June 23, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report.
Mogadishu Stabilization Force Launches Operations In Benadir Region
23 June – Source: Hiiraan Online – 103 Words
The Mogadishu Stabilization force is carrying out a series of operations in parts of Benadir region today as part of their efforts to secure the city. Among the areas the operation is undertaken include the districts of Waberi, Hamar Jajab, Hamarweyne, Shingani , Abdi Aziz, and other districts as reported by sources.The busy Maka- Al Mukarama road is also the target of the operation.“ I have just left Waberi district where officers were carrying out an operation. They were questioning those whom they suspect,” Muna Yusuf told Hiiraan Online. The operations comes following yesterday’s deadly car blast that hit the Waberi police station.
Key Headlines
- Mogadishu Stabilization Force Launches Operations In Benadir Region (Hiiraan Online)
- Puntland To Enhance Security During Eid Days (Jowhar.com)
- Parliament’s Second Session Opening Date Revealed (Dhacdo.com)
- Burqa-clad Adelaide Woman 22 Charged With Supporting Terrorism (Daily Mail)
- SRT Marine Systems Wins Somalia Contract(Interactive Investor)
- The Baati Dress Proves That Modest Fashion Can Be Liberating (The Vogue Magazine)
NATIONAL MEDIA
Puntland To Enhance Security During Eid Days
23 June – Source : Jowhar.com – 114 Words
The Puntland State of Somalia has announced that it will strengthen the security of the region ahead of the Eid celebrations. A meeting that brought together the region’s Cabinet discussed among other issues how to secure the venues where the Eid prayers will be held.In a communique that was released following the meeting the administration said there is no existing threat facing the state but the move is a preemptive one aimed at securing the public against the plans been made by the enemy. “The public in Puntland should not be worried by the propaganda of the enemy. There is no threat facing all the districts in Puntland,” The communique read in part.
Parliament’s Second Session Opening Date Revealed
23 June – Source : Dhacdo.com – 88 Words
Following a meeting of the parliamentary permanent committee held in Mogadishu the date for the second session opening was agreed. Members of the committee agreed that the second session of the Parliament should begin on the 8 July. The meeting was chaired by the acting Speaker, Mahad Awad. The Secretary-General of Parliament, Abdikarin Haji Abdi confirmed that the committee agreed on the 8 July for the parliament to resume its business. MPs went for a two month long recess after the first session was concluded in late March.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Burqa-clad Adelaide Woman, 22, Charged With Supporting Terrorism
23 June – Source : Daily Mail – 428 Words
A Somali-born Adelaide woman charged with supporting terrorism was ‘mentored’ by female jihadis and will escalate her plot to carry out a real-world attack if not kept in custody, prosecutors say.The 22-year-old, who came to Australia aged 14 and who now has citizenship, was arrested in May after police alleged she formed relationships with Islamic State members online and joined the extremist group.
Australian Federal Police documents lodged with the Adelaide Magistrate’s Court allege the woman was radicalised and mentored by female IS members in Mombasa who planned and carried out an attack in September 11, 2016, The Advertiser reported.Police now believe the student became radicalised after female IS members in Mombasa planned and carried out an attack in September 11, 2016, ‘mentoring’ the young woman during the process
She was also recorded singing songs of praise toward the militant group in her home shortly before she was arrested. ‘We hold grave concerns that her activities will escalate from online to an act of (terrorism) in the real world,’ the documents say, according to The Advertiser. ‘The only reason she is not now in IS territory as a member of IS is that police prevented her from travelling in June 2016.’ That trip, which saw the 22-year-old purchase a one-way ticket to Turkey before being stopped by police at the airport, was the primary reason police began to survey her movements.
SRT Marine Systems Wins Somalia Contract
23 June – Source : Interactive Investor – 132 Words
SRT Marine Systems (SRT) has received a contract from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to supply a package of specialist AIS Class B transceivers and communication devices, satellite AIS data and a vessel tracking display system in Somalia.The equipment supply element would be completed this financial year with the supply of S-MDA satellite AIS data ongoing. The project was supported by the Counter Piracy Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the coast of Somalia.The system would be used primarily to enhance safety at-sea and fight piracy activities whilst also to track and monitor small local fishing boats in Somalia and assist with safety and prevention of illegal, unregulated and unlicensed (IUU) fishing.
OPINION, ANALYSIS AND CULTURE
“The fact that there are no rules makes baatis quintessentially modern and unencumbered by cultural restrictions, and I’ve started to interpret them as a symbol of Somali women’s continued resistance post–civil war.,”
The Baati Dress Proves That Modest Fashion Can Be Liberating
23 June – Source : Vogue Magazine – 864 Words
Yeezy catwalker Halima Aden caught the world’s attention earlier this year as one of the first models on a major fashion runway in New York to wear a hijab.But this summer, as she moves from magazine shoots to judging Miss USA alongside Ashley Graham who is a host, fashion watchers are likely to notice another staple of her everyday style: the baati, a classic cotton dress from her ancestral home of Somalia that often costs less than $20.
Though it’s a sort of housedress, designed in the spirit of one-size-fits-all utilitarianism, the baati conjures elegance and refinement rather than the scraggly bohemianism of the muumuu and caftan. That’s because of the self-possession of the women—usually Somali—who wear it, and because of the baati’s inherent versatility, the way its fluid, wide-sleeved silhouette flips from loungewear-like to dressed up depending on how it’s styled.Aden, 19, started wearing baatis when she was 8 years old and has been photographed trekking the globe in them since February, when she signed to IMG Models.
“I have found I am wearing them more than ever,” she says.“They are great for wearing on an airplane, when traveling, and perfect for wearing to photo shoots, where I am going to be making clothing changes on-site and need to be able to do that quickly,” she says. “My favorite thing about baatis is that they are so comfortable and easy to wear, like wearing cozy pajamas.”
Another aspect of the style’s appeal is the way it functions as an instant statement piece. “The prints are so bold it doesn’t need anything else,” says Canadian singer-songwriter Cold Specks.“Sometimes I’ll wear it with a shiny traditional scarf to cover my head. Sometimes I cut the bottom off.” Specks’s music-world peer and Love Army for Somalia activist Amaal Nuux favors the look for reasons of cultural pride: “I always have my baati loose, sometimes tucked into my goongaarad [a Somali slip worn underneath dresses],” she says. “I’ll accessorize with a gold long necklace and some bracelets. All of this together makes me feel like a Somali queen.”
The summer before sixth grade was the first time I wore a baati, and the first time I experienced that queenly feeling for myself. My paternal grandmother handed me a baati that smelled like her (an old Somali lady smells like frankincense and Bengay, if you’re wondering) in her Columbus, Ohio, townhouse, and from then on I was hooked. Wearing it meant I was indeed a woman, not a girl, because baatis had been too long for me the previous year, when I was 4 feet 11.
TOP TWEETS
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@AbdirahmanCumar: Al-Shabaab militia kill policeman, two civilians in Mandera http://newsnow.co.uk/share?u=
@IOM_Uganda: Somalia president speaks at Uganda Solidarity Summit thanks Uganda for hosting Somali refugees @UNMigration @UNinUganda #UGSolidarity
@icai_uk:#Somalia is the world’s most fragile state. Find out how #UKaid is performing in this incredibly challenging country http://bit.ly/2rIC6vz
@riskstaff: This will be interesting: Prince back in #Somalia – Blackwater founder’s FSG signs security deal with Somali region
@Vatescorp:#Somalia To Re-establish Diplomatic Police Unit; 300 Turkish trained Somali police officers will soon graduate http://ow.ly/Mi5L30cPmCu
IMAGE OF THE DAY
President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo addresses the Somali Diaspora in Uganda.
Photo: Radio Muqdisho