July 5, 2018 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somali Villagers Resist Al-Shabaab Militants Recruiting Children (Voice of America)
Somali PM Says Inclusive Decision-Making Is Essential In Resolving The Country’s Current Problems (Halbeeg News)
Security Chiefs Gather In Mogadishu For Meeting (Shabelle Media)
Suspected Shabaab Attackers Injure Four Officers In Garissa (Daily Nation)
Somaliland: IFJ Calls For Release Of Jailed Journalist (IFJ)
Somali Refugee Model Graces Cover Of Teen Vogue In A Hijab (SBS News)

Mogadishu Mayor Cancels Lease Contracts Of City Gardens (Halbeeg News)
Somali PM Receives Qatari Delegation In Mogadishu (Shabelle Media)
Jubbaland Administration Appoints New District Commissioner For Baardheere District (Halbeeg News)
Somali National Accused Of Attempting To Kill Politician Has A Case To Answer – Court (The Standard)
Country Of Fragility: Psychosocial Analysis Of Somali Clan Conflict (Hiiraan Online)

Seven Injured By Road-side Bomb In Somalia’s Mogadishu (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Hirshabelle Security Meeting Held In Beledweyne Town (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Executes Electoral Delegate In Middle Shabelle (Halbeeg News)
UN Migration Agency Launches Community Action Plan In Dollow Somalia (IOM)
Al-Shabaab Commander Surrenders After 8 Years Of Insurgency (Xinhua)
Illegal Sugar: Economic Terrorism (The Star)

Al-Shabaab Commander Captured In Qoryoley Says Official (Shabelle Media)
Saudi Lifts Ban On Livestock From Somalia (Halbeeg News)
Second Phase Of Constitutional Review Process Opens In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
AU Special Representative Holds Talks With Members Of Somalia’s Federal Parliament (AMISOM)
AMISOM To Intensify Training Of Somali Police Officers On Security Maintenance (AMISOM)
From Herding Camels To Digging Graves – Demise Of A Proud Somali Pastoralist (Radio Ergo)

Somali Government Plans To Resume The Talks With Somaliland (Halbeeg News)
Eleven Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed In The Outskirts Of Baar Sanguun (Jowhar.com)
Measles Outbreak Kills Children In Lower Shebelle Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Condemns Mortar Attack That Left 5 Dead In Mogadishu (China.org.cn)
Qatar Charity Launches Dispensary In Mogadishu (Gulf Times)
Journey Remains Unfinished (Hiiraan Online)

Somali PM Hails Djibouti’s Role In Somalia (Mareeg News)
Former President Hassan Sheikh Hails The Outcome Of The National Security Meeting In Baidoa (Jowhar.com)
Somaliland: Cabinet Approves 20% Quota For Women In The Upcoming Parliament And Local Councils (Horn Diplomat)
UN Appeals For ‘Unhindered’ Access For Somalia Aid (Arab Press)
Kenyan Police Say Al-Shabab Planning Attacks In Border Region (Xinhua)
Charities From Qatar To Raise QR60m To Help Somalis (The Peninsula)

International Partners Laud Somali Leaders For Striking Deal On Security Economy (Xinhua)
Banadir Governor Receives Firefighter Equipment From Italy (Goobjoog News)
Roadside Blast Kills A District Official Bodyguard In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Rosemary DiCarlo Meets President Farmaajo On First Field Trip As UN Under-Secretary-General (UNSOM)
UN Agency Installs Scanners To Enhance Somalia’s Border Management (Xinhua)
Sustainable Solutions To Drought In Somalia (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Formin Finland)

Puntland And Somaliland Called For Peace (Goobjoog News)
First Aid Reaches Villagers Stranded By Cyclone In Remote North-west Of Somaliland (Radio Ergo)
Somali PM Arrives In Djibouti (Mareeg News)
Victims Of Cyclone Sagar Receive Food Aid From Qatar Charity (The Peninsula)
Four Iranian Fishermen Released By Somali pirates (IRNA)
The 2018 Mogadishu Tech Summit (Tech In Africa)

Former Somali MP Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Students’ Exams Disrupted By The Floods (Radio Ergo)
Somali Military Court Calls for Probe into Civilian Casualty Caused By SNA Rival Clashes (Halbeeg News)
Blast Kills 5 Kenyan Security Officers In Border Region (Xinhua)
Pathways For Peace: Reflections From Somalia (World Bank)