April 21, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Up To 500 Migrants May Have Drowned In Mediterranean Tragedy: UNHCR (Reuters)
Gunmen In Somali Army Uniform Kill 3 Children In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Person Killed And Another One Injured In Landmine Blast In Marka (Goobjoog News)
Somali Electoral College Will Pick House Members (The Gulf Today)
Russia Ready To Sell Arms To Somalia After Sanctions Lifted (Sputnik News)
Report Shows Many Mombasa Street Children Radicalised (Daily Nation)
One Year Later Daughter Pays Tribute To Mum Killed In Terror Attack (The Star)

President Asks UN Security Council Complete Lift Of Arms Embargo On Somalia (Shabelle News)
Two People Killed In Rocket Propelled Grenade Attack In Afgooye (Goobjoog News)
Underwater Earthquake Triggers Tidal Waves At Mogadishu Seaport (Hiiraan Online)
Youth In Lasanod Greening Their Town (Radio Ergo)
14000 People To Elect Next Somali Parliament This Year (Associated Press)
Commander Of New Uganda Battle Group Arrives In Somalia (AMISOM)
How To Fight Extremism (The Star)

UN Envoy Welcomes Progress In Preparations For Elections in 2016 (UN News Centre)
Mother And Six Children Killed In Fire Blaze By Armed Armed Men Over Clan Fights In Marka (Goobjoog News)
Death Toll Confusion After Overnight Mediterranean Sea Boat Capsize Leaves Hundreds Of Migrants Dead (Shabelle News)
Puntland Parliament To Convene Following TPEC Lineup (Garowe Online)
Three Children Injured In Blast In Galgaduud (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Bans Citizens From Traveling to Sudan After 200 Deaths (Bloomberg)
Somalia Seeks Russia’s Help In Fighting Al-Shabaab Terrorists Strengthening Economy (International Business Times)
Man To Plead Guilty In Fire At Grand Forks Somali Restaurant (The Star Tribune)
‘We’ll Make Our Country Great Again’: Project Shows True Face Of Somalis (The Guardian)

A Twitter Hashtag #DontBuyDeath Trending In Somalia After Immigrants Death In The Mediterranean Sea (Radio Dalsan)
Former Somali Cabinet Minister Declares Interest In The Presidential Election (Radio Dalsan)
MP Calls On Galmudug State To Reach Lasting Deal With Ahlu Sunna (Shabelle News)
Free Meals Keeping Girls In School In Hiiraan (Radio Ergo)
Key Somali Economic Conference Opens Its Doors In Mogadishu (SONNA)
Can Parliamentary Elections Go Ahead In Somalia? (BBC)
Child Malnutrition Soars In Northern Somalia Due To Severe drought (Times Of India)
Al-Shabaab Going Under: Militants Face Worst Year Ever (Zipo.co.ke)

Somalia Estimates 200-300 Citizens May Have Died In Migrant Drowning – Minister (Reuters)
Somali Leaders Condole With Families Over Boat Tragedy Call For Lasting Solution To Avert More Deaths (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Dismisses Criticism By Rights’ Defender (Garowe Online)
Commotion Ends Federal Parliament Meeting In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Mayor Calls For Vigilance As NISA Seizes Car Bomb (Shabelle News)
Four Civilians Killed In Islamist Attack In Somalia: Police (Reuters)
Child Malnutrition Soars In Northern Somalia Due To Severe Drought (Reuters)
Kenya Should Rethink Its Somalia Strategy (Daily Nation)

NISA Seizes Car Packed With Explosives (Shabelle News)
Confusion Mars Mogadishu’s Transport Sector Revenue Collection (Goobjooge)
Somali President Meets Ethiopian PM In Bahir Dar (Shabelle News)
More Than 400 Migrants Drown In The Mediterranean After Four Overcrowded Boats Capsized Whilst Crossing From Egypt To Italy (Daily Mail)
Somali Security Forces Arrest 14 Al-Shabaab Suspects In Mogadishu (Xinhua)
Can Somalia Hold Elections In 2016? (Newsweek)

Over 200 Somali Youth Feared Dead In Boat Tragedy (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Attends 5th Tana High Level On Security In Africa In Addis (Goobjoog News)
Sudanese President To Visit Somalia (Shabelle News)
Woman Killed And Two Others Injured In Drive-by Shooting (Goobjoog News)
AU Troops Mistakenly Kill 4 Civilians In South Somalia (Xinhua News)
Al-Shabaab Commander Surrenders In Central Somalia (Xinhua News)
Muslim Woman Removed From Plane After Flight Attendant Said She Didn’t ‘Feel Comfortable’(The Epoch Times)
Over 1500 Poor Families Benefit From Sharjah Charity International’s Humanitarian Aid In Somalia(Emirates News Agency)
Rehab Center Gives Hope To Street Children In Mogadishu (Xinhua News)

Somali President Says Somalia Will Bounce Back On It Feet (Goobjoog News)
Khatumo Leaders Trash Outcome Of National Elections Forum (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Exports 5.3 Million animals 6 % Growth (Goobjoog News)
Minnesota Mosque Producing Radical Somali Terrorists (WND)
90 Days On Kenya Remembers Dawn Raid On El Adde KDF Base (The Star)
Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Muslim Cleric Sheikh Mohamed Idris (Daily Nation)

Clan Militias Dispute Claims Three Lives In Hiiraan Region (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Sudan Agree To Boost Ties (Garowe Online)
Four Injured In Balad Hawo Grenade Explosions (Shabelle News)
Calm Returns To Adado Following Airport Skirmish (Shabelle News)
AMISOM Holds Public Forum On Women’s Rights And Political Participation (AMISOM)
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty To Trying To Join Islamic State (Reuters)
Somali Journalists Lived In Fear Of Colleague-Turned-Al-Shabaab Ally (Voice of America)
Kenya On High Alert Over Planned Al Shabaab Attack (Citizen TV)
Somalia Is Still Fragile But Fragile Is Progress (African Arguments)

Three Wounded In Marko Fighting (Shabelle News )
About 100 Police Recruits Pass Out In Mogadishu University Graduates Top The List (Goobjoog News)
Kismayo City Gets First Ultra-modern Super Market (Kismaayo.com)
Inter-clan Clashes Flare Up In Beledweyne (Goobjooge.com)
Measles In Remote Part Of Galgadud Central Somalia (Radio Ergo)
Somalia Leaders Agree To Hold Elections This Year (Daily Nation)
Somali Pirates Jailed By French Court For Fatal Hijacking (Digital Journal)
Yemenis Escaping Conflict Flee To Somaliland (VOA)
Somalia: The Faces of Terror And The Future Implications For The Country (Horseed Media)