May 18, 2017 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

As Somalia Combats Insecurity Drought Worsens ‘More Rapidly Than Projected’ – UN Official (UN News Centre)
Puntland Parliament Rejects Expansion Of State’s Assembly (Garowe Online)
Roadside Blast Kills Kenyan Official In Border Region (Xinhua)
23 Sentenced In Ethiopia For Al-Qaeda Al-Shabab Links (Associated Press)
Mohammed-bin-Rashid Al-Maktoum Foundation Distributes 360 Tonnes Of Food Aid To Vulnerable People In Somalia (Emirates News Agency)
Tackling The Security Crisis In Somalia (Deutsche Welle)

Two Somali Soldiers Die Trying To Defuse Car Bomb (Reuters)
Delegates Flee Mogadishu After Militant Killings Increase (Dhacdo.com)
Bay Region Administration Plans To Open Roads Blocked By Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Cholera Outbreak Compounds Hunger Crisis In Southern Somalia (VOA News)
Bomb Blast Injures 7 In Southwestern Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
Somalia Needs More Action Less Lip Service (Institute For Security Studies)

Money Access And Security Main Challenges To Averting Famine In Somalia: Experts (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Puntland Prosecutor Orders Capture Of 18 For Piracy Activities (Somali Update)
Gunfire Exchange Between Villa Somalia Guards And NISA Banadir Boss Leaves Two Dead (Jowhar.com)
China Gives $1 Million USD to Help IDPs in Somalia (Global Times)
Fighting Al-Shabaab Requires ‘Carrot and Stick’: U.N. Official (Newsweek)
An American Documentary Captures the Odds Against Being a Soccer Player From Somalia (Quartz Media)

Francisco Madeira: AMISOM Has Not Failed (VOA Somali Service)
Al-Shabab Kill Chief Abduct Two Reservists in Mandera (Shabelle News)
New Deputy Director Appointed For Villa Somalia (Jowhar.com)
Prime Minister Khayre Meets Norwegian Foreign Minister In Doha (Jowhar.com)
Art for Peace in Somalia: Young people Use Street Art to Promote Peace in Mogadishu (Bartamaha)
Somali Authorities Probe Suspected Bombers (The East African)
Somalia Gets $1.3b For Economy and Security (The East African)
How American Special Operators Gradually Returned To Somalia (The Atlantic)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Invites Somali President to Arab-Islamic-US Summit (Al-Riyad News)
Uganda Declares Doubling Its Troops In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Expanding The State Parliament Is Unjust Says Puntland MP (Garowe Online)
QRCS To Launch QR 5.5 mln Ramadan Projects In Somalia (Relief Web)
Bishop Urges International Support for Drought-Stricken Somalia as Anti-Terrorism Law Stilt Aid Effort (The Tablet)
Executions Increase in Somalia (VOA News)

A Forum Of 88 Members Of Parliament Announced In Nairobi (Jowhar.com)
Government Workers Given A Day Off To Celebrate 15 May (Hiiraan Online)
Minister of Information Opens Editorial Guidelines Training to Somali Journalists (Jowhar.com)
Puntland Vice President suspends Director of Immigration Department (Garowe News)
17 Dead From Hunger Near Mogadishu Amid Drought (Shabelle News)
Three Tales Of Mogadishu: Violence A Booming Economy … And Now Famine (The Guardian)
A Journey To Somaliland: Africa’s Self-made Country (Rudaw)
A Crucial Lifeline is Restoring Dignity For Drought-affected Families in Somalia (ICRA.org)
After Conference There Is Ray Of Hope For Somalia (The Standard)

Government Holds Constitutional Review Meeting in Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
Tension Runs High in Eastern Galgaduud (Shabelle News)
Somalia’s Prime Minister Attends Doha Forum (Garowe Online)
President Mohamed Reaches Out To Global Financial Agencies (Daily Nation)
Somali President Welcomes Al-Sisi’s Invitation To Visit Egypt (Daily News Egypt)
Is Federalism a New Phenomenon in Somalia? (Jowhar.com)

World Leaders Urged to Cancel Somalia’s $5.3bn Debt Amid Threat of Imminent Famine (International Business Times)
First Phase Of London Conference Kicks Off Today (Garowe Online)
Qatar – Somalia Talks (Hiiraan Online)
Egypt’s Army Sends Food and Medical Aid to Somalia in Drought Relief (Ahram News Agency)
British UN Leaders To Address Somalia Humanitarian Crisis (Associated Press)
An Enterprising And Humanitarian Policy For Somalia (Daily Sabah)

The Pentagon Would Consider Sending More US Troops To Somalia (Military Times)
A Prominent Elder Killed in Mogadishu (Garoweonline)
Judicial Service Council Fires Officials For Corruption (Shabellenews)
Government Asked to Bring Former NISA Chief Before Court (Shabellenews)
Last Minute Effort to Avert Famine: An International Conference on Somalia in London (Africanews Room)
Turkey Pledges More Support For Somalia At London Summit (Daily Sabah)
Did Somalia Lose A Future President? (Al-Ahram)

UN Chief Calls on International Community to Allocate Another $900 Million For Somalia (Sputnik news)
Somalia’s President and United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Opened London conference on Somalia (Garowe Online)
Somalia’s Council Of Ministers Meeting Focuses On Security (Garoweonline)
Kenya Defence Force To Stay And Pacify Somalia Says President Uhuru (Shabelle News)
Somalia and Its Backers Seek Security Pact To Beef Up Army (Reuters)
Museveni In United Kingdom For Conference On Somalia (New Vision Uganda)
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Somalia? (BBC News)