May 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somali President Warns Kenya Against Forced Return Of Somali Refugees (Hiiraan Online)
Fissures Engulf Elders’ Gathering In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Kismayo Water Agency Resumes Lifeline Operations After 25 year (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Intelligence Detains Radio Director For Interviewing Regional MP (Radio Dalsan)
Interview: Al-Shabaab Trying To Control Illegal Trade In New Wildlife Products – Interpol (Xinhua News)
11 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Southern Somalia (China.org)
Civil Military Working Group Conclude 5-day Humanitarian Coordination Workshop in Kismaayo AMISOM)
FBI ‘Set Up’ Our Sons Somali-American Defendants’ Mothers Say (Voice of America)
Turkey-Africa Development Partnership: A Human-Oriented Approach (Goobjoog News)

Six Al-Shabaab Killed In Fighting Between Clan Militias And Al-Shabaab Officials Say. (Goobjoog News)
Somali Security Minister Outlines Security Plan For Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Galmudug Signs Deal With An Iraqi Firm For The Construction Of Hobyo Seaport (Goobjooge.com)
Two Dead As Govt Troops Exchange Gunfire In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
KDF Troops Kills 21 Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Daily Nation)
AU Special Representative for Somalia Calls For A Step Change In Tackling Al-Shabaab (AMISOM)
Somalia Reaps Rewards Of Ankara’s Investment (Financial Times)

Somalia: UN Security Council Commends Advancements Urges Accelerated Peace- and State-building(UN News Center)
Kenyan Forces Repulse Al-Shabaab Ambush In Dhobley Southern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Police Chief Resigns As Election Approaches (Hiiraan Online)
Hundreds Flee Floods In Beletweyne (Radio Ergo)
US Citizens Should Avoid Travel To Somalia Due To Ongoing Terror Threat (Sputnik News)
Responding To Sexual And Gender-based Violence In Crises And Conflict (ICRC News)
A Total Of 198 Somali Police Officers Graduate In Kismaayo (AMISOM)
Somali Informant Says FBI Paid Him $100K (Kare 11 News)
For Many Somali Refugees This Industry Offers Hope — Then Takes It Away (The Washington Post)

Somali Prime Minister Calls for Humanitarian Aid As Clashes Ravage Beledweyne (Goobjoog News )
Mogadishu And Istanbul Mayors Discuss Construction Of Mogadishu’s Wadnaha Street (SONNA)
Jubaland Head Of State Appeals To Warring Sides Fighting In Beledweyne Hiiraan Region (Jowhar.com)
Consultative Conference To Take Place In Garowe (Goobjoog News)
Closing Dadaab Will Dishonour 2013 Deal On Refugees Kenya Told (The Star Kenya)
Somaliland: 25 Years As An Unrecognised State (Al Jazeera News)
INTERVIEW-Kenya Will Close World’s Biggest Refugee Camp This Year (Reuters)

Security Is Mother Of All Solutions Somali President Tells World Humanitarian Summit (Radio Dalsan)
Two NISA Soldiers Among 4 Injured In Mogadishu Blast (Shabelle News)
Galmudug State Terms The Peace With Puntland As Fragile (Goobjoog News)
Ex Justice Minister Accused Of Fuelling Beledweyne Clan Fighting (Shabelle News)
Decision To Close Dadaab Refugee Camp Final Kenya Tells UN Summit (The Star)
AFRICOM Must Adapt To New Challenges Outgoing Commander Says (Stars & Stripes)
Somalia On Recovery Path After Decades Of Ruin (Daily Nation)
Somali National University Back On Feet From Civil War (Xinhua News)

President Throws Parliament Off Balance Draws Support And Ire Of MPs (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President Set To Return To Garowe Today (Villa Puntland)
Four Killed In Clan Clashes In Abudwak Town (Goobjoog News)
Somali Elections on Track for August Despite Opposition (VOA News)
Operation Linda Boni A success Says Lamu Administrator (Daily Nation)
UAE ambassador To Somalia Meets Puntland President (WAM News Agency)
Meet Kenya’s Home Guards Hunting For Al-Shabaab (New Zealand Herald)

President Mohamud Declares 2016 Electoral Model Law Bypassing Parliament (Goobjoog News)
Kenya’s President Threatens To Pull Out KDF From Somalia If EU Fails To Fill Funding Gaps (Goobjoog News)
Somalia President Planning To Dissolve Parliament (Garowe Online)
SNA Raids Al-Shabaab In Somalia 3 Militants Killed (Shabelle News)
House Team Urges Kenyans To Support KDF Mission In Recovering Somalia (The Standard)
Somali Army Kills Senior Al-Shabaab Leader (Sputnik News)
Somali Entrepreneurs Receive Training On Doing Business With The UN (UNSOM)
AMISOM Holds Forum On Countering Violence (AMISOM)
Why Dadaab Closure Has To Be Aligned To Amisom Exit(The EastAfrican)

No Delay Of Elections Somali President Confirms To UN Security Council (Radio Dalsan)
Parliament Cannot Amend The 2016 Election Agreement Says Puntland (Garowe Online)
Traditional Elders Call For An End To Beledeweyn Fighting (Goobjoog News)
UN Security Council Concludes Visit To Somalia With Call For Elections (AMISOM)
Qatar Red Crescent Society To Launch Somalia Projects (The Peninsula)
President Uhuru Meeting United Nations Security Council (The Citizen TV)
Will Kenya Really Close Dadaab? (IRIN)

President Mohamud Urges Parliament To Endorse 2016 Electoral Modalities As UNSC Meets Country’s Leadership (Goobjoog News)
UN Security Council In Somalia In Show Of Solidarity (Garowe Online)
Several Killed In Beledweyne Clan Violence (Shabelle News)
AMISOM Forces Head To Howlwadaq As Fighting Intensifies In Baledweyne (Goobjoog News)
Jubaland President Unveils Cabinet (Garowe Online)
UN Chief Urges Kenyan Leader Not To Close Refugee Camp (Xinhua News)
Suicide Blast Kills One Injures Eight In Somali Capital (Sputnik News)
Kenyan President Says Security Wall Along Border With Somalia To Deter Terrorists (Xinhua News)
US Forces In Combat In Somalia As AFRICOM Plans For War Across Continent (Axis of Logic)

Select Committee To Present Elections Report To Parliament As UN Security Council Lands Mogadishu(Goobjoog News)
Deal Reached In Dispute Over Parliamentary Seats (Hiiraan Online)
Rape Must Be Tried Under Judicial System Not Clan Mechanism – Deputy Prime Minister (Goobjoog News)
Somali MP Calls For An End To Beledweyne Tribal Violence (Shabelle News)
Kenya’s Foreign Interior Ministers Asked To Explain Repatriation Of Refugees (Bernama)
QRCS Islamic Dawa Organisation To Launch Major Development Projects In Somalia (Bernama)
Learning To Love My Sister Bosaso (MinnPost)