February 4, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Families returning to Gedo from Dadaab refugee camps (Ergo Radio)
Ahlu Sunna group hails Dhusamarreb reconciliation conference (Radio Bar-kulan)
Somali PM set to expand cabinet (Hiraan Online)
Three Somali jihadists fighting for ISIS killed in Syria (Horseed media)
Twenty-seven Al-Shabaab fighters killed in airstrikes in Lower Jubba region (Radio Bar-kulan)
Serbia appoints new ambassador to Somalia (Horseed Media)
Acquitted terror suspect now deported to Somalia (The Star)
Rep wants KDF out of Somalia (The Star)
Turkey extends naval presence off Somali coast (Today’s Zaman)
EU training mission in Somalia: Gen. Maggi an Italian is new commander (Onuitalia.com)

100 army recruits commence military training in Mahas ( Radio Bar-kulan)
Somaliland offloads ‘illegal’ arms on seized ship (Hiraan Online)
OIC to assist Somalia in reopening of 21 diplomatic missions (Radio Bar-kulan)
Somaliland responds to allegations by Puntland (Garowe online)
Forces launch security operations in El-buur district (Radio Goobjoog)
Seven Mandera terror suspects remanded (Standard media)
Somalia set for two new development projects (Fifa.com)
A playground in Somalia lets kids frolic after decades of war (AP/Hiraan online)

Landmine explosion occurs in Marko town (Radio Goobjoog)
Jubaland forces conduct security sweep (Garowe Online)
Reconciliation conference in Dhuusamareeb enters its second day (Radio Goobjoog)
Cholera outbreak confirmed in Jowhar (Radio Ergo)
EU decries discrimination against Somalia’s minority women (Radio Bar-kulan)
Somali parliaments endorse PM’s vote delay request (Hiraan Online)
Kalonzo Musyoka cautions against profiling of terror suspects (Standard Media)
Several killed in Somalia airstrike (Digital Journal)
Somalia making progress against Shabaab president tells AA (Anadolu)
Former Amniyat boss rejects al-Shabaab ideology serves blow to terror group (Sabahi Onlin)
Minority Somali women facing sexual violence – report (Star)
AU summit concludes after deliberation on Africa’s key challenges (Xinhua/Hiraan Online)
Man jailed two years for threatening police officers (Malta times)
Bank crackdown threatens remittances to Somalia (Foreign policy)

Joint forces take more rebel-held villages (Hiiraan Online)
Hamarjajab district won Benadir sanitation campaign contest (Radio Bar-kulan)
The installation of solar-powered lights kicks off on Industrial Road.(Radio Goobjoog)
Somali lawmakers unanimously pass national treasury bill (Radio RBC)
Somali writers showcase their works at Cairo Book Fair (Radio Danan)
Police arrest suspected mastermind of deadly Mandera attacks (Daily Nation)
Sh2 billion for irrigation in North Kenya (Star)
UN: Somalia’s food situation improving but still at risk (Voice of America English)
US court in Virginia to hear two Somali pirates’ appeals (AP/Washington top news)

The administration and elders of Buulo Burde vow to fight Al-shabab (Radio Goobjoog)
Ali Ameriko meets with South African high commissioner to Kenya (Radio Bar-Kulan)
EUCAP Nestor to deploy in Puntland (Horseed Media)
Two warring clans clinch peace deal in Afgooye (Garowe Online)
Galmudug State commends central State formation conference in Adado (Radio Goobjoog)
Interior CS Nkaissery pledges to end insecurity in counties on Kenya-Somali border (Daily Nation)
Thousands of foreigners seek refuge in Mayfair (Mail & Guardian)
Minnesotan charged with trying to aid ISIS released to halfway house (MPR News)

PM Sharmarke gives new faces portfolios (Garowe Online/Radio Goobjoog)
Irish-UN mission hosts Somali women political participation panel (Hiiraan Online)
New Deal conference on Somalia opens in Garowe – Somali Current/Radio Bar-Kulan
Kismayo police ban unauthorized weapons (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Eleven referees promoted to B Level (Somali Current)
Solar light installation project to kick off in Baidoa (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Somali ex-Shabaab chief tells others to surrender (Capital FM News)
Family police identify 13-year-old boy killed in Eagan (CBS)
Bristol MP Stephen Williams under fire over claims Somali immigrants have contributed to pub closures(Bristol Post)

Puntland presidential guards stage strike over salary (Garowe Online)
Southwest State opened reconciliation conference in Afgoye (Radio Goobjoog)
Jubaland leader calls on Somalis abroad to return(Garowe Online)
Food aid distributed in parts of Middle Shabelle (Radio Bar-kulan)
Puntland approves its school curriculum (Radio Dalsan)
Mogadishu mayor hails Turkey’s development projects in Somalia(Radio Bar-kulan)
Former Somalia president announces new charity organization in UK(Somali Current)
Police seize smuggled food (Star)
Somali shop owner’s case postponed (SABC)

Turkish President opens refurbished Mogadishu airport (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Pistol wielding men murder a student in Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
Somaliland administration seizes ship carrying military hardware at the Berbera port (Radio Dalsan)
Somali President meets with Saudi Arabia’s new King (Somali Current)
Puntland Democratization Minister resigns (Garowe Online)
QC projects benefit 680000 in Somalia (Peninsula Qatar)
Turkish president inaugurates hospital in Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
IGAD says terror attacks won’t deter efforts to stabilize Somalia (Xinhua News/Hiiraan Online)
Turkish president in Somalia to launch development projects (AP/Townhall)

Al Shabaab claims Mogadishu attack (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Middle Shabelle administration sent police forces to intervene between clan militias
(Radio Goobjoog)
New UN Deputy Special Representative for Somalia arrives in Mogadishu to support peace and state-building (Somali Current)
Huge inferno in refugee camp destroys property (Radio Bar-kulan)
The mayor of Buulo-Burde denies accusations of mismanaging food aid (Radio Goobjoog)
Mogadishu attack: Erdogan to go ahead with Somalia visit (Anadolu News Agency)
At least 23 killed in Somalia clan violence (AFP/Hiraan Online)
Germany supports strengthening of Somali language (German Embassy/Hiraan Online)

Anniversary of scripting of Somali language marked in Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Roadside bomb in Kismayo (Radio RBC)
Puntland security agencies thwart armed road blockers(Radio Bar-kulan)
National Security Agency warns Mogadishu residents of blocking suburban roads(Radio Goobjoog)
Puntland Govt blacklists Garowe Online amid media censorship (Garowe Online)
Kenya’s role in hosting refugees not appreciated says Swiss envoy( Daily Nation)
Somalia’s Shebab urge more jihadi attacks in Europe (AFP/Yahoo News)
Reflecting a changing community Columbia Heights police hire Somali Ethiopian officers
(Star Tribune)
The Antidote To Minn. terror recruitment seeks funding (CBS Local)