September 18, 2013 | Morning Headlines.
Mogadishu residents match in support of Brussel conference
17 Sept- Source: Radio Shabelle/Radio Mogadishu- 100 words
Hundreds of civilians matched in the streets of Mogadishu’s Yaqshid district showing their support towards the recently concluded conference in Brussels in which the federal government signed “the new deal”. Hundreds of civilians carried boards with writings that praised the government for the good work as they all showed a good hope towards the future of Somalia. “We came out in large numbers to support the outcome of the Brussels’ agreement,” said Muyadin Hassan Jurus who is the district commissioner of Yaqshid district in Banadir region.
Key Headlines
- Somali president delegation welcomed in Roma (SNTV)
- Famous Somali elder assassinated in Mogadishu (Jowhar Online)
- Talks between Himan & Heb and Somali government underway says Barleh
- (Radio Bar-kulan)
- Somali restaurateur vows to stay in business despite attacks (Sabahi Online)
- MEP holds talks with Somali minister (Malta Today)
- Floods cut off access between Mogadishu and northern regions (Radio Dalsan)
- Locals complain of destructive charcoal trade in Gedo region (Radio Ergo)
SOMALI MEDIA
Somali president delegation welcomed in Roma
17 Sept- Source: Radio Mustaqbal/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV-170 words
Reports from Roma, Italy say that the president of Somali federal government Hassan Sheikh Mohamed and his entourage received cordial welcome in Roma on Tuesday. The delegation with president are: Foreign Affairs Minister who is also deputy prime minister of Somalia Fowsia Haji Aden, the defense minister of Somalia Abdihakin Haji Mohamud Fiqi. minister of finance and planning Mohamed Hassan Suleiman and other government dignitaries. The spokesman and adviser of Somali president Abdirahman Omar Osman “Eng. Yarisow” said the president and his delegation were cordially welcomed by Somali ambassador in Roma Ambassador Gen. Musse Abdullahi and Somali community. Eng. “Yarisow” indicated the president will have meeting with Italian government officials in the coming hours. The president’s two day visit in Roma came after he received invitation letter from Italian government officials.
Famous Somali elder assassinated in Mogadishu
17 Sept- Source: Radio Dalsan/Shabelle/Jowhar Online- 105 words
Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a famous Somali elder in Mogadishu on Tuesday. According to relatives, the elder Farah Shidane was shot and killed by two young men near his home in Taleh neighborhood. The killers soon escaped from the area. Ahmed Diriye, who is close relative with late Shidane confirmed the death of the elder. The motive of the killing was not known immediately, but security forces reached the area and begun to investigate the killing. Farah Shidane was among several traditional elders who led the detained al Shabaab leader Hassan Dahir Aweys to come to Mogadishu and surrender to the government.
Talks between Himan & Heb and Somali government underway, says Barleh
17 Sept- Source: Radio Bar-kulan- 121 words
President of Himan and Heb authority in central Somalia stated that his administration is in talks with the Somali Federal government over the sharing of resources with the central government. Speaking to Bar-kulan Abdillahi Ali Mohamed Barleh said Himan and Heb administration has on-going talks with the Somali central over the rights of the people of central authority. Barleh further added that talks are in the final stages, and remains hopeful of fruitful outcome. Himan and Heb president dismissed speculations suggesting that dispute has emerged between the central administration and Mogadishu-based government. Barleh was among delegation who attended the New Deal conference for Somali hosted by European Union on Monday.
Floods cut off access between Mogadishu and northern regions
17 Sept- Source: Radio Dalsan- 122 words
Heavy floods have poured on the main road that links the capital city, Mogadishu and the northern regions of the country cutting the access of the cars and the people. Dalsan radio reporter, Maka Mohamed said that the local transportation was stalled after the floods caused by outburst of Shabelle river rendered road in Kongo outskirts of Jowhar town, the capital of Middle Shabelle region. Regional administration and local people have begun efforts to restore the access of the road. Meanwhile hundreds of families have begun fleeing from the villages near the river in order to save their lives and properties from the flooding.
Mogadishu residents match in support of Brussel conference
17 Sept- Source: Radio Shabelle/Radio Mogadishu- 100 words
Hundreds of civilians matched in the streets of Mogadishu’s Yaqshid district showing their support towards the recently concluded conference in Brussels in which the federal government signed “the new deal”. Hundreds of civilians carried boards with writings that praised the government for the good work as they all showed a good hope towards the future of Somalia. “We came out in large numbers to support the outcome of the Brussels’ agreement,” said Muyadin Hassan Jurus who is the district commissioner of Yaqshid district in Banadir region.
Locals complain of destructive charcoal trade in Gedo region
17 Sept- Source: Radio Ergo- 186 words
Elders, farmers and pastoralists in Gedo region say charcoal production has led to massive deforestation that is affecting livelihoods. A traditional elder and farmer, Ali Mohamud Al,i said the charcoal production has risen dramatically, turning the villages of Fafahdhun, Sidimo, Daar, Jungal,Kurawe, Kotey, Qalaliyow and Beer-badan into virtual desert. “There isn’t a single tree in these areas except very short bushes and livestock can get nothing to eat,” Ali told Radio Ergo’s local reporter. He said the area was once very rich in trees and pasture. Charcoal production is a lucrative trade in which many young people are active as a primary source of income. Aden Warsame, a camel owner, said there was increasing demand for charcoal from Kenya encouraged, which encourage the cutting of trees.. “The charcoal used as fuel in north-eastern province of Kenya and other parts of that country are mostly coming from tree burning here,” complained Warsame, adding that Kenya had declared tree cutting illegal. “From Balat-hawo to Tubaalo-badan, there is no single tree left standing. They have all been burned!” Warsame noted.
REGIONAL MEDIA
Yemeni-Somali security talks in Sana’a
17 Sept- Source: Yemen News Agency SABA- 155 words
A security talk session between Yemen and Somalia headed by the two countries’ Interior Ministers Abdul-Qader Qahtan and Abdelkarim Hussein Guled kicked off here on Tuesday. The talks focused on the security cooperation relations between the two brotherly countries, topped by the cooperation in refugee issues, training the Somali police, the fight against organized crime, terrorism, sea piracy and smuggling. Qahtan underlined Yemen’s keenness to strengthen joint security cooperation relations with Somalia and to serve the two brotherly peoples, and the security and stability in the region. He pointed to the facilities offered by Yemen to the Somali refugees and the efforts made by the Yemeni security services to combat illegal immigration and smuggling.
Somali restaurateur vows to stay in business despite attacks
16 Sept- Source: Sabahi Online- 738 words
Ahmed Jama, the owner of The Village restaurants in Mogadishu, has made it his mission to encourage Somalis from the diaspora to return home and establish businesses in Somalia. Jama, 50, returned from Britain in 2010 to open his restaurant, which now has four branches across the capital. Al Shabaab targeted The Village restaurant in Hamar Weyne district on September 7th in a car bomb and suicide attack that killed at least 30 civilians and wounded 50. It was al Shabaab’s second deadly attack on the restaurant in just under a year. Some of Jama’s other restaurants have also been targets of terrorist attacks.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
MEP holds talks with Somali minister
17 Sept- Malta Today -238 words
Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola (EPP) met Somali minister for human development Maryan Qasim, in a discussion on the country’s path towards stability. “Thousands of Somali nationals who left their country to be granted protection by Malta have expressed their desire to see a strong Somalia that enables them to return to their families and communities and to be part of Somalia’s rebuilding efforts,” Metsola said.
SOCIAL MEDIA
CULTURE / OPINION / EDITORIAL / ANALYSIS / BLOGS/ DISCUSSION BOARDS
“By accepting the risks here when nobody else was willing to, Turkey more than any other country, is poised to cash in on the rise of a stable Somalia. It’s a unique soft power strategy: more direct than Western nations, more cooperative and willing to transfer skills than China.”
Turkey is poised to cash in on a stable Somalia
17 Sept- Source: Quartz-1018 Words
Two flags now fly over Mogadishu. There’s the Somali one, of course: white star, blue background. The other’s rise over the battered concrete sprawl is more recent. It flies over schools and hospitals, is stamped on trucks and painted on trash bins. The white-and-red emblem even shares the desk of the city’s mayor. “The Turkish are giving the kind of support we have never seen before. They are changing the face of Mogadishu,” says Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
The two nations’ flags were flapping in the breeze side-by-side above the Mogadishu airstrip on August 19, 2011, when Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan touched down for the first visit by a non-African head of state in nearly two decades. At the time, thousands of Somalis were dying each day in the middle of the worst famine in over half a century, yet foreign dignitaries dared not enter.