July 26, 2018 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

SNA Seizes Cache Of Weapons Bound For Al-Shabaab In Bardhere Town (Halbeeg News)
Six Soldiers Killed In Somalia Explosion (Mareeg News)
Somali Troops Carry Out Massive Security Operation In Mogadishu (Shabelle Media)
Norfund’s $10m To Support Somali Small Businesses (The East African)
Tea That Breaks Your Head (Deutsche Welle)
As Fear And Paranoia Fill Their Minneapolis Community Two Somali Teens Turn To Basketball (The Washington Post)

Al-Shabaab Withdraws From Jamame Town As SNA Plans Major Onslaught Official (Halbeeg News)
President Farmaajo Establishes A National Economic Forum (Jowhar News)
Somalia Revives Quality Control Agency After Over 28 Year Hiatus (Halbeeg News)
A New Way To Educate In Somali Schools Starts In August (AMISOM)
The Importance of Public Spaces In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)

Military Takes Full Charge Of Mogadishu Security After Attacks (Garowe Online)
International High-Level Conference Of Education Opens Today In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Sacked Puntland Official Escapes With Government Vehicle Weapons (Hiiraan Online)
Shabaab Again Assaults Base Where US Soldier Died (Long War Journal)
No Girl Should Be Dying For Virginity – As A FGM Survivor I Understand The Brutality Too Well (Metro UK)

Military Movement Underway In Lower Jubba Region (Shabelle Media)
Puntland Business Women Forum Kicks Off In Garowe (Garowe Online)
UN Special Envoy Michael Keating Joins NUSOJ-led Discussion On Role Of Media In Somalia (Jowhar News)
Somalia Says 87 Al-Shabab Fighters Killed In Foiled Military Base Attack (Xinhua)
Book Fair Turns The Page For Literature In Somaliland (Daily Mail)

AMISOM Hits Al-Shabaab In Air Strikes Hours After Bar-Sanguni Attack (Halbeeg News)
Mayor Of Beledweyne Calls On Residents To Pay Taxes (Goobjoog News)
UNHCR Says It Assisted Over 800 Somalis To Voluntarily Return Home (Halbeeg News)
Shabaab Attacks Cripple Phone Services In Parts Of Garissa (Daily Nation)
Gulf States In Dangerous Scramble For Africa (Middle East Eye)

Somali Army Destroy Al-Shabaab’s Networks In Southern Region (Xinhua)
President Moves To Military Base After Attack Outside Presidential Palace (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Militants Attack Somali Military Base Near Kismayo Town (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Father Defends FGM After Daughter 10 Dies (BBC)
Author Tells Of Kidnapping By Somali Pirates He’d Gone To Interview (9News.com)

Jubbaland Forces Kill Six Al-Shabab Fighters In Southern Somalia (Halbeeg News)
ISIS Suspect Arraigned In Mogadishu Court (Radio Dalsan)
UN Envoy Arrives In Galkayo Town To Assess Security (Halbeeg News)
Somali Forces Nab Suspects After Mogadishu Car Blast (Xinhua)
Somalia On Stability Path As Donors Pledge Support (The East Africa)
Irish Behind New Campaign Against FGM In Somalia (The Irish Times)

Somali National Security Council Orders Reopening Mogadishu Roads (Halbeeg News)
Traditional Elders And Al-Shabaab Meet In Hiiraan Region (Radio Kulmiye)
Inter-Clan Battle Erupts In Galgadud Region Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Launches ‘Aggressive’ Child Jihadi Recruitment In Somalia (Breitbart.com)
Homeland Security Extends Legal Protections For 500 Somalis In US (Voice of America)
When Is A Nation Not A Nation? Somaliland’s Dream Of Independence (The Guardian)

Somali President Returns Back To Mogadishu (Mareeg News)
Somaliland Hopes To Get Share Of Funding Declared In Brussels (Goobjoog News)
Somali Military Court sentences 18 Soldiers To Five Years In Jail For Insubordination (Halbeeg News)
Somalia And Tunisia Join Comesa (Daily Monitor)
U.S. Amends Designation Of Al-Shabaab To Include Al-Hijra Other Aliases (Kuwait News Agency)
Lessons Learned In Somalia: AMISOM And Contemporary Peace Enforcement (Council On Foreign Relations)

Somali President Meets With Somaliland Officials In Brussels (Shabelle Media)
Two Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed In Qoryooley Town After Gun Battle With SNA (Halbeeg News)
Al-Shabaab Kidnap Elderly Men From Gedo Region (Hiiraan Online)
Qatar Calls For Radical Solutions To Somalia’s Crisis (The Peninsula)
UAE Reiterates Commitment To Somalia’s Unity Security And Stability (Emirates News Agency)
Ali Haji Warsame: An Interview (Wardheere News)