August 14, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab’s Mukhtar Robow Surrenders To Government  (Aljazeera)
  • Hirshabelle MPs Preparing ‘No Confidence’ Motion Against State President Osoble (Goobjoog News)
  • WHO Declares Somalia Polio Free In Three Years Urges Sustained Vaccination Campaigns (Goobjoog News)
  • Former Puntland President Arrives In Kismayo (Garowe Online)
  • Al-Shabaab In A Major Split Over Mistrust (The Standard)
  • Somali Youths Discuss Their Role In Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (UNSOM)
  • This Is What Hunger Looks Like — Again (The New York Times)
August 14, 2017 | Morning Headlines

August 11, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • US Airstrikes In Somalia: High Level Al-Shabaab Leader Killed (Associated Press)
  • KDF Fighter Jets Bomb Al-Shabaab Stronghold Near Afmadow (Garowe Online)
  • President Farmaajo Praises MPs For Passing Communications Bill (RBC Radio)
  • Official: Security Forces Minimize Car Bomb Attack In Mogadishu (VOA)
  • For Many Girls School Holidays Means FGM “Cutting Season” (UNFPA)
August 11, 2017 | Morning Headlines

August 10, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Parliament Approves Telecoms Bill (China.org.net)
  • UNSOM: Lack Of Women In Constitutional Review Committee “A Glaring Disdain For Justice And Human Rights” (Hiiraan Online)
  • Southwest State To Send Reinforcement To Abuu Mansur (Goobjoog News)
  • Gunmen Kill Puntland Security Official In Bosaso (Garowe Online)
  • UN Deputy Special Representative Holds Security Discussions With Somalia’s South West State Officials (UNSOM)
  • Zayed Giving Youth Volunteers Help Patients In Somali Villages (Emirates News Agency)
  • Corruption In Somalia Is A Crime Against Our Country’s Development  (Hiiraan Online)
August 10, 2017 | Morning Headlines

August 9, 2017 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • AU Forces Liberate Region In Southern Somalia (Xinhuanet)
  • Massive Fire Broke Out At Bakara Market In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • MP Arrested As Brawl Erupts At Somaliland Parliament (Garowe Online)
  • Federal Goverment And Member States Discuss Management Of Air Traffic Control (RBC Radio)
  • Suspected Al-Shabaab Hijack Two Cars Ferrying Mandera Voters (The Star)
  • Somalia To Hold National Consultations On The Constitution Review (AMISOM)
  • US Soldiers Deployed To Somalia Are Teaching Partners How To Drive Trucks (VOA)
August 9, 2017 | Morning Headlines.

August 8, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Khat Traders In Mogadishu Express Fears Of Trade Halt As Kenya Heads For Polls (Goobjoog News)
  • Female Lawmakers Protest Against Male Dominated Parliamentary Committees (Horn Observer)
  • Former Deputy Bari Governor Shot Dead In Bosaso (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Children Flee Al-Shabaab Recruitment (VOA)
  • Zayed Giving Volunteers Begin Humanitarian Medical Mission In Somalia (Emirates News Agency)
  • Turkey’s Military To Move Into Somalia After Backing Qatar In Gulf Crisis (Newsweek)
August 8, 2017 | Morning Headlines

August 7, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • 42 Somali Students Secure Tertiary Education In China (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia’s Federal Parliament Passes 2017 Budget (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia Military High Court Upholds Earlier Verdicts (Goobjoog News)
  • Constitutional Affairs Minister Apologizes Federal Parliament Over Twitter Post (Somali Update)
  • Two Killed In Somalia Suicide Car Bombing (Gulf Today)
  • Gunmen Kill Governor and His Brother In Somalia Capital (Anadolu Agency)
  • Album Restores Worldly Sounds Of ‘Swinging Mogadishu’ (Mail Online)
August 7, 2017 | Morning Headlines

August 4, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • U.S Africom Commander In Kismayo Fresh Offensive On Al-Shabaab Discussed (Somali Update)
  • President Farmajo Aims To Drop Motion Against Constitutional Affairs Minister  (Garowe Online)
  • Federal Government Cancels All Agreement With Private Companies (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia’s First Female Pilot Returns Home And Pledges Support To The Country’s Women And Youth (UNSOM)
  • Somalia Extremists Kill Kenyan Police Officer In Attack (Associated Press)
  • Visiting The Villages Being Saved By Aid In East Africa While Others Wait In Vain For Drought Relief  (I News)
August 4, 2017 | Morning Headlines

August 3, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Protest In Bosaso Turns Violent Ahead Of President Ali’s Visit (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Embassy In South Sudan Regains Freedom For Somali Prisoners (Goobjoog News )
  • President Farmajo Appoints Former Mayor As His New Political Adviser (Garowe Online)
  • 15 Somali Pirates Found Guilty (Times of India)
  • Somalia To Open First Journalism School In 26 Years (VOA)
  • Somalia And The Saudi Battleship That Saw Siad Barre’s Demise (Opride )
August 3, 2017 | Morning Headlines

August 2, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Car Bomb In Somali Port City Of Kismayo Wounds At Least 10 (Reuters)
  • House To Decide Fate Of Constitutional Affairs Minister Jibril Wednesday (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia’s Anti-Corruption Measures Are Winning Says Deputy PM (Somali Update)
  • Prime Minister Appoints Ex-Permanent Secretary As An Advisor (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia Signs Pact On Convicts (The Hindu)
  • Somaliland Secures Record $442m Foreign Investment Deal (CNN)
August 2, 2017 | Morning Headlines

August 1, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab Militant Killed In US Airstrike (VOA)
  • President Farmaajo Summons Security Chiefs Over Clash Between Security Forces In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • HirShabelle President Orders Seizure Of Illegal Firearms In Beledweyne (Goobjoog News)
  • Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle Airport to Operate 16 Hours Daily Says Aviation Minister (Somali Update)
  • AMISOM Recognizes Ugandan Police Officers For Their Contribution To Stability In Somalia (AMISOM)
  • Somaliland: International Law Is Central To Any Decision Concerning Recognition (Somaliland Press)
August 1, 2017 | Morning Headlines