February 3, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

100 army recruits commence military training in Mahas ( Radio Bar-kulan)
Somaliland offloads ‘illegal’ arms on seized ship (Hiraan Online)
OIC to assist Somalia in reopening of 21 diplomatic missions (Radio Bar-kulan)
Somaliland responds to allegations by Puntland (Garowe online)
Forces launch security operations in El-buur district (Radio Goobjoog)
Seven Mandera terror suspects remanded (Standard media)
Somalia set for two new development projects (Fifa.com)
A playground in Somalia lets kids frolic after decades of war (AP/Hiraan online)

Mogadishu Mayor: “there has been tax evasion for 25 Years now is the time to pay” (Radio Goobjoog)
Fighting erupts in South Galkayo (Radio Danan)
Prominent Somali academic dies (Hiraan Online)
Somaliland puts seized weapons shipment on display (Garowe Online)
AU delegation reaches Baidoa (Radio Goobjoog)
Somali region gets a second micro finance institutions (Addisfortune.net)
Foreign nationals urged to stay away from townships (SABC News)
Somali protesters demand teacher resign over Mohammed cartoons (Seattleglobalist)
As Somali-American fights no-fly list FBI says his brother is most wanted (CS Monitor)

Landmine explosion occurs in Marko town (Radio Goobjoog)
Jubaland forces conduct security sweep (Garowe Online)
Reconciliation conference in Dhuusamareeb enters its second day (Radio Goobjoog)
Cholera outbreak confirmed in Jowhar (Radio Ergo)
EU decries discrimination against Somalia’s minority women (Radio Bar-kulan)
Somali parliaments endorse PM’s vote delay request (Hiraan Online)
Kalonzo Musyoka cautions against profiling of terror suspects (Standard Media)
Several killed in Somalia airstrike (Digital Journal)
Somalia making progress against Shabaab president tells AA (Anadolu)
Former Amniyat boss rejects al-Shabaab ideology serves blow to terror group (Sabahi Onlin)
Minority Somali women facing sexual violence – report (Star)
AU summit concludes after deliberation on Africa’s key challenges (Xinhua/Hiraan Online)
Man jailed two years for threatening police officers (Malta times)
Bank crackdown threatens remittances to Somalia (Foreign policy)

Bad weather leaves Hobyo fishermen hungry (Radio Ergo)
Ex-Bank Chief appointed as Somalia’s FM accused of corruption (Horseed Media)
The President Hasan Sheikh Mohamud attends IGAD-mediated talks of South Sudan (Radio Goobjoog)
Water shortage hits many villages in Gedo region (Radio Goobjoog)
Somaliland denies UN Monitors access to Berbera Port (Garowe Online)
New security laws justified as Kenya is at war says Solicitor General (Star)
38000 Somali children facing starvation (Daily Nation)
3 Million Somalis need humanitarian aid (Worldbulletin)
Former DC-area taxi driver added to most-wanted terrorist list (ABC News)
Red Emperor Resources falls as it withdraws from Somalia project (Londonsouthwest.co.uk)

Joint forces take more rebel-held villages (Hiiraan Online)
Hamarjajab district won Benadir sanitation campaign contest (Radio Bar-kulan)
The installation of solar-powered lights kicks off on Industrial Road.(Radio Goobjoog)
Somali lawmakers unanimously pass national treasury bill (Radio RBC)
Somali writers showcase their works at Cairo Book Fair (Radio Danan)
Police arrest suspected mastermind of deadly Mandera attacks (Daily Nation)
Sh2 billion for irrigation in North Kenya (Star)
UN: Somalia’s food situation improving but still at risk (Voice of America English)
US court in Virginia to hear two Somali pirates’ appeals (AP/Washington top news)

Gedo military officials capture Al-shabaab members (Radio Goobjoog/Garowe Online)
President Hassan in Addis Ababa for AU Summit (Garowe Online/Radio Goobjoog)
Galmudug welcomes new Somali cabinet (Radio Bar-kulan/Radio Goobjoog)
Hiran Governor refutes claims that he is forming his own militia (Radio Goobjoog)
IJA forces recover areas from Al-Shabab (Radio Goobjoog/Mareeg Media)
Somaliland interior minister vows to contain banditry activities in Hargeisa (Radio Bar-kulan)
Al-Shabaab victims seek justice government support (Sabahi Online)
Somalia PM urges Parliament to pass his new Cabinet list (Daily Nation)
EU warship escorts UN food supplies to Somalia (Xinhua/China.org)
Minneapolis FBI refused to use Somali outreach for spying (Star Tribune)

The administration and elders of Buulo Burde vow to fight Al-shabab (Radio Goobjoog)
Ali Ameriko meets with South African high commissioner to Kenya (Radio Bar-Kulan)
EUCAP Nestor to deploy in Puntland (Horseed Media)
Two warring clans clinch peace deal in Afgooye (Garowe Online)
Galmudug State commends central State formation conference in Adado (Radio Goobjoog)
Interior CS Nkaissery pledges to end insecurity in counties on Kenya-Somali border (Daily Nation)
Thousands of foreigners seek refuge in Mayfair (Mail & Guardian)
Minnesotan charged with trying to aid ISIS released to halfway house (MPR News)

Somali President: the door is always open to those who reject Al-Shabaab’s doctrine of destruction and embrace peace” (Dalsan Radio)
Fresh clashes erupts in Lego Lower Shabelle (Radio Goobjoog)
ASWJ welcomes Somali premier’s new cabinet lineup (Radio Bar-kulan)
EHAHRDP supports historic first country visit by the African Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (Mareeg Media)
Five women die in childbirth in Lower Juba (Radio Ergo/Radio Bar-kulan)
Militias kill a young man in Bakara market (Radio Danan)
Alarm raised over Somalia pupils influx (Daily Nation)
Training on governance (Star Kenya)
Kenyan forces militants clash in Somalia; 5 killed (Worldbulletin)
Somali suicide bomber lived in Switzerland (Associated Press)
Minneapolis police’s Somali outreach gets national attention (Star Tribune)
Hundreds of Somali refugees call East Texas home (KTRE)

PM Sharmarke gives new faces portfolios (Garowe Online/Radio Goobjoog)
Irish-UN mission hosts Somali women political participation panel (Hiiraan Online)
New Deal conference on Somalia opens in Garowe – Somali Current/Radio Bar-Kulan
Kismayo police ban unauthorized weapons (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Eleven referees promoted to B Level (Somali Current)
Solar light installation project to kick off in Baidoa (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Somali ex-Shabaab chief tells others to surrender (Capital FM News)
Family police identify 13-year-old boy killed in Eagan (CBS)
Bristol MP Stephen Williams under fire over claims Somali immigrants have contributed to pub closures(Bristol Post)

President Hassan: “former ministers will be accommodated in the upcoming babinet”
(Radio Goobjoog)
Al-Shabaab kidnaps farmers pastoralists for ransom (Garowe Online/Somali current)
Government forces conduct an operation in Berdale (Radio Muqdisho)
Somali parliament warns PM over ministers’ recall (Hiraan Online/Radio RBC)
Measles kills 34 in Middle Shabelle (Radio Ergo)
Progress made on construction of Bosaso airport runway (Horseed Media)
Qatar Red Crescent to extend charity mission to Somalia (The Peninsula)
Allied forces drive Al-Shabaab from Bakol villages (Sabahi Online)
Somalia shows signs of recovery and optimism after decades of turmoil (ITV)
Somalis begin 3862 km journey home from Swaziland by foot (Hiraan Online/The Observer)
MP says Somalis lead to fewer pubs in part of Bristol (ITV)