Since publishing the story titled “Attacks By Al Shabaab Cause Casualties To Kenyan Forces”, this morning, we learnt that there has been no fight between Kenya Defense Forces and Al- Shabaab in Qoqani. Therefore, we are retracting that story.

Key Headlines

• Commission To Harmonise Tariffs And Taxation In The Country Federal Government And Regional States Agree (Goobjoog News)
• Over 80 People Hospitalized After Outbreak Of Diarrhoea (Goobjoog News)
• Somali PM Expected To Make ‘A Mini Reshuffle’ In His Cabinet (Shabelle News)
• WFP Seeks 12 Million USD For El Nino Mitigation In Somalia: UN
• Amanda Lindhout Preparing For The Trial Of Alleged Somali Kidnapper (Ottawa Citizen)
• Cyclone Leaves Thousands Homeless In Somalia (News24)
• Seawater Greenhouses To Bring Cultivation To Somalia ( E&T Magazine)
• The Day They Came To Kill Me (Al Jazeera)

Key Headlines

• UK Pledges To Pay Salaries Of 60th Battalion Of SNA (Goobjoog News)
• A Call To End Crimes Against Journalists As Mogadishu Journo Killed In Terror Attack (Goobjoog News)
• Gulleid Calls For Collaboration Between Federal Government And Regional Administration In The Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
• New Mogadishu Mayor Assumes Office (Shabelle Media)
• Cyclone Chapala Felt In Puntland (Garowe Online)
• More Somali Refugees Return Home Due To Relative Peace (Xinhua)
• NYS Workers Building Somalia Border Wall Boycott Work Over Pay (Daily Nation)
• Alnur School Of The Blind Brings Hope To Somalia’s Blind (AMISOM)
• Inside Story: Judging The Threat Of Al-Shabaab In Africa (Al Jazeera)

Key Headlines

• Al-Shabaab Assault Targets Senior Somali Officials ( Al Jazeera)
• President Mohamud Condoles With Hotel Attack Victims Terms Incident Desperate (Goobjoog News)
• 50 Militants Reportedly Killed In Fierce Fighting Near Hudur Town ( Mareeg Media)
• AMISOM Commander And Somali Premier Discuss Means Of Enhancing Cooperation In The Fight Against Terrorism (Goobjoog News)
• Three EA States Going To War — in Yemen! (East African)
• Somalia’s Livestock Trade Booms (AMISOM)
• Somali Women Seek Stronger Participation In Country’s Peacebuilding And Political Processes(UNSOM)
• Shafana: The Journalist Who Believed In Somalia (Al Jazeera)

Key Headlines

• Al-Shabaab Pastoralists Clash In HiiraanOver Taxation (Garowe Online)
• Puntland Bans Broadcasts Of Voice Of America Somali In The State (Goobjoog News)
• Puntland:Ministry Of Health Distributes Treated Bed Nets In Bosaso (Wacaal Media)
• A Hand-over Ceremony Held In Garbaharey Town (Shabelle News)
• DOD Denies Americans On Plane Downed In Al-Shabaab-Controlled Territory (Breitbart News)
• Man To Serve 10 Years In Jail For Travelling To Somalia (Daily Nation)
• World Bank Takes Innovative Action to Support Remittance Flows to Somalia (World Bank)
• Milton Keynes Man Jailed For Two Years For Attempting To Smuggle Somali Woman Into UK (One MK News)
• Somalia’s New Pirates (Korea JoongAng Daily)

Key Headlines

• Somali President Warns Al-Shabaab On Joining Islamic State (Capital FM/AFP)
• Plane Crashes In Afgooye 30km Outside Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
• Somalia: Govt Troops Fend Off Al-Shabaab After Militants Attacked Their Base In Moqokori (Shabelle News)
• Somali Government And Partners To Restore Justice Institutions At State And Regional Levels (AMISOM)
• Indonesian Fishermen In Court Over Illegal Fishing (Horseed Media)
• Somalia: 100 Kenyan Shabaab Flee (The Star)
• AMISOM Renovates Clinic For The Somali Police Force In The Bay Region
• Thousands Homeless As El Nino Floods Sweep Somalia (Reuters)
• The Movies Where Police Join In As Extras (BBC)