October 23, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Landmine Blast Kills 6 In Somalia (VOA)
President Farmaajo Heads To Uganda To Seek Military Support Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Nugal Governor Survives Being Shot By Puntland Police Chief (Garowe Online)
Why Is Mogadishu Still A Frequent Target For Attacks? (Aljazeera)
Somalia Deserves Our Empathy (News24)
Mogadishu Residents No Longer Have An Appetite For Terrorism (Daily Nation)

Somali Prime Minister Urges The Youth To Join The Fight Against Al-Shabaab (SONNA)
Mogadishu City To Erect Memorial Wall After Truck Bomb (Radio Dalsan)
Media Take A Stand Against Terrorist Attacks (SONNA)
Foreign Governments Said To Take The Lead Into The Investigations Of Mogadishu Truck Bombing (Horn Observer)
Injured Victims Of Somalia Blast Arrive In Sudan (Middle East Monitor)
UNHCR Provides Aid To Mogadishu Attack Survivors (UNHCR)
How Somalia’s Deadliest Attack Ever Tore Open The Heart Of A Nation (Quartz Africa)

Thousands March In Somalia After Attack That Killed More Than 300 (The Guardian)
We Will Respond Decisively President Farmaajo Warns Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Western Union Arrives In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Praises ‘Genuine Brother’ Turkey For Quick Response To Bombs (Reuters)
Somalis Angry Over Government’s Failure To Prevent Deadliest Blast (Al Jazeera)
A Lifeline For Millions In Somalia Money Remittance Industry Seeks More Support (VOA)

Somalia Bomber ‘Was Ex-Soldier Whose Town Was Raided By US Forces’ (The Guardian)
Mogadishu Mayor Calls For Solidarity March In Honor Of Terror Attack Victims (Goobjoog News)
Puntland To Send Doctors And Medical Supplies Wednesday To Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Blood Appeal After Mogadishu Truck Bombing (BBC News)
Seven Mogadishu Blast Victims Airlifted To Nairobi (Daily Nation)
A Bomb Blast In Somalia’s Capital Exposes The Government’s Failures (The Economist)

Take Part In Suicide Missions Instead Of Sending Foot Soldiers Former Shabaab Leader Tells Group (Goobjoog News)
15 Primary School Children In A Bus Perished In Saturday Terror Attack (Goobjoog News)
Eiffel Tower To Dim Lights For Mogadishu Victims (Garowe Online)
Hope Fades As Mogadishu Residents Seek Missing Loved Ones (Daily Mail)
Al Shabab Silence Suggests Miscalculation Over Mogadishu Bombing (The National)
How Technology Helped Save Lives Right After Somalia’s Deadliest Attack Ever (The Quartz)

Somalia Blast Toll At 237 As Residents Protest Al-Shabaab (VOA)
President Announces National 3-Days Mourning After Deadly Blast (Shabelle News)
Families Throng Scene Of Attack And City Hospitals In Search Of Loved Ones Following Terror Attack In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Wounded Somalis To Be Treated In Turkey: Erdogan Aide (Anadolu Agency)
Secretary-General Condemns Saturday’s Attacks In Mogadishu; Commends Responders (UN News Centre)
World Leaders Condemn ‘Revolting’ Mogadishu Attack (Aljazeera)
World Bank And IMF Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is On Somalia (The Guardian)

There Is Ongoing Plan To Remove Al-Shabaab From Southwest Says President Sharif Hassan (Dhacdo.com)
Somalia: Qatar Recruiting Soldiers In Somalia For Combat (Garowe Online)
Turkish Government To Implement Projects Promised By President Erdogan (Jowhar.com)
“Black Tea Was All I Could Give To My Children” (Care International)
Somalia And Turkey Reap Rewards From Mutually Beneficial Relationship (TRT World)

Somalia’s Defense Minister Army Chief Resign: Official (ABC News)
Government To Invest In Telco Infrastructure To Entice Investors – Telecom Minister (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Hands Over Bosaso Port To P&O Ports (Garowe Online)
Prime Minister Kheyre “We Will Not Accept Anyone To Destroy The Country” (Hiiraan Online)
Somaliland Journalist’s 18-month Sentence Is Protested (The Washington Post)
Kenyan Soldiers Hunt For Al-Shabaab Militants In Coastal Region (Xinhuanet)
Back To The Land: Friction As Somali Exiles Return Home (Reuters)

You Must Consult Us State Leaders Tell Federal Government (Goobjoog News)
Federal States Suspend Constitutional Review (Garowe Online)
100 NISA Motor Cycle Mounted Agents Deployed To Boost Mogadishu Security (Radio Dalsan)
AMISOM And UN Handover New Police Headquarters To Jubbaland State (AMISOM)
AU Donates Food Items To Drought-hit Somalia (Xinhuanet)
Iran Protests To Somalia Over Deadly Boat Shooting (Iran Daily)
Special Report: Civil servants And MPs Go Without Pay For A Combined 8 Months Period (Goobjoog News)

Somaliland Elections On Track For November (VOA)
Somali Government Troops Launch A Security Operation In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
President El-Sisi Somali Counterpart Discuss Bilateral Ties Via Phone (SONNA)
Young Innovators Meet In Quest To Find Social Economic Solutions For Somalia (UNSOM)
Insurgents Kill Two Somali Elders Near Mogadishu (The Messenger)
Torturing Migrants Gets Somali Man Life Sentence In Italy (News24.com)
U.S. Turning Its Back On Refugee Leadership Says Utah’s Gandhi Peace Prize Winner (Salt Lake Tribune)