October 28, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Lack Of Funds Pushes Al-Shabaab Towards ISIL-Puntland (Garowe Online)
SNA and AU Troops Recapture Al-Shabaab Military Base After Deadly Fighting (Goobjoog News)
Chief Justice 60 Somaliland Federal MPs Fault Special Treatment Of Somaliland In Electoral Process(Goobjoog News)
Somaliland President Appoints Ministers After Mass Resignations (Hiiraan Online)
Behold I Was Lost But Now I am Found! Confessions Of An Al-Shabaab Recruit (Daily Nation)
Finland Narrows Asylum Criteria For Somalis (Reuters)
UN Human Rights Agency Urges Decency From Australia And Nauru Over Alleged Rape Victims(WAtoday)
Why Terrorists Have Had Success In Kenya (Daily Nation)

KDF Aids Illicit Sugar Trade In Kismayu Says UN (The Star)
President To Meet King of Saudi Arabia (Radio Muqdisho)
Rain Continues In Buurhakaba Bridge Collapses (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Has New Mayor In Less Than 2 years (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Minister of Defence Commends UAE Support For His Country (Emirates News Agency)
Mother Of Terror Suspect Says Son Is Innocent Suffering In Jail (CBS Minnesota)
Shabaab’s Leadership Fights Islamic State’s Attempted Expansion In East Africa (Long War Journal)

Somali Govt Fires Mogadishu Mayor After Run-Ins With Security Minister (Hiiraan)
Fall Out In Somaliland As Six Ministers Resign (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug Leader Says He Favours Stability In Mudug (Garowe Online)
Somali Army Clashes With Al-Shabaab Militants In Gedo Province (Shabelle News)
Galmudug State Launches Own Airstrip In Galkayo (Wacaal Media)
Police Detain More Than 70 Somali ‘Migrants’ In South Sudan (Radio Tamazuj)
British Citizens ‘Chained And Beaten’ In Somaliland Mental Health Centres (The Telegraph)
Somali Police Force And AMISOM Ensuring Safety Through Joint Night Operations (AMISOM)
College Pleas For Security ‘Ignored’ (Daily Nation)
Somalia: People With Disabilities Abused Neglected (Human Rights Watch)

King Somali President To Discuss Ways To Defeat Terrorism (Arab News)
Minister Leads High Powered Security Delegation In Visit To Bali-Doogle Base.(Wacaal Media)
Rain Floods Damage Roads In Lower Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
Somali FA Launches Special Assistance Program For Blind People (Goobjoog News)
Joseph Nkaissery Wants International Community To Honour Financial Pledge For Somali Refugees’ Programmes (The Standard)
Glam Mogadishu Suburb Showing Face Of Resurgence In Somalia (Xinhua)
The Night Life Of Mogadishu (AMISOM)

Kenyan Forces Kill 15 Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants In Operation To Capture Jilib Town In Somalia(The Standard)
Somali President Officially Opens Seventh Session Of The Parliament (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Detains Two Of Its Senior Officers (Radio Dalsan)
SNA Captures 3 Villages In Bay (Goobjoog News)
Ethiopian Troops In Somalia Are Under Full AMISOM Command Says Col Areyte (Shabelle News)
The Face Of A British ISIS Suicide Bomber: Jihadi Who Carried Out Deadly Bomb Attack Which Killed Over 50 People In Iraq ( Daily Mail)
The UN In Somalia Marks The 70th Anniversary Of The United Nations (UNSOM)
SPF Officers Undertake Training On Sexual Gender-Based Violence And Child Protection (AMISOM)
Illegal Fishermen Caught In Somali Waters Must Face The Music (Hiiraan Online)

Conflict of Interest Threatens Rebuilding Somali National Army– UN Report (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Police Commissioner Arrives in Kismayu (Wacaal Media)
Galkaayo Streets Flooded After Heavy Downpour (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President Responds To UN Monitoring Group Report On Somalia (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Spiritual Leader Pledges Allegiance To ISIS CNN Says (Bloomberg)
Accused ISIL Recruit’s Conditions ‘Inhumane’ Family Says (Star Tribune)
Somali Migrant Mother: I Was Ready to Die With My Unborn Child (VoA)

Somali Govt Troops Kills Al-Shabaab Member And Seizes Weapons In Fighting Says Military (Shabelle News)
Commission To Draft Resource Sharing Formula Federal Government And Regional States Agree(Goobjoog News )
River Jubba Of Somalia Bursts Its Banks (Mareeg Media)
Somaliland President Eases Deadlock Over Ruling Party Congress (Garowe Online)
Somalia Addressing Challenges Ahead Of 2016 Elections (CCTV)
Mombasa High Court Releases Four Shabaab ‘Brides’ On Bond (Daily Nation)
UN Declares Somalia Polio Free (The Punch)
Family Returns From Kenya To Somalia (Deutsche Welle)
Somali Week Festival To Be Held In The United Kingdom (Hiiraan Online)

Armed Gunmen Kill Imam In Abudwaak Town (Wacaal Media)
South-West State In Final Stage To Announce Its Parliament – Spokesman (Shabelle News)
UN Report Blasts Puntland Leader For Security Failures Corruption (Garowe Online)
Jubbaland Launches Operation To Liberate Bu’aale And Middle Jubba Region At Large (Wacaal Media)
UN Assistant Secretary-General and the Controller Commend Positive Partnerships And Progress In Somalia. (AMISOM)
Police arrest Two Terror Suspects In Mombasa (Daily Nation)
Wrangling Over Impeachment Motion Unabated (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia Takes Stock Of Public Finance To Address Corruption (Hiiraan Online)
EU Pledges €165 Euros For AU Force In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Angry Gunmen Open Fire On Tank Trailer In Somaliland (Goobjoog News )
Regional Administration Expresses Concern Over Flooding Of Shabelle region (Wacaal Media)
National Football Federation & Jubaland Agree To Revamp Sport Sector (Garowe Online)
UNHCR Seeks 500 Million USD For Return Of Somalia Refugees In Kenya (Xinhua)
Mother Of Acton Murder Victim Usaama Ali Says She Wants To Leave ‘Violent’ London (The Standard)
US Lifts Travel Warning On Kenyan Coast (Daily Nation)
When City Centres Turn Into Battlefields (Agenda WEF)

700 Al-Shabaab Recruits Return To Kenya – IOM (The Star)
46th Anniversary Of Somalia’s Coup Led By Late Barre (Goobjoog News )
SNA vows to Annihilate Al-Shabaab From Somali Central Regions (Goobjoog News)
Drought Affects Hundreds In Sanag(Garowe Online)
Kenya Says Forensic Experts To Reveal Identity Of Slain Al-Shabaab Suspect (Xinhua)
Police Officers Reach Out To Somali Community After Fatality In South Minneapolis (Radio Widh Widh Online)
Continent In Democratic Recession Says Mo Ibrahim Index (East African)