Key Headlines

• Armed Gunmen Kill Imam In Abudwaak Town (Wacaal Media)
• South-West State In Final Stage To Announce Its Parliament – Spokesman (Shabelle News)
• UN Report Blasts Puntland Leader For Security Failures Corruption (Garowe Online)
• Jubbaland Launches Operation To Liberate Bu’aale And Middle Jubba Region At Large (Wacaal Media)
• UN Assistant Secretary-General and the Controller Commend Positive Partnerships And Progress In Somalia. (AMISOM)
• Police arrest Two Terror Suspects In Mombasa (Daily Nation)
• Wrangling Over Impeachment Motion Unabated (Hiiraan Online)

Key Headlines

• 700 Al-Shabaab Recruits Return To Kenya – IOM (The Star)
• 46th Anniversary Of Somalia’s Coup Led By Late Barre (Goobjoog News )
• SNA vows to Annihilate Al-Shabaab From Somali Central Regions (Goobjoog News)
• Drought Affects Hundreds In Sanag(Garowe Online)
• Kenya Says Forensic Experts To Reveal Identity Of Slain Al-Shabaab Suspect (Xinhua)
• Police Officers Reach Out To Somali Community After Fatality In South Minneapolis (Radio Widh Widh Online)
• Continent In Democratic Recession Says Mo Ibrahim Index (East African)

Key Headlines

• Two Siblings Washed Away By Raging Floods Following Heavy Downpour In Jubbaland(Wacaal Media)
• Rains Affect IDP Families In And Around Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
• Hiiraan Governor Calls For An Acceleration Of Regional State Formation (Shabelle News)
• Somaliland Govt Privatizes Berbera Fuel Depots (Garowe Online)
• Five Kenyans Wanted Over Al-Shabaab Link ( Daily Nation)
• Reintegrating Ex-Terrorists In Somalia ( Deutsche Welle News)
• Lifeline For AMISOM As Europe Says It Will Give Cash For Somalia Anti-Terror Battle (Mail&Guardian)
• A life In Afghanistan Somalia Gave Him Zeal To Change Lives (Daily Monitor)

Somali National Consultative Forum Convenes To Discuss 2016 Electoral Process 19 October – Source: AMISOM – 386 Words Somali representatives from across the country will convene on 19 and 20 October to begin consultations on what electoral process will be most appropriate and feasible to enable a transfer of power in 2016, when the mandates […]

Key Headlines

• Jubbaland Forces Free Kenyan Teacher Abducted From Dadaab Refugee Camp (Wacaal Media)
• Five Female Passengers Raped In Lower Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
• Somali President Urges South-West State Elders To Solve Clan Grievance (Shabelle News)
• Funds Stall Hearing Of Mandera Killings (The Star)
• Somali Community Looks At Cutting Terror-Recruiting Ties (Star Tribune)
• Dahabshiil: Transfer Window (The Economist)

Key Headlines

• New Air Traffic Control Tower Angers Somaliland Ahead Of Turkey Talks (Garowe Online)
• General  Hamud Urges Somali Police To Collaborate To Combat Insecurity (Shabelle News)
• Violence At School Draws Ire In Puntland (Garowe Online)
• Egypt Launches Investigations Into Arbiska Plane Crash (Wacaal Media)
• Former AMISOM Commander Jailed For Swindling Fuel (New Vision)
• More Students Join Al-Shabaab Says KDF (Daily Nation)
• Expanded Role Means UN Support Office In Somalia Will Require Increased Investment Security Council Told (UN News Centre)
• Soma Oil And Gas Corruption Allegation Is Nothing New In Africa  (Wardheer News)

Key Headlines

• Galmudug Forces Head To Al-Shabaab Strongholds In Mudug Region Says Officer (Shabelle News)
• NATO Meets Galmudug State Pledges To Implement Developmental Projects In Hobyo Town (Goobjoog News)
• Hundreds Nabbed In A Major Security Crackdown In Galkayo Mudug Province (Villa Puntland)
• Flag Belongs To Both The Republic And Somali Ethnic (Mareeg Media)
• Garissa Campus Attack Victim Leaves Hospital (The Star)
• IFRC And Iranian Red Crescent Sign Agreement To Strengthen Resilience And Improve Food Security In Somalia And Kenya (Reliefweb)
• Turkish Company Favori Turns Around Fortunes At Aden Adde Abdulle Airport (Goobjoog News)

Key Headlines

• Galmudug Forces Recapture Amara From Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
• Somaliland To Investigate Incident At Football Stadium (Goobjoog News)
• Speaker Set To Hold Another Round Of Talks With Proponents Of Anti – Hassan Sheikh Motion (Wacaal Media)
• 8 Ethiopian Migrants Killed In Road Accident (Horseed Media)
• Nairobi Police Now Interrogating Eight ‘Al-Shabaab’ Terror Suspects (Xinhua)
• UN Boosts El Niño Preparedness And Relief Urges More Funding (UN News Centre)
• Al-Shabaab Takes Teacher Hostage In Garissa (Daily Nation)
• Critical Factors To Be Considered In Somalia’s 2016 Election (RBC Radio)

Key Headlines

• Somalia To Mark 61st Anniversary Of The National Flag Day (Goobjoog News)
• Riot At Northern Somalia Football Stadium Leaves One Dead (Horseed Media)
• Ethiopian Troops Suffer Landmine Attack In Buurdhuubo (Wacaal Media)
• Jubbaland Vice President Reaches Garbaharey To Defuse Political Tension (Goobjoog News)
• Interim South West Administration To Integrate Militias Into National Army (Mareeg Media)
• A Fond Farewell To Outgoing African Union Special Representative For Somalia And Head Of AMISOM Maman Sidikou (AMISOM/UNSOA)
• Somali Child-Care Providers Get Help To Boost Learning (Star Tribune)
• UK Under Pressure Over Kenya Kidnapping (Al Jazeera)
• Nuruddin Farah: ‘I Write About Somalia To keep It Alive’ (FT/Mareeg Media)

Key Headlines

• Two Die As SNA Soldiers Stage Attacks On Ufurow Town (Goobjoog News)
• Federal Defense Ministry Denies Battle With Jubbaland Forces (Wacaal Media)
• Ethiopian Lover Stabs Somali Girl To Death For Declining Marriage Proposal In Kenya (Hiiraan Online)
• Mogadishu Police Boss Sends Stern Warning To Officers (Shabelle News)
• Italy Paying Ransoms In Syria And Somalia (Al Jazeera)
• There’s More To Somali Fishing Than Piracy (Washington Post)
• Major Drops In Remittances To Somalia (Warya Post)