one look at Rahma and immediately rushes to her side. One glance was all he needed to see that she is not doing well. But it is already too late.
Rahma’s eyes are rolled back. She is losing consciousness fast. Before anything can be done to treat her, she gasps for the last time, then she is gone.Slowly, her father, Abdi Mohamed Ali, begins to absorb what has just happened. He gently wraps her body from head to toe in the shawl she has been wearing.The father and daughter came here at 4am because of Rahma’s severe abdominal pain. They came from the nearby Kabasa camp for displaced people. Because of drought, they had been relying on the river for water.In the next ward, another little girl also named Rahma is sick with not one but three illnesses – diarrhoea, fever and severe acute malnutrition. Her mother Fatuma picks her up and tries to comfort her, but that only invites more squirms and squeals. This is the second time Rahma has been brought here in just a few days.
TOP TWEETS
@ThabitMhd: Congrats to #Mogadishu city basketball team on winning the match against Mombasa today. Mogadishu is rooting for you for the coming games!
@USAIDSomalia: Intl community with @USAID has scaled up #Somalia assistance from reaching 500,000 in Jan to approx 2.7 million in April 2017 @US2SOMALIA
@IGADSFO: We welcome the appointment of Dr Mohamed Ali Guyo as the IGAD Special Envoy for Somalia; We look forward to your leadership @igadsecretariat
@SomaliPM:Held discussions with IGAD Chair PM Desalegn at the sidelines of the Summit. #Somalia stands with South Sudan for a peaceful resolution
@RadioErgo: #Somalia:Divorce and jobless husbands force Somali women into work http://bit.ly/2aPcYPQ
@HarunMaruf: Somalia: Puntland masses troops in Galgala highlands in anticipation of possible attack Al-Shabab fighters who killed 48 soldiers last week.
@HarunMaruf: Al-Shabab spox Ali Dhere renews group’s call to Kenya to withdraw troops from Somalia; part 2 of a speech to recruits from East Africa.
@HoshAbdi: Ramadan is over midway and there’s been no major explosions/attacks by AS in Mog. A big-hat-off to the leadership of the security sector.
IMAGE OF THE DAY
Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khayre holds discussions with IGAD Chair PM Desalegn at the sidelines of the IGAD Summit in Addis Ababa.
PHOTO: @HassanAliKheyre