January 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Media Association of Puntland condemns Telecom Company’s blocking of 5 Websites (Garowe Online)
Somali elders caution parliament not to block new cabinet (Radio Bar-Kulan)
MP Sandhere urges the PM not to re-appoint the previous ministers into his cabinet (Radio Goobjoog)
SNA troops occupy school in Marka (Radio Danan)
Ten killed in tribal clashes in Hiran (Radio Bar-Kulan /Radio Goobjoog)
Measles outbreak in parts of Gedo region being handled effectively (Radio Goobjoog)
Senators tour Mandera crime hotspots (Daily Nation)
Millions in UN Somalia aid diverted; hints that some went to terrorists (Fox News)
US sending MRAPS to Somalia for African Union mission (Stars & Stripes)

Southwest security forces launched operations to tighten the security in Baidoa (Radio Goobjoog)
Security operation conducted in Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Puntland forces beef up security in Bossaso ( Radio Danan)
Somali PM meets UAE ambassador (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Water Shortage in El Dher District Galgadud Region (Radio Goobjoog)
1000 teachers in boycott threat over insecurity (Daily Nation)
Two Kisenyi women terror suspects set free (Daily Monitor)
Somali official killed in Mogadishu landmine blast (Worldbulletin)

IGAD delegation due to reach Kismayo (Radio Goobjoog)
International renewable energy conference opens in Dubai (Radio Bar-kulan)
Prominent cleric gunned down in Baidoa (Garowe Online)
Elders concerned about the arrest of Hamar-Weyne district commissioner (Radio Goobjoog)
Somali musicians console family of Kuluc (Radio Bar-kulan)
Food and water shortage threatens the lives of Raage-Elle residents (Radio Goobjoog)
KDF kills Shabaab attackers in Lamu (Star Kenya)
Terrorists are now more blood-thirsty and indiscriminate (Daily Nation)
Somali PM dissolves Cabinet (VOA)
Toronto Police team with other forces to help Somali community (Torontosun)
Health worker’s journey fuels work with Somali families (saint cloud times)
Foreign shipping vessels foil pirate attacks off Somalia coast: IMB (Coastweek.com)

Al Shabaab senior official surrenders to Somali government (Dalsan Radio)
Himan & Heb state announces the official opening of state formation conference next week (Radio Goobjoog)
Thousands welcome Puntland Vice President in Buuhoodle today (Radio RBC)
Puntland forces launch security operations in Bosaso (Radio Bar-Kulan)
The first round of Kadis Inter-School Competition concludes in Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
Somalia readies for fresh attack on Al-Shabaab (Daily Nation)
Regional MPs to meet over Great Lakes security (Capital FM)
Islamist rebels kill two police officers in north Somalia attack (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia provides medical aid to Somalia (International Islamic News Agency)

Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Bill Blazer: African immigrant entrepreneurs key to state’s future (Hiiraan Online)
MP calls on Puntland government to pay delayed salaries (Garowe Online)
Eight children die of diarrhoea in Badade (Radio Ergo)
Two children killed by land mine in Bula-Burte (Radio Bar-kulan)
ION planning to conduct 2D seismic Survey in Puntland – Update (Garowe Online )
Elders who hail from Central Somalia call for reconciliation meeting (Radio Goobjoog)
KDF soldiers kill 5 Al Shabaab militants in Lamu (New24.co.ke)
New Somalia PM retains majority of his predecessor’s cabinet ministers (Waltainfor.com)
Somali killed for two entjies (Hiraan Online/Daily Voice SA)

Puntland court sentences 3 alleged traitors to life in prison (Garowe Online)
Anti-deforestation campaign set to kick off in Talex (Radio Bar-Kulan)
US travel advisory urges citizens to avoid port of Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
Somali president welcomes new cabinet (Radio Bar-Kulan/Radio Goobjoog)
Puntland police arrest terror suspects in Bossaso security sweep (Radio Garowe)
Somali diaspora gather in Rwanda for policy development (AMISOM News)
Timeline: recent attacks on Somali media (BBC)
Learning exchanges strengthen local administrations (UNDP)
Somalia’s rural literacy campaign (BBC)

AU envoy to Somalia: Rwanda’s past challenges can be experience for Somalia (Radio Goobjoog)
Two dead bodies found in Kismayo (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Burundi’s Defence Forces Chief Visited in Mogadishu (Radio Mustaqbal)
Measles claims 10 in besieged Burdubo (Radio Ergo)
Hiran region administration welcomes new government (Radio Bar-Kulan)
New Somalia PM retains majority of his predecessor’s cabinet ministers (Daily Nation/AFP)
Fighting piracy off the coast of Somalia: Lessons learned from the contact group (EU Bulletin)
Somalia prime minister keeps finance minister in cabinet change (Bloomberg News)

Mohamed Affey: We are in no doubt that 2016 elections will take place (Radio Goobjoog/Radio Muqdisho)
Somaliland main electricity company privatized (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Gunmen attack Bossaso central police station (Radio RBC)
Somali American Jihadist appears in released Al-Shabaab footage (Somali Current)
Djibouti to increase peacekeeping force (Garowe Online)
Somali PM meets UK ambassador (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Army court ignores commander’s plea (Daily Monitor)
Somali refugees in Kenyan camps queue up to return home (Sabahi Online)
East Africa ministers meet in Somalia for peace push (AFP/Yahoo News)
Blast hits troop convoy in Somalia’s Kismayu (Reuters)
More Minnesota Somalis go back to a slowly rebuilding Somalia (Star Tribune)

AU envoys declares that Al-shabab lost 80% of the areas under their control (Radio Goobjoog)
Somalia prepares to host IGAD foreign ministers meeting in Mogadishu (Somali Current)
Two killed in Mogadishu landmine explosion (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Mogadishu traders demand services for taxes (Radio Ergo)
Minister Darwish inaugurates new government offices (Jubbalandi Media)
Kiyonga tells Somalia to build own army (Daily Monitor)
Qatar charity hosts festival for Somali orphans (Peninsula Qatar)
AMISOM re-evaluates priorities at Kampala meeting (AMISOM News)
Twin cities muslims denounce Paris terror attack (FOX News DC)
Somalia’s Shabaab claims to execute 7 ‘agents’- UPDATE (World Bulletin)

Somali government warns illegal companies operating in Somalia (Horseed Media)
Somali president meets with AU Commissioner for Peace & Security (Mareeg Media)
Body of slain Somali engineer arrives in Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Fire guts 30 tents in an IDP camp (Radio Goobjoog)
IMB concerned over decision to compensate pirates (Horseed Media)
Somalia: Uganda wants compensation for lost lives (New Vision)
African Union says military still weakening Somalia’s Al-Shabaab (Reuters)
Somali militants execute alleged U.S. intelligence agency spy (Bloomberg News)