March 30, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Dahabshiil Lobbies Muslims To Help Starving Somalis (Daily Nation)
Kenya Holds Ceremony To Welcome First Direct Flight From Mogadishu In 10 Years (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia’s Drought Once Again Has Thousands On The Move (Associated Press)
Nalo Musdhaf Remains Hopeful In The Face Of Severe Drought (UNSOM)
Even Camels Dying In Somali Drought (VOA)
Somalia Welcomes Turkish Aid As Famine Takes Hold (Anadolu Agency)
Somaliland: ‘I Convinced My Sister Not To Do Type III FGM On Her Daughter’ (The Guardian)

Mogadishu-Nairobi Direct Flights Resume (The Eastafrican)
Somalia’s Federal Parliament Approves New Cabinet (Garowe Online)
A Military Officer Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somali PM Visits IDP Camps Outside Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Somalia Holds High-Level Conference On Social Inclusion (AMISOM)
Somalia Faces Major Cholera Outbreak (Al Jazeera)
Toronto TV Host Finds Resilience In Drought-Stricken Remote Areas Of Somalia (CBC News)

Somaliland Sets A Date For Presidential Poll (Goobjoog News)
Four Southwest Soldiers killed In Al-Shabaab Attack (Shabelle News)
Djibouti Shipping Lines Set To Launch Djibouti- Somaliland Container Shuttle Service (Goobjoog News)
Famine In Somalia: Twice In Six Years? (IRIN)
Somalis Return To Kenya To Escape Drought At Home (Al Jazeera)
Stability Is Key To Somalia’s Public Finance Management Progress (Public Finance International)

Somalia’s President Farmaajo Jets Off To Jordan For Arab League Summit (Garowe Online)
Explosion In Mogadishu Kills Three Suspected Militants (Jowhar.com)
President Farmaajo Urges Citizens To Work With Security Forces In The Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland Hospital Cares For Malnourished From Drought (VOA)
Finland Allocates $20 Million To Famine-hit African Countries (Africa News)
For One Somalia-Born UK Citizen Brexit Is a “Point of No Return” (Global Voices)

President Farmajo Asks Parliamentarians To Drop Petition Against Cabinet (Hiiraan Online)
Senator Farole Urges Federal Parliament To Endorse New Cabinet (Garowe Online)
President Returns Home After Historic Visit To Kenya (Shabelle News)
As Cholera Spreads Somalia Begins Vaccination Campaign (The New York Times)
When The River Dries Out All Life Disappears (Reliefweb)

President Farmaajo Asks Parliament To Approve New Cabinet As MPs Fault Line Up (Goobjoog News)
ISWA To Have A Prime Minister After Federal Cabinet Is Approved Says President Sharif Hassan (Jowhar.com)
Journalist To Face Trial On Three Charges In Somaliland (Goobjoog News)
KDF kill 31 Al-Shabaab Terrorists In Badhaadhe Somalia (The Standard)
Turkey Distributes Humanitarian Aid In Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
New Leader Must Now Drive Somalia’s Rebirth (The Standard)

Puntland Leader Says The State Will Hold One Man One Vote Elections (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug Assembly Speaker Summons Lawmakers To Adado Ahead Of By-election (Goobjoog News)
No Casualties Reported As Bomb Blasts Rock Capital (Shabelle News)
IGAD Leaders To Help Send Refugees Back Home (VOA)
Help Somalia Stabilise Uhuru Appeals To International Community (The Standard)
Somalia Urges Relief Agencies To Return (Xinhua)
Promoting Institutional Memory In Somali Bureaucracy (Hiiraan Online)

Kenya Somalia Agree To Open Two New Border Posts Relaunch Direct Flights (Bernama)
ISWA Parliament Drops Impeachment Motion Against President Sharif Hassan (Hiiraan Online)
A Court In Puntland Upholds Sentence Of Seven Al-Shabaab Suspects (VOA Somali)
Security Council Adopts Resolution 2346 Authorising Mandate Extension For UNSOM (Emirates News Agency)
Costa Rica Detains Somali With Alleged Terrorism Links (Reuters)
Eastleigh: What’s In A Name? (The Star)

Somalia’s President Appeals For Famine Assistance (VOA News)
Somaliland Teacher Arrested For Impersonating President Silaanyo (Radio Dalsan)
Kenya Somalia Agree On Measures To Boost Bilateral Ties (Xinhua)
Somalia: A Moment Of Hope Amid Tragedy Says UN Envoy (UN News Centre)
Islamic State Group Routed In Somalia’s Puntland President Says (Bloomberg)
Kenya Somalia Vow To Step Up War Against Terrorism (Xinhua)
A 24-member Delegation From The AU Peace And Security Council Delegation Arrives In Somalia On An Assessment Mission (AMISOM)
With A Game Of Basketball Girls Dribble Round Extremism In Somalia (News Deeply)

New Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Begins Kenya Visit (The Star)
Al-Shabaab Explosives Expert Arrested In Kismayo (Hiiraan Online)
10 Killed In Clashes Between Somali Army And Al-Shabaab (Anadolu Agency)
UN Reports Worsening Humanitarian Situation In Somalia (Xinhua)
Somaliland Drought “A Kind Of Nightmare” – And A Security Threat: Minister (Reuters)
Homegrown Technology Is Being Used To Help Millions At Risk From A Devastating Famine In Africa (Quartz)