Key Headlines

• President Farmaajo Calls On Parliament To Complete Constitutional Review Process (Goobjoog News)
• Bomb Under Car Seat Kills Somali Intelligence Officer (Shabelle News)
• 49376 Somali Refugees Repatriated (Radio Mustaqbal)
• 44 Aid Agencies Appeal For UN Action To Avert Famine In Somalia (China.org)
• Circling The Square In Somalia (Huffington Post)

Key Headlines

• Somalia’s New Leader Declares Drought A National Disaster  (Belfast Telegraph)
• Elders Officials Met To End Crisis Of Mutinous Puntland Soldiers (Goobjoog News)
• Puntland President Gaas In Trouble As MPs Set For A Vote Of No Confidence Motion (Radio Dalsan)
• Aisha Abokor Appointed As Presidential Advisor For Social Affairs (Goobjoog News)
• Over $4m Losses In Khalifa Mall As Traders Come To Terms With Bakaara Market Blaze (Goobjoog News)
• Miraa Export Resumes After Tax Dispute Is Resolved (Daily Nation)
• Somalia Is Looking Forward Confidently (Hiiraan Online)

Key Headlines

• Somalia’s New President Inherits A Country On The Brink Of Disaster And Famine
• Blast Near Mogadishu Hours After Al-Shabaab Vows Attack  (Al Jazeera English)
• A Senior Puntland Official Injured In Galkayo Town (Shabeele News)
• WHO Appeals For $10million For Emergency Health Response (Hiiraan Online)
• Somali Gov’t And AMISOM To Combat Use Of Child Soldiers (New Vision Uganda)
• East African Bloc To Hold Special Summit On Somali Refugees (Xinhua Online)
• Somalia’s New President Inherits A Country On The Brink Of Disaster And Famine (Vice News)

Key Headlines

• Galmudug President Abdikarim Guled Resigns Cites Health Reasons (Goobjoog News)
• Former  MP Shot Dead In Mogadishu An Elder Wounded (Garowe Online)
• President Farmajo Promises Regular Pay For Custodial Corps (Goobjoog News)
• Puntland Troops Stage Short Mutiny ‘over unpaid salaries’ (BBC News)
• Pentagon Seeks To Expand Fight Against Extremists In Somalia (Associated Press)
• The Illusion Of Hope (Hiiraan Online)

Regional Leaders Front Joint Efforts As Drought Plunges Millions Into Hunger 23 February – Source: Goobjoog News- 280 Words Regional heads of states and governments have vowed to a joint approach towards the ongoing drought in the East and Horn of Africa which the UN estimates is affecting upwards of 12 million people. In a […]