Key Headlines

• My Administration Is Committed To The Stability Of Galmudug – President Farmaajo (Goobjoog News)
• Crisis In Hiiraan As Traders Reject Somali Shilling (Radio Dalsan)
• Somalia And Turkey Sign Trade Agreements And Form Joint Economic Commission (SONNA)
• Veteran Somali Singer Dies (The East African)
• Somalia: Fascioliasis Blamed On Goat Deaths In Middle Shabelle (Outbreaknewstoday.com)
• ‘People Were Screaming’: Troops Destroy $200000 Aid Camps In Somalia (The Guardian)

Key Headlines

• Reconciliation Is The Theme For My Official Trip In Central Somalia Says President Farmaajo (Goobjoog News)
• Somalia: Landmine Wounds Five Soldiers In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
• Galmudug Chief Minister Wants Alshabaab Wiped Out Before 2022 Polls (Radio Dalsan)
• Authorities Intensify Search For Shabaab Attackers In Lamu (Daily Nation)
• Kenya Must Act On Those Destabilising Somalia (Daily Nation)

Key Headlines

• Mortar Rounds Fired at the Presidential Palace Kill one Civilian – Witness (Horn Observer )
• Wadajir Party To Sue Attackers On Their Headquarters (Goobjoog News)
• Animals Dying Of Disease In ‘Neglected’ Area Of Middle Shabelle (Radio Ergo)
• IFJ Expresses Concerns Over The Escalation Of Attacks On Media Freedom In Somalia (IFJ)
• Time For Businesses To Venture Into Somalia (Kenyan Wall Street)

AU Mission Trains Somali Police On Forensic Investigations 11 January – Source: Xinhuanet – 226 Words The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Wednesday begun a two-week basic training course on forensic fingerprint for the Somali police officers to investigate criminal cases. Tresphord Kasale, AMISOM Police Coordinator for South West State, said the trainees […]

Key Headlines

• Government Forces With AMISOM Captured Several Locations From Al-Shabaab Says SNA Regional Commander (Goobjoog News)
• Somali Military Court To Open New Office In Galkayo (Shabelle Media)
• Relief As Mayor Thabit Resettles 1000 Homeless Internally Displaced Person (Radio Dalsan)
• Troop Build-up Creates Tension In Sool Region (Garowe Online)
• Turkey Provides Education To Somali Refugee Children (Anadolu Agency)
• Families Face Heightened Risk After Evictions And Destruction Of IDP Settlements In Mogadishu Somalia (Reliefweb)

Key Headlines

• Somaliland Forces Take Control Of Town From Puntland In Northern Region (Xinhuanet)
• Puntland Accuses Somaliland Of Attacking Its Territory To Disrupt Farmajo’s Visit (Shabelle News)
• Somalia Government To Regulate Hajj Travels (Radio Dalsan)
• Somaliland Journalists Jailed ‘For Publishing Propaganda’ (The East African)
• Somaliland Passes First Law Against Rape (BBC)
• Somalia Through the Eyes of My Parents (Hiiraan Online)

Key Headlines

• Somalia President Arrives In Garowe Receives Warm Welcome (Hiiraan Online)
• Somalia Lobbies To Secure Its Former Foreign Minister Top IGAD Job (Hiiraan Online)
• Three New Federal Ministers Sworn In Today (Goobjoog News)
• Adan Duale: Kenya Never Planned To Encroach Into Somali Territory (Hiiraan Online)
• Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants Cut Off Communication In Kenya’s Border Town (Xinhua Online)
• Kenya Likely To Compensate Somalia Over Oil Exploration On Disputed Sea Area (The Standard Kenya)
• Corroding Our Nascent Democracy: How the Government Introduced a Rule of Tyranny in Somalia (Goobjoog News)

Key Headlines

• Ministry Of Finance Says Progress Was Made In 2017 (Shabelle News)
• Why The 3 Somali Ministers Were Sacked (Radio Dalsan)
• Juha: My Sacking Was Revealed To Me By A Radio (Goobjoog News)
• IRM’s Wells Initiative A Boon For Somalis (Bernama News Agency)
• Somaliland Is A  Beacon Of Democracy In An Unstable Region (Cleveland.com)

Key Headlines

• Banadir Appeal Court Bans Abdishakur From Travelling Abroad (Goobjoog News)
• Somalia Minister’s Tour Of Sanaag & Sool Triggers Crisis With Somaliland (Radio Dalsan)
• Abdishakur: I Don’t Accept Today’s Court’s Verdict (Goobjoog News)
• Somali Upper House Discuss Border Dispute At Beled-Hawa Before Going For Recess (Radio Dalsan)
• US Says Two Terrorists Killed In Somalia Airstrike (CNN)
• Somali Returnees Worry About Amenities (Daily Nation)

Key Headlines

• Upper House: Resolution On Violations Carried Out  By Government Security Forces On Citizens And Senators (Goobjoog News)
• Galmudug Administration Imposes Strict Guidelines On Miraa Business People (Radio Dalsan)
• Somali Government Soldier Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Shabelle Media)
• Federal Government Minister Visits Sanaag Region (Goobjoog News)
• Four Security Officers Killed In Mandera Shabaab Attack (Daily Nation)
• How A Rapid Response Helped To Avert Famine In Somalia Last Year (Concern Worldwide)