October 25, 2019 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Thousands At Risk As Juba And Shabelle Rivers Near Breaking Point(Hiiraan Online)
Boost To Debt Relief Process As Senate Passes Revenue Bill (Goobjoog)
SNA Continue to Weaken Al-Shabaab’s Power In Somalia (SONNA)
Somalia Seeks To Benefit From Russia’s Renewed Africa Interest (SONNA)
High-Level UN-AU Delegation Highlight Somalia’s Progress And Challenges With Women In Peace And Security(UNSOM)
Somalia Advancing Towards ‘Inclusive And Peaceful Future’ For Women Deputy UN Chief

(UN)

Government-Appointed Technical Committee Arrives In Dhusamareb(Somali Affairs)
Somalia’s Jubaland Renames Airport After Detained Minister (Somali Affairs)
Somali Herders Hooked Up To Solar Power By Payment Of A Goat (Radi Ergo)
FESOJ Welcomes Puntland Media Association’s Efforts To Secure Release Of Journalist (FESOJ)
Garissa Leaders Unite Against Violent Extremism(Hivi Sasa)
The Growing Threat Of IED Attacks

(KBC)

Madobe Retains Deputies Amid Expected Cabinet Line-up(Hiiraan Online)
My New Office In Sanag Region Is To Forge Cooperation With The Locals Says Minister Gamal(Radio Dalsan)
New school In Conflict-torn Central Somali Villages Aims To Foster Peace Through Education (Radio Ergo)
Kenya To Continue Pushing For Al-Shabaab To Be Declared Terrorist Group – DCI (Standard Media)
Socialist Somalia: The legacy Of Barre’s Military Regime (TRT World)
Abdi Warsame’s Stature In Cedar-Riverside And Beyond

(MN Daily)

Rochester Program Aims To Help New Arrivals Navigate Public Safety(Sahan Journal)

SNA Deputy Chief And Land Forces Commander Takes Office(Halbeeg)
Fighter Jets Bombard Al-Shabaab Bases In Lower Juba (Goobjoog)
Farmajo Heads For Russia-Africa Summit As Somalia Seeks International Investment(Hiiraan Online)
A Boat Carrying Government Soldiers Sink At The Coast Of Marka (Goobjoog)
Somali Lawmakers Barred From Opening Offices In Puntland State(Somali Affairs)
Somali Cash Consortium Releases Emergency Funding As Drought Forces Thousands To Leave Their Homes

(Concern Worldwide)

Kakooza Mutale Onyango-Obbo Give Geopolitics Conference Dramatic Climax(Independent UG)
First IOM International Charter Flight From Ethiopia Brings 154 Refugees To New Homes In Germany(IOM)
President Siad Barre: Memories 50 Years Later(Radio Dalsan)

Somali National Army Officers Undergo Training In Human Rights And Child Protection(AMISOM)
Somali Journalists Decry Restriction On Covering Parliamentary Session(Halbeeg)
Somali Security Forces Kill Military Commander In Mogadishu (Somali Affairs)
Police Officers Suspected Of Killing Army Commandant Arrested In Mogadishu (Goobjoog)
Dozens Of Militants Killed In Fresh Raids In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
Three Killed In Al-Shabaab And Local Militia Clash

(Halbeeg)

Somali PM Norwegian Minister Discuss Ties Oslo’s support To Mogadishu(Somali Affairs)
Police Launch Manhunt For Mastermind In Garissa GSU Attack(The Citizen)
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Supports Somalia’s Efforts To Achieve Debt Relief(IMF)
Al-Shabaab Use Mortar Bombs To Strike Fear(The East African)
Germany Commits Further 2.7 Million In Support Of First Universal Suffrage Election To Be Held In Somalia After Five Decades(Germany Embassy)
Arrests Threats Worsen Press Freedom Climate In Somalia(International Press Institute)

Turkey Donates Military Clad To Somali National Army(Halbeeg)
Somali Security Agencies Raid Online Forex Institute In Mogadishu(Halbeeg)
National Women’s Conference In Borama To Push For Women Quota In Parliament (Somaliland.com)
Battlefront Experience Gives Birth To Hospital (Daily Nation)
Reports Of Planned Shabaab Attack In Lamu Termed Fake(Daily Nation)
Sewing Machines New Source Of Income For IDP Women In Lasanod

(Radio Ergo)

Somalia’s Minister Of Information Recieves His Djibouti Counterpart (SONNA)
SNA Has Recovered Livestock From Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog)
Somali Foreign Minister IOM Official Discuss Migrants Support (SONNA)
Puntland To Deploy More Troops To Curb Illegal Fishing (Radio Dalsan)
Police In Somalia’s Puntland Raid RTN TV Office In Garowe Over Critical Reporting (Somali Affairs)
‘Army Has Been There For Me Since My Husband Was Killed’

(Standard Media)

Remarks By Chinese Ambassador Qin Jian To Somalia At The Reception For The 70th anniversary Of The Founding Of The People’s Republic Of China(Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Oulanyah Wants ‘Whistleblowers’ Protection Enhanced(Parliament of Uganda)
Turkey’s Humanitarian Diplomacy In Somalia: From Past To Present (Daily Sabah)

(Xinhua)

Voices From The Field: Immigrants Collaboration And Co-ops Revive A Maine Town(Non-Profit Quarterly)

IGAD Executive Secretary Condemns Attack On UN and AMISOM Compounds In Mogadishu(IGAD)
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Remember Oct 14 Terror Attack(Hiiraan Online)
Somali Premier Lays Stone For National Emergency Centre In Mogadishu(Somali Affairs)
Kenya And US Discuss Bid To Withdraw From AMISOM (Halbeeg)
Delegation Led By Energy Minister From Somaliland Visiting Uganda (Somaliland Standard)
Grenade Attack Kills Deputy Governor Son In Somalia

(Yeni Safak)

Online Education Opens New Futures For Refugees And Hosts In Dadaab And Other Camps(Radio Ergo)

Special Representative Of The Secretary-General For Somalia Condemns Attack On UN And AMISOM Compounds In Mogadishu(UNSOM)
Galmudug Candidates Dismiss Technical Committee(Halbeeg)
Somali PM Urges Political Leaders To Shun Self-interest (Halbeeg)
Madobe Extends Olive Branch To Federal Government (Garowe Online)
11 Police Officers Killed In A Deadly Blast In Liboi As Reinforcement Is Sent There (Standard Media)
AMISOM Kenyan Contingent Supports Women Groups In Dhobley

(AMISOM)

USAID Announces Some $50M In Education Funding(Anadolu Agency)
Report Of The Under-Secretary-General For Humanitarian Affairs And Emergency Relief Coordinator(UNSC)
SECCCO: Transformation Through Sustainable Energy Cookstoves(Goobjoog)