October 12, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Risk Of Another Poll Delay As Clans And Regional States Miss Deadlines (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Accuses Somali Government Of Backing Galmudug (Garowe Online)
Traditional Elders Relate Galkayo Tensions With “Political Motives (Villa Puntland)
Briton Arrested In Gigiri Al-Shabaab Swoop Identified As Tom James (The Star Kenya)
Somali Youths Urged To Fully Participate In The 2016 Electoral Process (AMISOM)
Somali Refugees Decry Empty Promises On Return From Dadaab (News Deeply)

Two Killed In Clashes Between Puntland And Galmudug In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
International Community Raises Red Flag Over Candidates Lists Delay (Goobjoog News)
Hiiraan State To Be Formed In Beledweyne (Jowhar.com)
International Lobby Wants Kenya To Remove Deadline For Dadaab Closure (Daily Nation)
AU Mission Mulls Compensation For Civilian Harms In Somalia ( (Xinhua)
“With Dadaab Closing We have No Option But Return To Somalia” (Equal Times)

Puntland And Galmudug Forces Engage In Fresh Fighting In Galkacyo (Goobjoog News)
Federal Electoral Body Rejects Candidates List (Garowe Online)
South West State Praised For Respecting Women Quotas In Politics (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Women Activists Meet Interior Minister To Push More Seats In HirShabelle (Goobjoog News)
Turkey Sends Tons Of Food Aid To Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
One Killed In Explosion In Somalia’s Mogadishu (Xinhua)
Can Galkayo Be Under One Administration? (Mareeg Online)

Somaliland Politicians And Elders Boycott Electoral Process (Garowe online)
Fire Destroys Houses In Mogadishu’s Wadajir District (Goobjoog News)
Elders In Galkayo Agree On A Ceasefire (Jowhar.com)
President Welcomes The Formation Of HirShabelle Parliament (Jowhar.com)
Kenya Forcing Refugees Back To Somalia: NGO (AFP /Yahoo News)
County Urges Shabaab Returnees To Surrender For Rehabilitation (Daily Nation)
Educating the Horn: Paving A Path To College For Somali Youth (Seattle Globalist)

Jubaland Galmudug And Puntland States Nominate Candidates For Upper House (Goobjoog News)
Outgoing Federal Parliament Speaker Heading To Jowhar (Garowe Online)
UNSOS Holds Communication Training For AMISOM Public Information Officers (Goobjoog News)
Somali Police Commissioner Wraps Up Police Training In Cadaado Town (SONNA News)
Kenya’s Elite Forces Have Become More Lethal Since Somalia Entry (Daily Nation)
At least Five Injured In Mortar Attack Near Somalia Capital Airport (Xinhua)
Somali-American Outreach Workers Bridge Divide Between Community And Government (Star Tribune)

Six Killed In Clash Between Galmudug And Puntland Forces In Galkayo (Goobjoog News)
AU Hails Southwest For Timely Electoral Process Preparations (Goobjoog News)
Keating Meets Women And Elders In Garowe (Garowe Online)
AU Mission Denies Bombardment Kills Civilians In S. Somalia (Xinhua)
Split-second Decision To Hide Saved Us From Al-Shabaab Say Lucky Survivors (Daily Nation)
Promoting Birth Spacing To Save Lives (UNFPA Somalia)

South West State President: Upper-House candidate’s List Ready (Goobjoog News)
UNDP Set To Manage Somali Election’s Money (Goobjoog News)
Internal Rifts Undermine Puntland Democratization Process (Garowe Online)
Former Government Official Says Corruption Replaced Gun In Politics (Radio Dalsan)
Unknown Gunmen Kill Somali Elder Involved In Election (Xinhua)
Mandera Al-Shabaab Attack Victim Speaks Of Horrific Killings (The Star)
Meet The Former Refugee Who Is Now Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate(Broadly)

Civil Society Groups And Committee of Elders In Hiiraan Warn Of Election Fraud (Hiiraan Online)
Roadside Blast in Qansax Dheere Town Kills Soldier (Shabelle News)
Some Of Al-Shabaab Prisoners To Be Transferred To Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
President Gaas Unveils Multi-Party System Roadmap In Garowe (Jowhar.com)
Six killed In Mandera Shabaab Attack 27 Rescued (Daily Nation)
Press Freedom Bodies Call For Inquiry Into Somali Journalist’s Murder (The Guardian)
The Trek Towards Fistula Repair (UNFPA Somalia)

Somali Indirect Electoral Team Extends Upper House Candidates Submission Date (Goobjoog News)
Jowhar State Formation Conference In Its Final Stage (Goobjoog News)
AU Special Representative Commends ISWA For Timely Electoral Process Preparations (AMISOM)
Puntland Leader Calls For Intervention Amid Worsening Droughts (Garowe Online)
14 Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed In Somalia (World Bulletin)
Turkey Opening Military Base in Somalia (Defence Web)
Somalia’s Elections: A Small Stumbling Step On The Road To Democracy (African Arguments)

Over 10 Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed In An Operation at K50 (Jowhar.com)
I Was Not In Baidoa For Election Campaigns says President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Jowhar.com)
Senior Al-Shabaab Commander Killed In Southern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Gold Star Awards 2016: Teenager Fahma Mohamed Honoured For Tireless Campaign To End FGM(Bristol Post)
Kenyan Police Nab Suspected Al-Shabaab Member In Mombasa (Xinhua)
Delayed Elections Sabotage Somalia’s Democratic Dreams (Fair Observer)