June 9, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

We Are Ready For Dadaab Refugees Somalia President Mohamud Says (Daily Nation)
Lower Shabelle Administration Probes Into Root Cause Of Recurrent Clan Clashes (Shabelle News)
Galkaayo Local Authority Opens New Animal Market (Gooboog News)
Woman Peace Activist Shot Dead In Galkaayo (Garowe Online)
US Confirms 2 Al -Shabaab Leaders Killed In Somalia Operations (Associated Press)
UNESCO Chief Denounces Killing Of Journalists In Somalia And Afghanistan (UN News Centre)
Poverty Porn: Why Female Genital Mutilation Should Not Be Shown On TV( Newsweek)

Uhuru and Somalia President Yet To Reach Agreement On Dadaab Refugee Camp (Goobjoog News)
Former BBC Veteran Yussuf Garaad Nominated As The New Somalia Ambassador To The UN (Hiiraan Online)
Kenya Launches Manhunt For Al-Shabaab Along Somalia Border (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Election Commission Concludes Review Of Laws (Garowe Online)
Lower Shabelle Administration Probes Into Root-causes Of Recurrent Clan Clashes (Radio Shabelle)
Congress Asks How Accused War Criminal Became Airport Guard (CNN)
After The Critical Africa Visit (Daily Sabah)

NISA Soldier Gunned Down Outside Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Several MPs Call For Immediate Ceasefire Between Two Clans In Sool Region(Goobjoog News)
Puntland Beefing Up Security During Ramadan (Garowe Online)
Troops Who Killed Garissa Raid Planner Had Sought to Capture Him (VOA News)
Dadaab Closure Top Uhuru Somalia President Hassan Mohamud Talks (The Star Kenya)
Mogadishu – Nairobi Direct Flights To Begin Soon As Somalia Scores Big In Bilateral Talks With Kenya(NEP Journal)
Somalia’s Uphill Battle To Criminalize Sexual Violence (Foreign Policy Magazine)

Somali President Says Somalia And Kenya Never Agreed On Quick And Forceful Repatriation (Goobjoog News)
President Siilaanyo: We Are Not Party To The Current Political Process In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Jubaland President To Pardon Dozens of Prisoners From Jail In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
Five AU Soldiers Arrested Over Military Equipment Sale (Daily Monitor)
AMISOM To Help Somali Police Force Secure Mogadishu During Ramadan (AMISOM)
Activist Implores Sky News To Drop Footage Of FGM (Sky News)
The ‘Turkish Model’ In Somalia: Humanitarian Diplomacy Or Power Play? (Independant Turkey)

Federal Government Says 20 Militants Killed In Raid (Garowe Online)
Somali Parliament Passes Political Parties Law (Goobjoog News)
At least 10 Killed Several Hurt In Somalia Fighting (Shabelle News)
Federal MP Sharif Mohammed Abdulla: Mogadishu Shall Have Its Share Of Upper House (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Visits World’s Largest Refugee Camp (VOA News)
Kenya’s Rights Group In Court Bid To Stop Closure Of Dadaab Camp (Xinhua)
Can Somaliland Afford To Shun Its SMEs? ( AllAfrica.com)

Somali President Visits Dadaab Camp In Kenya (Goobjoog News)
Kenyan Forces Launch Massive Security Operation In Mandera County (Goobjoog News)
More Than A Dozen Dead In Sool Clan Fighting (Garowe Online)
Detainees Receive Food Quran For Ramadan (ICRC)
KSA To Support 20000 Yemenis Somalis With $10m Fund (Arab News)
Justice Or ‘Conspiracy’? Terrorism Trial Divides Somalis In Minneapolis (The New York Times)

Somalia Declares Monday First Day Of Ramadan (Hiiraan Online)
Gunmen Kill Female Journalist In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Kenyan President Says His Country Will Not Feel Safe Until Peace Is Restored In Somali (Goobjoog News)
SNA Advance On Al-Shabaab Bases In Gedo (Shabelle News)
Somalia Federal MP Maryam Arif Expresses Concern Over Somali Women’s Quota In 2016 Elections(Goobjoog News)
President Says Somalia Will Select New Parliament In August (Reuters)
Somalis Prepare For The Holy Month Of Ramadan (AMISOM)
Police Escape With Minor Injuries After Explosion (Daily Nation)
Terror Verdict Renews Focus On Somali-American Recruitment (Voice of America)

President Erdoğan In Somalia Opens Africa’s Largest Turkish Embassy Other Projects (Daily Sabah)
National Consultative Forum Concludes As Leaders Agree To Hold Next Session In Baidoa (Puntlandi.com )
NISA Investigating Mobiles Phones Used By Al-Shabaab Militants In Mogadishu Hotel Attack (Radio Dalsan)
Kenyan Government Welcomes Death Of Garissa Attack Mastermind (Goobjoog News/VOA)
International Community Condemns Mogadishu Hotel Bombing As Death Toll Rises To 16 (Xinhua)
Kenya’s Plan To Shut Dadaab Refugee Camp Criticised (Al Jazeera English)
ISIL Case Trial Triggers Fear In A Community (Star Tribune)
Somalia Hopes For Better Future Despite Attacks (BBC News)

Somalia Beefs Up Security Ahead Of Erdogan’s Visit (Hiiraan Online)
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond Arrives In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Security Council Condemns Al-Shabaab Attack On Hotel In Mogadishu (Shabelle News/UN News Center)
US Vows Support For Somalia After Deadly Hotel Attack In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
UK To Send 70 Troops To Somalia To Boost Security Ahead Of Elections (Sputnik News)
SRSG Keating Condemns Terrorist Attack On Mogadishu Hotel (UNSOM)
Court Summons PS Over Refugees’ Status (Daily Nation)
Airport Security Staffer Suspended For Secretly Being An Accused Somali War Criminal (Gawker)
How Islamic Terrorists Infiltrate U.S. Airport Security (World Net Daily)

20 Killed In Hotel Siege In Somali Capital (Bernama News Agency)
President Hassan Condemns Hotel Ambassador’s Terror Attack (Jowhar.com)
Slain Somali Lawmakers Among Most Educated MPs (Goobjoog News)
Turkey: EU Cut In Funds For AU Troops In Somalia A Mistake (Shabelle News/AP)
Somalia Ends Operation To Secure Hotel Bombed By Al-Shabaab (Reuters)
Schools Ruined By War Under Repair (Africa Review)
He’s Accused Of War Crimes In Somalia Now He Works As Security At A US Airport(CNN)
Cold Specks Is Reconnecting With Her Somali Roots (Okay Africa)