August 8, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Khat Traders In Mogadishu Express Fears Of Trade Halt As Kenya Heads For Polls (Goobjoog News)
Female Lawmakers Protest Against Male Dominated Parliamentary Committees (Horn Observer)
Former Deputy Bari Governor Shot Dead In Bosaso (Garowe Online)
Somali Children Flee Al-Shabaab Recruitment (VOA)
Zayed Giving Volunteers Begin Humanitarian Medical Mission In Somalia (Emirates News Agency)
Turkey’s Military To Move Into Somalia After Backing Qatar In Gulf Crisis (Newsweek)

Southwest Minister Says Clashes In Marka Are Between Locals And Al-Shabaab ( Jowhar.com )
Prominent Journalist Detained In Puntland Over Critical Reporting (Horn Observer)
A Member Of Parliament Accuses President Gaas Of Printing Fake Money (Garowe Online)
From Baidoa Somalia: ‘We Have No Hope’ (The Guardian)
Why The U.S. Must Stand By Somalia At Its Turning Point In Fighting Al-Shabaab And ISIS (Newsweek)

42 Somali Students Secure Tertiary Education In China (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Federal Parliament Passes 2017 Budget (Garowe Online)
Somalia Military High Court Upholds Earlier Verdicts (Goobjoog News)
Constitutional Affairs Minister Apologizes Federal Parliament Over Twitter Post (Somali Update)
Two Killed In Somalia Suicide Car Bombing (Gulf Today)
Gunmen Kill Governor and His Brother In Somalia Capital (Anadolu Agency)
Album Restores Worldly Sounds Of ‘Swinging Mogadishu’ (Mail Online)

Turkey Set To Open Largest Military Camp In Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
Puntland’s Bari Governor Warns Foreign Exchange And Business Owners Over Rejecting Shilling (RBC Radio)
Goverment And AMISOM Troops Retake Ali Fooldheere Near Mahadday From Al-Shabaab (Jowhar.com)
Kenyan Police Question British Woman Over Terror Links (Xinhuanet)
AfDB Approves Aid Package For Somalia And South Sudan (Public Finance International)
World Bank: Somalia’s Steady Rise Fuelled By Remittances (Standard Digital)

U.S Africom Commander In Kismayo Fresh Offensive On Al-Shabaab Discussed (Somali Update)
President Farmajo Aims To Drop Motion Against Constitutional Affairs Minister (Garowe Online)
Federal Government Cancels All Agreement With Private Companies (Garowe Online)
Somalia’s First Female Pilot Returns Home And Pledges Support To The Country’s Women And Youth (UNSOM)
Somalia Extremists Kill Kenyan Police Officer In Attack (Associated Press)
Visiting The Villages Being Saved By Aid In East Africa While Others Wait In Vain For Drought Relief (I News)

Somalia Economy Projected To Grow At 5-7% Over Medium Term (Africa Business Communities)
President Farmaajo Appoints Former Mogadishu Mayor As Senior Adviser (RBC Radio)
Somaliland Parliament Speaker Resigns Ahead of November Elections (Somali Update)
Kenya Official: 3 Killed In Suspected Al-Shabaab Attack (Washington Post)
How The Somali Government Is Getting Terrorists To Defect (Daily Signal)

Protest In Bosaso Turns Violent Ahead Of President Ali’s Visit (Garowe Online)
Somali Embassy In South Sudan Regains Freedom For Somali Prisoners (Goobjoog News )
President Farmajo Appoints Former Mayor As His New Political Adviser (Garowe Online)
15 Somali Pirates Found Guilty (Times of India)
Somalia To Open First Journalism School In 26 Years (VOA)
Somalia And The Saudi Battleship That Saw Siad Barre’s Demise (Opride )

Attorney General Endorses Supreme Court Verdict to Nullify 8 Disputed Parliamentary Seats (Somali Update)
Somalia Prime Minister Cuts The Ribbon Of The Relaunch Of Faculty Of Journalism (Horn Observer)
Drought Has Cost Somalia $1.7 Billion In Livestock And Crop Loss-World Bank (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Is A Good Example For The Rest Of The Country Says PM Khayre (Hiiraan Online)
WFP Hosts Hand-over Ceremony Welcoming China’s Rice Assistance To Somalia (Xinhua)
Somalia’s Impossible Fight Against Cholera (IRIN)

Car Bomb In Somali Port City Of Kismayo Wounds At Least 10 (Reuters)
House To Decide Fate Of Constitutional Affairs Minister Jibril Wednesday (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Anti-Corruption Measures Are Winning Says Deputy PM (Somali Update)
Prime Minister Appoints Ex-Permanent Secretary As An Advisor (Garowe Online)
Somalia Signs Pact On Convicts (The Hindu)
Somaliland Secures Record $442m Foreign Investment Deal (CNN)

Outcome Of Key Security Meeting Between President Farmaajo And Security Chiefs (Jowhar.com)
World Bank To Launch 2nd Economic Update On Somalia Today (Goobjoog News)
Bomb Under Car Seat Wounds Three In Somali Capital (Shabelle News)
Jubbaland President’s Addresses Troops Readied For New Offensive In The Region (Dhacdo.com)
Worsening Drought Makes East Africa The Frontline Of The World’s Fight Against Climate Change (Inews)
Somalia Is The Canary In The Coal Mine’ Says Climate Change Expert Amid East Africa Drought Crisis (Inews)